Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Zach Churchill resigned as Nova Scotia Liberal leader Tuesday after leading his party to a resounding defeat in the Nov. 26 provincial election.

HALIFAX — Fishers raised questions today about how federal enforcement officers will cope if a proposal to increase the number of people licensed to net baby eels in the Maritimes goes ahead next year.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government has ordered a third-party review into allegations of unprofessionalism and racism among doctors at Regina's hospitals.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said dealing with incoming president Donald Trump and his thundering on trade will be "a little more challenging" than the last time he was in the White House.

HALIFAX — Community leaders in Northern Canada say the postal strike is choking off the supply of some necessities and could mean children in more remote regions don't receive gifts this year during the holiday season.

METEGHAN, N.S. — Standing by a bullet hole in his dining room wall, lobster buyer Geoffrey Jobert says such attacks have become an all-too-familiar reality in Nova Scotia's largest fishery. Overnight on Nov.

HALIFAX — Statistics Canada says investors represented three in 10 residential property buyers in Nova Scotia between 2018 and 2020 — the highest volume of such buyers among provinces where data is available.

HALIFAX — A historic 400-kilogram anchor that was dragged up from the ocean floor off Cape St. Mary’s in Newfoundland sits propped up against a tree in front of Tyler Stapleton’s house.

HALIFAX — One year after its launch, a streamlined licensing program aimed at attracting foreign-trained pharmacists to Nova Scotia has drawn more than 100 applicants to the province.

HALIFAX — Commercial elver fishers in the Maritimes are dismissing new quotas for the 2025 season, saying they would significantly cut their share of the lucrative baby eel fishery.