Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says it could be months before it reveals how many people are on the wait-list for a family doctor.

HALIFAX — Emergency response times across Nova Scotia, which had risen steadily in recent years, are improving, says the head of the province’s ambulance service.

PEGGY'S COVE — Japneet Singh, a security patroller at Nova Scotia's famed Peggy's Cove — a longtime treasure of Atlantic Canada’s coastline southwest of Halifax — is no stranger to the perils of the sea.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is planning to kick-start its offshore wind industry — with or without federal approval — and launch a first call for project bids next year.

HALIFAX — A loophole in Nova Scotia's rental housing rules is making the provincial government’s proposed rent cap extension essentially useless, housing advocates and opposition parties say.

HALIFAX — The largest children's hospital in Atlantic Canada has received what it describes as the region's single-largest individual donation to health care.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Power is being fined for the third time in four years for failing to meet annual performance targets for the reliability of its energy grid.

HALIFAX — A sexual offender who fled Canada in 2022 has been extradited from Italy to serve the remainder of his sentence in Canada, Nova Scotia's public prosecution service says.

NORTH PRESTON, N.S.

HALIFAX — Premier Tim Houston showed little interest in downplaying early election speculation as the Nova Scotia legislature opened for its fall sitting on Thursday.