No parcel of land has been designated for the Pallet shelters the province announced for Truro in October 2023. The shelters—miniature homes that can provide a private space for unhoused people—had been announced for Truro alongside other areas ...

A Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service investigation into the sudden deaths of two individuals found in Bass River has ruled the deaths are not suspicious, and the Nova Scotia RCMP have concluded their investigation. RCMP and the Nova Scotia Medical ...

Lunenburg and Cookeville are receiving more than $12 million in joint funding for sidewalk and wastewater treatment facility upgrade projects. The funding will go towards a sidewalk renewal project for Green Street in Lunenburg, an expansion for the ...

A Kings County resource centre working to link volunteers with organizations is hosting a symposium that will focus on recruitment in a time of crisis and other pertinent topics. The Kings Volunteer Resource Centre (KVRC) presents its sixth annual ...

The Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia (PANS) says its pharmacists and pharmacy assistants are dealing with increased harassment. Allison Bodnar said pharmacist professionals are being harassed – verbally and physically – by patients and members of ...

Jail time for drug trafficking Kathryn Mary Kaiser, 46, of New Minas, has been sentenced to jail time for unlawfully possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Kaiser pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 7, 2023. The matter was adjourned to ...

Valdo (C.J.) Pauyo, who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for the murder of Douglas (Bert) Knockwood, was arrested in Montréal on Friday, April 26. Pauyo, 29, fled Nova Scotia immediately after the July 2021 homicide of 42-year-old Knockwood of ...

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge heard Tuesday morning that there could be plan to sell the Halifax Herald Ltd. and SaltWire Network Inc. by the end of June. “There’s a decent level of interest,” Bobby Kofman, managing director of court-appointed ...

The provincial government is partnering with municipalities in Kings County to provide upgrades to wastewater, water, and sidewalk infrastructure. Projects include upgrades to the regional wastewater system in the County of Kings, Town of Kentville, ...

Two construction projects aim to replace bridges in the St. Margarets Bay-Chester area are receiving a combined $2.3 million from Nova Scotia. St. Margaret's Bay Area Rails to Trails Association is getting more than $1.3 million to swap out the ...