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Digby-Yarmouth-Shelburne Drew Nickerson, 13, remembered as a friend to many who loved the outdoors. Drew Nickerson, 13, remembered as a friend to many who loved the outdoors. CBC News · Posted: Jan 06, 2026 1:06 PM EST | Last Updated: 10 hours ago Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes …
Read More »Why a N.S. assault case before Canada’s top court could set a precedent for Indigenous sentencing options
Warning: This story contains graphic details of intimate partner violence. Brittany Sack, a Mi’kmaw woman from Nova Scotia, says she was seeking comfort from her former partner, who is also Mi’kmaw, following the death of her infant daughter when he began beating her — smashing her face into the sidewalk …
Read More »N.S. child welfare system ‘incredibly broken,’ say experts after guilty plea in toddler death
The case of a child who was killed by his mother shortly after being returned from foster care has shed a rare and needed spotlight on the child welfare system, say experts in the field. Isaiha Surette was 17 months old when he died in 2020 after his mother threw …
Read More »N.S. premier firm on cannabis crackdown as tensions grow with Mi’kmaq communities – Halifax
Nova Scotia’s premier says he’s unfazed after the Sipekne’katik First Nation passed a resolution banning him and two of his cabinet ministers from band lands. In their announcement, Sipekne’katik First Nation called the three politicians “undesirables.” When asked what he thought about the ban, Houston replied, “Why is that? Why …
Read More »#TheMoment 2 bystanders jumped in to save stranded pilot whales in N.S.
Mark Rankin tells CBC News about the moment he and Grant Cameron saved three pilot whales that had gotten too close to shore in Port Hood, N.S. News Source link
Read More »‘It happens all too frequently,’ says N.S. 911 dispatchers’ union of delayed response times
The union representing 911 dispatchers in Nova Scotia says problems getting ambulances to emergency calls — such as the February incident in Halifax in which urgent calls from police failed to result in paramedics’ arrival for 40 minutes — happen all too frequently. Inadequate staffing and training, as well as …
Read More »This N.S. woman has been waiting almost 2 years to bring 23 family members fleeing Gaza
A Palestinian woman in Halifax, N.S., is making an impassioned plea for Ottawa to step up efforts to get people safely out of war-torn Gaza, about 20 months after applying to bring her family to Canada under a temporary visa program. Najlaa Alzaanin, who hasn’t seen 23 family members since …
Read More »Ex-swim instructor at N.S. youth correctional facility facing 66 sex-related charges
Nova Scotia RCMP say a Dartmouth man is facing 66 sex-related charges following a four-year investigation into allegations of dozens of sexual assaults at a provincial youth correctional facility. Donald Douglas Williams, 75, who was the swim instructor at the Nova Scotia Youth Centre in Waterville, N.S., between 1988 and 2017, …
Read More »Why N.S. might ban social media for some children
Screen time for kids in Nova Scotia could soon look different as social media might be banned for children under 16. CBC’s Puneet Nijjar on why advocates and parents are calling for the age restriction. News Source link
Read More »Former N.S. fire chief who hit snowmobiler with fire truck charged with drunk driving in N.B.
The former chief of the Collingwood Corner, N.S., fire department who was removed from his post after the death of a snowmobiler in February is now facing charges for impaired driving and obstructing a peace officer in New Brunswick. RCMP say Jerrold Cotton, 51, crashed his vehicle on May 4 on Highway 2 near …
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