Nova Scotia is reporting 38 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, the highest daily case count in the province in a year.
Starting April 26, masks will also be mandatory for students in all grades at all Nova Scotia schools.
The Sipekne'katik First Nation says it is considering asking the United Nations to send peacekeepers to police the self-regulated lobster fishery it plans to relaunch in southwestern Nova Scotia outside the commercial fishing season.
There are a variety of reasons to protect land, including to preserve biodiversity and fight climate change, but it’s also important for the public to have access to free, natural spaces, said Environment Minister Keith Irving.
A Halifax-area dentist facing criminal charges in Gander, N.L., for allegedly allowing a jail guard to perform a dental procedure on an inmate has had his licence suspension lifted in Nova Scotia. But Dr. Louis Bourget can only practise under tight restrictions.
People in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., have rallied together to make sure crew members of a quarantined ship just off the Cape Breton coast are comfortable while they wait to restart their journey.
J.J. Daigneault, who was appointed head coach of the Halifax Mooseheads in 2019, has been dismissed, the team announced Thursday morning.