Halifax Latest News

• Nova Scotia’s $20-million subsidy for Maine ferry is a good value, says new study

  A long-awaited economic study of the Nova Scotia to Maine ferry service says the province’s annual subsidy of about $20 million is worth the cost.

  Canada

  Feb 20
• Gang prevention program for Muslim youth in Maritimes receives federal funding

  Organizers say the program will address factors such as social isolation and discrimination, while offering mentorship and prevention-based programming.

  Canada

  Feb 20
• N.S. finance minister expected to cut spending in next week’s provincial budget

  Nova Scotians are bracing for government spending cuts as Finance Minister John Lohr gets set to deliver his budget on Monday for the new fiscal year.

  Politics

  Feb 20
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• N.S. foreign worker ‘coerced’ and ‘threatened,’ Ontario man facing human trafficking charge

  A a foreign worker was coerced into working excessive hours and threatened at a Nova Scotia business, according to RCMP. 

  Crime

  Feb 20
• Canada’s Sidney Crosby out of Olympic semifinal

  Canada will have to win without captain Sidney Crosby to reach the Olympic gold-medal game. Crosby suffered a lower-body injury against Czechia in the quarterfinals.

  Sports

  Feb 20
• 7-Eleven bringing viral Japanese-style egg salad sandwich to Canada

  There’s a sandwich foodies have flown thousands of kilometres to Japan to try and have strategized how to get through customs to share with friends back home.

  Canada

  Feb 20
• Nova Scotia takes step toward building two fast-acting electricity generation plants

  The Nova Scotia government says the province’s energy system operator has been granted partial approval to build two fast-acting electricity generation plants in Pictou County.

  Environment

  Feb 19
• Signed Crosby, MacKinnon jerseys stolen from Halifax bar by masked thief

  A Halifax bar had a pair of framed jerseys signed by two hometown hockey heroes — Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon — stolen right off the wall in a brazen theft.

  Crime

  Feb 19
• Most Atlantic provinces recorded first population decline in years at the end of 2025

  Atlantic Canada’s population boom has ended, with each of the four provinces losing residents at the end of 2025.  

  Canada

  Feb 19
• Nova Scotia woman claims ER failed to do ‘bare minimum’ before father’s death

  Erika Snelgrove says her 59-year-old father died from septic shock in December just two days after being sent home from the Dartmouth General emergency department.

  Health

  Feb 19
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• Seafood magnate John Risley’s firm owes more than US$776 million: court documents

  An Atlantic Canadian investment firm run by seafood magnate John Risley is facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, court documents show.

  Canada

  Feb 18
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• Provinces are bracing for record deficits. What’s causing budgets to see red?

  From trade tensions to a shrinking workforce and existing inflation, several factors are leading to provinces posting sometimes record-breaking budgets.

  Economy

  Feb 18
• ‘No real progress’ in Nova Scotia’s child and family poverty rates: report

  The report found Nova Scotia has the highest rate of child poverty in Atlantic Canada and the third-highest in the country — with 22.7 per cent of children living in poverty.

  Canada

  Feb 18
• Nova Scotia’s Finance Department says over-budget spending needed to act swiftly

  The executive deputy minister of Nova Scotia’s Finance Department has defended the government's over-budget spending.

  Politics

  Feb 18
• Halifax bar closes after sewage backup, but it’s unclear who will pay to fix it

  A sewage backup at Rumours Lounge and Cabaret on the weekend has forced the bar to close. The owners say the building's landlord says it's not their responsibility to repair it.

  Canada

  Feb 17
• Anti-whaling campaigner takes aim at Nova Scotia’s Whale Sanctuary Project

  A bid to bring two captive killer whales from France to a proposed seaside refuge in Nova Scotia is facing fresh criticism from a well-known but polarizing anti-whaling campaigner.

  Canada

  Feb 17
• African Nova Scotian church community leaders mourn Rev. Jesse Jackson

  An African Nova Scotian church leader says the community is devastated by the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson, who visited the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia in 2009.

  Canada

  Feb 17
• Africville’s ‘eternal flame’ Eddie Carvery and the legacy he leaves behind

  Eddie Carvery, a 79-year-old activist has died after years of health issues. Carvery refused to leave the land of the former Africville site, a legacy that continues to this day.

  Canada

  Feb 17
• Provinces contend with fresh shocks ahead of 2026 budget season

  A new analysis from Desjardins indicates some resilience to U.S. trade pressures and revisions to economic data have most provinces on better footing heading into budget season.

  Politics

  Feb 17
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• Atlantic Canada’s offshore wind potential is massive, but less than projected: report

  Atlantic Canada is ripe for offshore wind projects, but the amount of energy it could actually produce isn’t as much as some politicians say, a new report indicates.

  Canada

  Feb 17
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• Conviction of sex offender prompts Halifax police to issue appeal to possible victims

  Police in Halifax say they are concerned that a man recently convicted of sexual assault in Nova Scotia may be responsible for other sex crimes.

  Crime

  Feb 13
• ‘Coming home’: New Halifax school set to welcome students after years of delays

  The original school was demolished in 2022 and its students were bused to a temporary space at the former Beaufort School building in the south end.

  Education

  Feb 13
• Nova Scotia’s NDP blames closed-door government spending for billion-dollar deficit

  The province is set to release its new budget during the sitting of the legislature that begins Feb. 23. 

  Politics

  Feb 13
• No charges after RCMP investigation into collision between fire truck and snowmobiler

  The Mounties say the 28-year-old victim was receiving help at the side of the road when he was hit by the truck driven by Jerrold Cotton, then a volunteer fire chief.

  Canada

  Feb 13
• Family of Portapique victims offers advice and support to community in Tumbler Ridge

  Tammy Oliver-McCurdie recalled the agony she felt when she learned a man disguised as a Mountie had fatally shot the entire family and 19 other people on April 18-19, 2020.

  Canada

  Feb 13