The CSC says it is increasing security measures to 'prevent contraband from entering its institutions.'

Stevenson's family described her as a caring wife and mother who was well known in the Halifax area.

The RCMP's only helicopter in Atlantic Canada was unavailable at the time of the shootings. Police also didn't ask the military to help find the gunman.

Fines for the nine violations range from $325.50 to $1,000.

The man charged with stabbing a Bridgewater police officer in the neck and then hiding for most of a week in the woods before finally being taken custody has been released on bail.

Tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishermen have come to a head over fishing rights in Nova Scotia — a dispute that has a history spanning hundreds of years.

It's been six months since a lone gunman killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia, bringing communities together in new ways to support each other in a time of need.

Police found a vehicle on fire during a riot outside of the West Pubnico lobster pound with several Mi'kmaq fishers trapped inside.

'Unfortunately, if the DFO doesn't act and remove commercial fishermen from the water for interfering with our rights, the conversation will end.'

A 30-year-old woman from Westville, N.S., died at the scene of the crash that happened on Highway 246 in Oliver on April 12