Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — The Royal Canadian Navy has identified the sailor who died Friday after a small military boat capsized in the north end of Halifax harbour.

HALIFAX — Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand has ordered an audit of the ferry service between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island after a season plagued by delays and interruptions.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says a program to bring wind-generated electricity to 11 large customers is keeping the province on track to meet its goal of producing 80 per cent of its electricity with renewables by 2030.

TORONTO — Peavey Industries LP says it will close 22 of its stores in Ontario and Nova Scotia. The owner of the Peavey Mart farm and outdoor goods stores says the shuttering locations include shops in Bowmanville, Cornwall, Kingston, Kitchener, St.

HALIFAX — The Royal Canadian Navy says a sailor has died in the Bedford Basin after a boat capsized. The Navy says two sailors were operating a rigid-hull inflatable boat in the Halifax-area bay when it overturned and capsized around 10 p.m.

TRURO, N.S. — Police in Nova Scotia say they've charged a woman with attempted murder after a man was stabbed in Truro, in what authorities allege was a case of intimate partner violence.

HALIFAX — The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs says it has rejected an offer from the federal Fisheries Department regarding the establishment of livelihood fisheries.

HALIFAX — Long before Brenda Tatlock-Burke was killed by her husband in October, there were signs of his controlling and coercive behaviour.

HALIFAX — The Mounties in Nova Scotia are warning the public about a new texting scam that involves messages that appear to be from the RCMP.

HALIFAX — Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier has shelved a controversial proposal that would have shifted baby eel quota away from longtime licence holders to their employees.