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Nova Scotia church fined $5,000 for violating COVID-19 gathering rules in 2021

Nova Scotia church fined $5,000 for violating COVID-19 gathering rules in 2021

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia court has fined a church in the Annapolis Valley $5,000 for violating provincial restrictions on faith gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Weston Christian Fellowship Church in Berwick, N.S.
'Historic' single-year spike in N.S. child poverty between 2020 and 2021: report

'Historic' single-year spike in N.S. child poverty between 2020 and 2021: report

HALIFAX — A new report says child poverty in Nova Scotia spiked when governments ended their pandemic-related financial assistance.
Desmond inquiry: 'Desperately needed' care absent in months before N.S. killings

Desmond inquiry: 'Desperately needed' care absent in months before N.S. killings

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S.
Halifax-area man faces charges after hate-motivated threats: RCMP

Halifax-area man faces charges after hate-motivated threats: RCMP

Halifax-area RCMP say a 39-year-old man faces charges after he allegedly made hate-motivated threats at a business in Lower Sackville. The Mounties say they received a report on Jan.

Key recommendations from Lionel Desmond inquiry, seven years after N.S. killings

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — Nova Scotia provincial court Judge Paul Scovil makes 25 recommendations in his final report following a public inquiry into why Lionel Desmond, a former soldier, killed three family members and himself in 2017.
N.S. pilot project gives 12,000 patients access to medical records through mobile app

N.S. pilot project gives 12,000 patients access to medical records through mobile app

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia pilot project that gives residents access to their medical records through a mobile application will improve the quality of health care for patients, the premier said Tuesday.
Group for Atlantic offshore redfish fleet says details scarce on fishery reopening

Group for Atlantic offshore redfish fleet says details scarce on fishery reopening

HALIFAX — Ottawa’s lifting of a decades-long moratorium on the redfish fishery has left Atlantic Canada’s offshore fleet wondering what the ramifications will be for the large-boat operations that helped develop the fishery.
Seven years after triple murder-suicide, Nova Scotia inquiry to release final report

Seven years after triple murder-suicide, Nova Scotia inquiry to release final report

HALIFAX — Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond calmly bought a semi-automatic rifle on Jan. 3, 2017, and later that day fatally shot his mother, wife and 10-year-old daughter before killing himself in the family's rural Nova Scotia home.
Snowstorm forces cancellations in Nova Scotia and eastern Newfoundland

Snowstorm forces cancellations in Nova Scotia and eastern Newfoundland

HALIFAX — Wind speeds picked up Monday afternoon, tossing around freshly fallen snow as a winter storm moved through Nova Scotia and into Newfoundland.
N.S. proposes taking on $117 million of utility’s fuel costs to reduce rate hike

N.S. proposes taking on $117 million of utility’s fuel costs to reduce rate hike

HALIFAX — In order to reduce the burden on ratepayers, the Nova Scotia government intends to take on $117 million of the provincial power utility’s fuel costs.