Nova Scotia News

The chief justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court is demanding to know why 95 people or 40 per cent of prospective jurors were not in court Tuesday for the start of a five-day trial.

Nova Scotia's Education Minister Ramona Jennex says the alleged incident occurred at an after-school program at Bedford South School.

RCMP have released the names of two men who died in two separate highway accidents on P.E.I. over the holiday weekend.

An orchard in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley has been placed under quarantine after the detection of apple proliferation phytoplasma, a plant pest that is considered one of the most critical diseases of apple trees.

Two young males were reported at Waterfront Park in Wolfville at 5:30 p.m. with what turned out to be air pellet guns.

Generations of the town's men and women have sported everything from suits to Boy Scout uniforms to socks to dresses from Phinney's. 'It's amazing how things have changed," Jeanie said, as she looked around the Webster Street boutique.

Canadian singer-songwriter Amelia Curran will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Princeton Coffeehouse.

Paramedics transported the driver of the truck, a 72-year-old man from Cole Harbour, to hospital.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, Nigel Wright, left, cut a personal cheque to cover the housing expenses of Senator Mike Duffy.

Ryan Saulnier is co-organizing a cystic fibrosis fundraiser at Haley's Lounge featuring the Rockabillies on Saturday, May 25.

Aedos Marketing Concepts was the top performer among several sales offices working on the same campaign.

Mike Watkins, the man who brought Linpac packaging company to Devizes and created hundreds of jobs in the area, died peacefully at home on May 10 after a long battle with cancer.

An armed robber made off with cash from the Caledonia Club in Glace Bay, N.S. on Saturday night, say Cape Breton Regional Police.

A 61-year-old man is facing charges of assaulting Halifax RCMP officers after an incident in the North Preston area Saturday night.

Bob Gee was found guilty of displaying products in a way not prescribed by the regulations and storing tobacco in a manner not prescribed by regulations.

Nigel Wright, former chief of staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, appears as a witness at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov.

Friends and family who gathered to remember the sacrifice of Walter Leja say more should be done to remember the heroes of Quebec's FLQ crisis.

A small New Brunswick community was mourning the loss of a young fisherman Saturday as search efforts continued for two other crew members who were aboard a vessel that went aground off the province's northeast coast.

The 30 hackers are not hijacking computers, but building new programs. Participants said it is a sign of Sydney's emerging technology scene.