Nova Scotia News

Envelopes full of handwritten letters and donations for various charities are piling up on Dianne Parker's desk due to the Canada Post strike.

HALIFAX — It will be the luck of the draw that chooses the next councillor for a district in northern Cape Breton after two candidates earned the same number of votes in a recent municipal election.

HALIFAX — Uncertainty is a key theme this year at the annual, three-day gathering in Halifax of political leaders, defence officials and policy analysts who aim to promote democratic values around the globe.

HALIFAX — If Nova Scotia's Liberal Party is elected to govern on Tuesday, leader Zach Churchill says that within the first 100 days he would call for a meeting of the Atlantic premiers to discuss replacing the federal carbon tax.

HALIFAX — Domestic violence has not been given enough attention during the Nova Scotia election campaign, with only one of the three major parties mentioning intimate-partner violence in their platform, says a group that advocates for women's rights.

HALIFAX — Previous Liberal and NDP governments are to blame for Nova Scotia's housing crisis, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston said Wednesday on the campaign trail, boasting that his party's plan to build more homes is bearing fruit.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender doesn’t make a habit of getting kicked out of the legislature — it’s happened once in her seven-year political career.

HALIFAX — With one week to go in the Nova Scotia election campaign, early voter turnout is down about 15 per cent compared to the 2021 election.

EASTERN PASSAGE, N.S. — A former Nova Scotia NDP candidate criticized for social media posts about Israel is now running as an Independent in the Nov. 26 provincial election.

HALIFAX — The leaders of Nova Scotia’s NDP and Liberal parties are taking aim at the Progressive Conservatives’ immigration policies, which they say are outpacing the province's health care and housing capacity.