A long procession of intense thunderstorms have dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of Nova Scotia, causing flash flooding, road washouts and power outages. Torrential downpours started Friday afternoon across the Halifax region, dumping more than 200 millimetres of rain in the Hammonds Plains, Bedford and Lower Sackville areas—and there was more rain…

OTTAWA—The heaviest rain to hit the Atlantic Canadian province of Nova Scotia in more than 50 years triggered floods causing “unimaginable” damage, and four people are missing, including two children, officials said on Saturday. The storm, which started on Friday, dumped more than 25 centimeters (10 inches) on some parts in just 24 hours—the same…

The Nova Scotia government should not have dismissed the judge leading the Lionel Desmond inquiry, a close relative of the former soldier at the centre of the high-profile probe said Thursday. Desmond’s sister Chantel said she and other family members wanted provincial court Judge Warren Zimmer to finish his work, which started more than five…

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are investigating decades of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred at a Nova Scotia youth detention centre, involving at least 70 victims who were youth at the time. RCMP Corporal Chris Marshall told The Epoch Times on July 13 that this investigation, called Operation Headwind, has been ongoing for four…

The Nova Scotia government is facing accusations from a judge whosays misinformation and ignorance were behind the attorney general’s decision last week to dismiss him as the commissioner leading a high-profile inquiry. Provincial court Judge Warren Zimmer was appointed in July 2018 to lead the fatality inquiry that investigated why Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond…

Transport Canada will tighten inspections of fishing vessels in the aftermath of a deadly Nova Scotia sinking in 2020, but the widow of a lost crew member says the reform doesn’t go far enough to prevent future tragedies. Six crew members died on Dec. 15, 2022, when the Chief William Saulis capsized as heavy seas…

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston made it clear today his government decided to replace the judge overseeing the Lionel Desmond inquiry because Warren Zimmer’s final report was taking too long to complete. The provincial fatality inquiry, which was created five years ago, investigated why the Afghanistan war veteran killed three members of his family and…

Nova Scotia is offering doctors $10,000 to take 50 patients off the province’s registry of people waiting for family physicians. The wait list has about 150,000 people seeking a primary care provider. Health Minister Michelle Thompson made the announcement today in Halifax, adding that the government will prioritize moving people with the most pressing needs…

A Nova Scotia mayor says a patient died last week in his Annapolis Valley town after going into cardiac arrest at a hospital where no doctor was present. Mayor Sylvester Atkinson of Middleton, N.S., says volunteer firefighters were called to the Soldiers Memorial Hospital to attend to a patient because the closest doctor was 30…

Nova Scotia Cybersecurity Minister Colton LeBlanc says his department has identified thousands more people affected by a recent global data breach, and this week it is beginning the process of notifying the “most vulnerable” victims of the hack. But LeBlanc told a news conference Wednesday it’s hard to give a precise estimate of how many…