Nova Scotia

Ottawa's decision to close fisheries off the southwest coast of Nova Scotia after North Atlantic right whales were detected in the area is necessary to protect the endangered animals, according to an aquatic species researcher.

Community legal worker Mark Culligan refers to cases of Nova Scotians facing pandemic-era evictions in a hot housing market as "the new poor."

COVID-19's second wave tightened its grip on the Prairies on Monday, November 23, 2020, while two eastern provinces pulled out of the Atlantic bubble in an effort to rein in the virus.

Tensions remain high in the dispute over the Indigenous lobster fishery in Nova Scotia. Here are five things to know about the situation.

The RCMP in Nova Scotia have failed to properly protect Indigenous people embroiled in an ugly dispute over lobster fishing, Canada’s Indigenous services minister said Monday.

Calls for Ottawa to define a "moderate livelihood" fishery mounted on Sunday, October 18, 2020, as hundreds gathered in support of Indigenous lobster fishers after a heated dispute over treaty rights boiled over.

Several provinces are looking to ramp up COVID-19 restrictions as new hot spots crop up across the map, pushing Canada's caseload closer to the 200,000 mark.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to do more than send tweets to settle an increasingly violent dispute over an Indigenous-led lobster fishery in Nova Scotia, a First Nations chief said on Thursday, October 15, 2020.

Dalhousie's faculty association says the university's president may have violated academic freedom after he emailed teachers, staff and students to warn them against making negative comments about an Indigenous-run fishery.

A Mi'kmaq chief says he's not satisfied with the federal government's response in the ongoing conflict between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia.

The lawyer for a retired biologist and an environmental group is seeking judicial review of Nova Scotia's decision to remove a section of Crown land along the province's Eastern Shore from a list of pending protected areas.

RCMP investigators confirmed on Thursday, July 30, 2020, that the gunman who went on a rampage in Nova Scotia in April had hidden compartments in buildings and had converted personal assets into "a significant amount" of cash prior to his attacks.

More young people are being infected with COVID-19, creating the potential for a severe outbreak, scientists warn.

A coalition of groups devoted to eliminating gender-based violence across Canada is urging Ottawa and Nova Scotia to refrain from using a restorative justice approach for a promised inquiry into the mass killing that claimed 22 lives in the Maritime province.

Prince Edward Island reported two more cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, July 5, 2020, bringing the weekend tally to five after the province went months without a single positive test.