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A multimillion-dollar settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit over an Air Canada crash at the Halifax airport, ten years ago. Wagners Law says it is for $18 million to cover legal fees and expenses. It was in March of 2015, when the flight coming in from Toronto, hit power lines, causing the plane to land...

There are special weather alerts across Nova Scotia, including in Halifax, Yarmouth and Inverness. With unseasonably warm temperatures, significant rainfall is expected and could reach over 25 mm from Friday afternoon until Saturday afternoon, according to Environment Canada. Strong winds with southerly wind gusts up t...

A retired RCMP Officer charged with sexual assault was expected to appear in court this week, but the case was adjourned. The Province's Police Watchdog, Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) has charged Sergeant Darrell W. Johnson with three counts of sexual assault. The occurrences allegedly happened while the office...

Nova Scotia's is going to spend about $465 million on its five-year highway plan, released Wednesday, to try to make travelling safer and more efficient. The province says it will include repaving, bridge replacements, maintenance and other infrastructure work. Construction will continue on major projects, such as: Hig...

A man from Ingonish has been charged with mischief after a fiberoptic cable that lies under the sea off the coast of Aspy Bay, had been damaged. RCMP say it was on Christmas Eve, 2024, when the undersea cable, part of the telecom or telecommunications infrastructure connecting Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, had been sev...

The PWHL is in Halifax. For the first time, a league game will be played in Nova Scotia, and it's a homecoming for some players and coaches. The Toronto Sceptres face the Montreal Victoire in Wednesday night's contest at Scotiabank Centre. The Sceptres feature captain Blayre Turnbull from Stellarton, defender Allie Mun...

Sable Island is going green, with the federal government spending $5.1 million to significantly reduce the use of fossil fuels at Sable Island National Park Reserve. The funding will support energy-efficiency upgrades in key buildings and the modernization of the island's power generation system into a sustainable micr...

Penny Boudreau, the Nova Scotia woman who killed her 12-year-old daughter in 2008, has been granted day parole. That means she will live in a halfway house, a community-based residential facility, for six months. Boudreau strangled her daughter, Karissa, on Jan. 27, 2008. The woman initially tried to cover it up but la...

Some of Highway 2 in Fall River will be better protected from flooding with $3.6 million from the city and federal government. Heavy precipitation often causes flooding at three sites on Highway 2, from Holland Road to Howe Avenue, from Coach Avenue to #3476 Highway 2, and from Fall River Road to Miller Lane. So, the d...

Premier Tim Houston is defending the province's decision to crack down on illegal cannabis operations, saying the move is driven by growing concerns over product safety, potency, and the lack of regulation in Nova Scotia's unlicensed market. Houston says the province has seen a sharp increase in illegal cannabis storef...