Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — The overwhelming strike mandate that unionized public school teachers in Nova Scotia gave themselves this week is a signal to the provincial government that it needs to get serious at the bargaining table, says the head of their union.

HALIFAX — Unionized public school teachers in Nova Scotia have voted in favour of a strike mandate. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union said 98 per cent of its more than 10,000 members voted in support Thursday.

HALIFAX — As Canada looks ahead to what experts fear could be another devastating wildfire season, fire chiefs say they are worried about the dwindling number of volunteers available to combat the rising threat.

HALIFAX — Unionized faculty members and librarians at Saint Mary's University in Halifax have voted 91 per cent in favour of a motion expressing non-confidence in the school's president and its board chairperson.

HALIFAX — The former president of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party has lodged a complaint against the province's auditor general with the regulatory body for chartered professional accountants.

HALIFAX — A small Nova Scotia town that has struggled to tame its sometimes rowdy population of university students is considering advice from an unlikely source.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative premier has joined a call from leaders across the country asking for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss carbon pricing.

HALIFAX — The first female Speaker of the Nova Scotia legislature is leaving politics.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia legislature wrapped up a spring sitting Friday that saw the Progressive Conservative government present a budget and pass just two bills. Since the sitting began on Feb.

HALIFAX — A second water main break in as many days at a large hospital complex in Halifax forced the cancellation of some surgeries Thursday, while leaving no running water for drinking or for flushing toilets.