Dalhousie University has made a significant change to the way it responds to cases of sexualized violence involving members of its community. In the week following several events hosted by the group Can’t Buy My Silence, or CBMS, in Halifax—including training and information sessions on banning the misuse of non-disclosure agreements because of their harmful […]

Nova Scotia’s elections agency is warning the public about an online phishing scam trying to collect personal information. Elections Nova Scotia communications director Naomi Shelton says the deceptive email is made to look like an official message from the elections agency. It asks users to click a link to provide personal information in order to […]

Voters in Nova Scotia are scheduled to go to the polls on Nov. 26. At dissolution, the Progressive Conservatives held 34 seats in the 55-seat legislature, the Liberals held 14 seats, the NDP had six and there was one Independent. Here’s a look at some of the promises announced by the three major parties: Progressive […]

The governing council of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society has unanimously voted to accept the recommendations in a new report on how to better address systemic racism in the province’s legal community. Released Tuesday, the report by lawyer and former provincial ombudsman Douglas Ruck says there is “real, centuries-long, and still prevalent” anti-Black racism and […]

After serving as interim police chief for more than one year, Don MacLean was sworn in as the first permanent African Nova Scotian chief of the Halifax Regional Police on Wednesday morning.  Speaking to a room of past and present Halifax police and RCMP officers, city councillors, and members of the board of police commissioners, […]

The commander of the RCMP in Nova Scotia delivered what he described as a long-overdue apology to the province’s Black residents on Saturday, acknowledging that the force’s past use of street checks did lasting harm to both individuals and communities. Assistant commissioner Dennis Daley issued the apology to African Nova Scotians and all people of […]

The commander of the RCMP in Nova Scotia will apologize to the province’s Black community on Saturday for the Mounties’ historic use of street checks. Now banned in Nova Scotia, street checks involve police randomly stopping citizens to record their personal information and store it electronically — a practice sometimes referred to as “carding” elsewhere […]

Students at Halifax West High near Clayton Park as well as Millwood High in Middle Sackville have been dismissed early for two days in a row this week in response to written threats of potential explosive devices, which police and RCMP are investigating. As of Tuesday afternoon, these investigations are ongoing.  On Monday, officers were […]

ANTIGONISH — Close to 2,700 people can expect to hear from Nova Scotia Health (NSH) after a hospital employee “inappropriately accessed” some or all of their private information – including MSI numbers, home addresses and even triage reports – almost a year ago. “We’re spending a lot of time making sure we know exactly what […]

ST. MARY’S — Lobster fishers along the Eastern Shore, including in the District of St. Mary’s, dropped their traps on April 19 and pulled up their first catches on April 20. Even though wharf prices in southwestern Nova Scotia were reported at as high as $18 per pound, especially if the supply was low and […]

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. The Saint Mary’s University Faculty Union released a statement Tuesday saying the administration has refused to respond to the union’s request for information about […]

Unionized librarians and faculty members 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. The Saint Mary’s University Faculty Union released a statement Tuesday saying the administration has refused to respond to the union’s request for information about […]