Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is sending a team of firefighters to help with out-of-control wildfires in Saskatchewan for the second time this wildfire season.

HALIFAX — An idle Cape Breton underground coal mine that has been plagued by rockfalls is up for sale. Nova Scotia-based Morien Resources Corp.

OTTAWA — Some of the best-known Canadian cases of unusual sightings in the sky: May 20, 1967, near Falcon Lake, Man.

DARTMOUTH — Burrowing under seaweed and crawling around a large open-top tank at an ocean centre in Dartmouth, N.S., are two beady-eyed alien-like creatures named Moonmist and Bingo.

CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES — A search is underway for a 41-year-old woman who went missing on a ferry travelling between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. RCMP say the woman was last seen around 3:30 a.m.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is threatening to overrule Halifax city council's efforts to create a new bike lane — drawing criticism he's unnecessarily meddling in municipal matters.

HALIFAX — Municipal police chiefs in Nova Scotia are questioning the provincial government's plan to expand the services of the RCMP as part of a push to restructure and modernize policing in the province.

LANSDOWNE STATION — RCMP say they are running forensic analysis on items, including a pink blanket, found during their search for two children who went missing in northeastern Nova Scotia.

HALIFAX — Via Rail wants to use refurbished rail cars to improve service between Halifax and Montreal, but the CEO of the Crown corporation can't say whether doing so will increase the frequency of trains on the line.

Much of Central Canada, Manitoba and Saskatchewan were placed under special air quality statements or warnings on Monday due to smoke from wildfires, as Environment Canada advised residents to limit time outdoors and watch for smoke exposure symptoms