Plain-language Nova Scotia news and headlines from across the province — from Premier Tim Houston and the PC government to Halifax, Sydney, Dartmouth, Cape Breton, and communities throughout Nova Scotia. We cover provincial politics, the legislature, fisheries and ocean policy, Indigenous affairs, health care, and the stories shaping life in Nova Scotia.
FOI records reveal that after two plasma donors died at Grifols centres in Winnipeg, Health Canada, the provinces, and Canadian Blood Services coordinated a cautious response built around redirecting all questions to the federal regulator.
Steve Cogbill
A FOIPOP release of Nova Scotia's 2018 Wood Street Campus assessment surfaces 18 recommendations on the province's only Level 4 youth facility, but redacts the harassment findings the requester sought.
Steve Cogbill
Nova Scotia schools documented 23,822 physical violence incidents and 25,307 cases of insubordination from September 2024 to May 2025. FOI data reveals Halifax accounts for nearly half of all provincial incidents.
Steve Cogbill