A former Halifax teacher who is on his deathbed with cancer has been acquitted on historical charges of sexually abusing two teenage boys. Jaddus Joseph Poirier, 82, stood trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax on two counts each of sexual ...

Funding for facilities and trails under the direction of groups and organizations in Richmond County was announced by the provincial government on Tuesday. St. Joseph’s Parish in Petit-de-Grat ($65,000) will renovate its kitchen, install a heat pump ...

Halifax’s A. Murray MacKay Bridge, now in its 54th year but still known as “the new bridge,” will be closed for three weekends in June and one in July to allow for maintenance and inspections. The closure dates are: Friday, June 7 at 7 p.m. to ...

A Sydney man has been sentenced to a six-year prison term in connection with a brutal assault he inflicted on his then girlfriend. In addition to a charge of aggravated assault, Christopher Kyle Coleski, 32, was also sentenced on three counts of ...

The provincial government is sending more than $600,000 to Arichat for accessibility upgrades, including the Municipality of the County of Richmond’s sidewalk project. Sidewalk project goals are to create easier access to the municipal administration ...

Mounties in Halifax arrested a youth and charged him with attempted murder and other offences after a stabbing in Prospect Bay on Sunday morning. While on their way to a weapons complaint at a home on Prospect Bay Road at about 9 a.m., Halifax RCMP ...

The Ally Centre of Cape Breton has announced its decision to remember the late Eleanor Young by naming the Rapid Housing Initiative building "Eleanor's Court." The announcement was made during the Nova Scotia Native Women's Association's Missing and ...

The sound of five gunshots rang out in a courtroom Monday, as the jury at a Dartmouth murder trial watched a security video from a house just up the street from the scene of a 2021 killing. Alex Thomas, 35, of East Preston, was shot to death Nov. 13, ...

A sentencing date has been assigned to a Glace Bay man who entered a guilty plea on a child pornography charge. Michael Dennis Anderson, 53, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography – images and videos found on a computer and cellphone. The ...

Parks Canada is inviting the public to offer commentary on their draft management plan shaping the future of the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site. This plan, looking ahead 10 to 15 years, will help shape how visitor experiences, cultural ...