Nova Scotia News

OTTAWA — Two Nova Scotia men are appealing a judge's dismissal of their court challenge of then-prime minister Justin Trudeau's move to prorogue Parliament earlier this year.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has issued funding proposals to the province's 10 universities, which have until the end of next week to sign on, says an official with the Department of Advanced Education.

HALIFAX — Winter weather made a messy comeback Tuesday in parts of Atlantic Canada, with snow, ice pellets and freezing rain in the forecast.

HALIFAX — A 41-year-old Halifax man pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree murder after he admitted to attacking his mother in a “fit of rage” last fall.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says affordable housing units for 22 youth and young families will open next week thanks to a partnership with two local non-profits.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge has sentenced a teenage girl to three months in a youth detention centre for her role in the stabbing death last year of 16-year-old Halifax high school student Ahmad Al Marrach.

YARMOUTH — RCMP in Yarmouth, N.S., say a 52-year-old female middle school teacher faces sex charges involving a youth victim. Police say they received a report on March 4 of an alleged sexual assault involving a teacher and a minor.

HALIFAX — Mi’kmaq communities in Nova Scotia will be able to open legal cannabis retail stores on reserve under new provincial regulations.

FREDERICTON — A gathering of religious groups from across North America that was supposed to be held this year in Nova Scotia has been postponed indefinitely because of worries over U.S. border policies.

HALIFAX — A Federal Court judge has ruled that the Fisheries Department failed to properly consult commercial baby eel fishers when it transferred about 14 per cent of their quota to First Nations.