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CLARK'S HARBOUR, N.S. — The search for a missing Nova Scotia fisherman who went overboard on Boxing Day morning was suspended early Tuesday afternoon. Lt.

CLARK'S HARBOUR, N.S. — A search is underway for a fisherman who went overboard this morning off Cape Sable Island in Nova Scotia. Lt. Commander Len Hickey says Halifax's Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre received a mayday at 8:21 a.m.

Halifax Regional Police say a 31-year-old man has died following a disturbance involving several people in the city's downtown. Police say they found an unresponsive man on the sidewalk of Prince Street after 1 a.m.

HALIFAX — The weather system that hammered Central Canada on Friday also brought Christmas travel woes to the East Coast, as holiday plans were delayed by flight and ferry cancellations.

HALIFAX — He's 84 years old and receiving chemotherapy treatments for liver cancer, but Mi'kmaq elder and author Daniel Paul says his mission of sweeping away the "fairy tales" of colonial history must go on.

HALIFAX — Emergency room closures due to staffing shortages in Nova Scotia have doubled year over year, a situation the province's health minister says shows that hospitals are being pushed to their limits.

HALIFAX — A prominent credit rating agency has downgraded the bonds of Nova Scotia's electrical utility amid the company's conflicts with the provincial government.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has appointed a senior Crown prosecutor as the next director of the province's police watchdog agency. Alonzo Wright will become director of the Serious Incident Response Team, or SIRT, as of Jan. 9.

Halifax’s emergency department is reporting a rise in patients admitted solely because of social circumstances — and the number of these patients is expected to spike over the holidays, a physician and researcher said Tuesday. Dr.

HALIFAX — For the second time in three months, Nova Scotia's finance minister has reported $1.3 billion in additional provincial revenue, thanks mainly to a surging economy.