
Anger, grief at sentencing of impaired man who drove 172 km/h before fatal crashSaturday, 07, February, 2026  Drake Robert Brown faced sentencing in provincial court in Kentville, N.S., Friday on two counts of impaired driving causing death and one count of impaired driving causing bodily harm for the 2023 crash that killed two passengers, Brayden Lemmon and Victoria Cousins, and injured a third.
| Houston says smaller government, program cuts likely as N.S. contends with 'big' deficitSaturday, 07, February, 2026  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the state of the province's finances means finding ways to do more with less, and that is likely to mean a reduction in the size of the civil service and cuts to programs.
| Student research award scrapped due to province's focus on economic outcomesSaturday, 07, February, 2026  The Scotia Scholars Award supported health-related research at Nova Scotia post-secondary institutions and was administered by Research Nova Scotia.
| Halifax airport bucks trend with increase in U.S. passenger traffic in 2025: StatsCanSaturday, 07, February, 2026  Halifax's airport saw an increase in the number of travellers flying to U.S. destinations in 2025, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
| Valérie Maltais's speed skating bronze Canada's 1st medal of Milano-Cortina OlympicsSaturday, 07, February, 2026  Valérie Maltais of La Baie, Que., collected her first individual medal at her fifth Winter Olympics, earning bronze in the women's 3,000 metres on Saturday in Milan.
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