&nbsp;for parts of Nova Scotia, including Halifax, Malay Falls, Lunenburg&nbsp;and&nbsp;Cape Breton.&nbsp;

It has been wet and windy for much of Nova Scotia all day, resulting in power outages across the province and&nbsp;

Localized flooding prompted Elections Nova Scotia to close a polling station in Sydney. Another closed in Donkin when the power went out.

Halifax Transit has paused ferry service. Shuttles will now be provided.

Halifax Regional Municipality announced on social media it had postponed its annual tree lighting ceremony scheduled for Saturday night due to the weather.

Halifax police blocked off part of North Street after some panels from an apartment building under construction&nbsp;on Clifton Street blew off. Some businesses were told to evacuate.

, strong winds in Cape Breton are supposed to continue until tonight with maximum wind gusts reaching 90 km/h.&nbsp;

Most of mainland Nova Scotia will see additional rainfall amounting to 5 to 10 millimetres tonight and winds gusting from 40 to 70 km/h overnight.&nbsp;

N.S. political parties take differing views on federal government's GST holiday

With the announcement of the federal government’s temporary GST holiday on some consumer items, people in Nova Scotia will have to wait until after next week’s provincial election to know if their new government intends to match it.

Headshots of a man, and woman and another man.

From left to right: Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Zach Churchill, NDP Leader Claudia Chender and Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston.

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Group of Independents in N.S. requests judicial review of snap election call

Independents and small parties in Nova Scotia say the snap election call hurt their prospects. One group is taking the matter to court.

Four people each hold a paper outside a courthouse 

Independent NS Initiative group members Peter MacIssac, Julissa Stewart, Paul Westhaver and John Hurley outside the Port Hawkesbury Courthouse on Nov 21. 

Independent NS Initiatve 

Independent NS Initiative group members Peter MacIssac, Julissa Stewart, Paul Westhaver and John Hurley are shown outside the Port Hawkesbury Courthouse on Thursday. 

N.S. wildfire victim may have to pay hundreds more in property taxes. Political parties weigh in

A woman who lost her home in last year’s Halifax-area wildfire says she is happy to see party leaders talking about this issue, but said it’s upsetting it is being made into a political football in the Nova Scotia election.

Headshots are shown of theleaders of Nova Scotia's PC, NDP and Liberal parties. Two are men and one is a woman.

From left: PC Leader Tim Houston, NDP Leader Claudia Chender and Liberal Leader Zach Churchill.

PC Leader Tim Houston, NDP Leader Claudia Chender and Liberal Leader Zach Churchill.

A woman wearing a purple jacket is shown sitting on a giant rock that was unearthed from underneath her home that burned down in the wildfire.

Tricia Murray-d’Eon in May 2024, shown sitting on a huge rock that was unearthed from beneath her Highland Park home after it was lost to the wildfire a year earlier.

Tricia Murray-d’Eon

Group aims to reduce barriers to health care for 2SLGBTQ+ elders

An organization that works to support 2SLGBTQ+ elders in Nova Scotia says all too often people who have experienced discrimination put off and avoid seeking health care, so they're trying to make members feel more comfortable going to pharmacists.

A man in a black shirt talking in a room with a piano. 

Dalhousie pharmacist Kyle Wilby has helped to develop a gender-affirming curriculum and cultural safety training for healthcare professionals. 

Kyle Wilby

N.S. man accused of 2nd-degree murder found not criminally responsible

A Dartmouth man who admitted he killed his neighbour in a dispute over loud music has been found not criminally responsible for murder.

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A Halifax Regional Police emblem is seen on a police officer in Halifax on July 2, 2020. 

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John Edward Adams killed Ryan Lindsay on March 4, 2022. Lindsay was stabbed multiple times in the hallway outside his Dartmouth apartment.

Environment Canada issues weather warnings for parts of Nova Scotia Saturday, as rain and winds cause delays, power outages and flooding.  

Heavy rainfall, high winds cause delays, flooding in Nova Scotia

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