Nova Scotia will donate $1 million to the Lebanese Red Cross to help support those affected by Tuesday's explosion in Beirut.

"The Lebanese community has deep roots in Nova Scotia,"&nbsp;Premier Stephen McNeil said in a news release on Friday.

"Our hearts go out to Lebanese Nova Scotians, their families and loved ones and all those affected by the explosion. We stand with you and are keeping you in our thoughts."

Thousands of people were injured in the blast and the dead are still being counted.

A vigil is being held at Halifax's Grand Parade on Friday at 8 p.m.

Halifax&nbsp;City Hall will be lit in red, green and white — the colours of Lebanon's flag.

Nova Scotia politicians begin kicking the tires on Liberal leadership

Two Nova Scotia cabinet ministers and a federal MP aren't ruling out runs at the Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership. There are likely others considering the same thing.

Geoff MacLellan, Sean Fraser, Zach Churchill

Business Minister Geoff MacLellan, MP Sean Fraser and Education Minister Zach Churchill say they're considering runs for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

Premier is going but don't expect him gone until 2021

Now that Stephen McNeil has announced his intention to step down, it's up to the dozen or so members of the Liberal Party's provincial board to pick the date a new leader can be chosen so that the premier can actually leave office.

Premier Stephen McNeil with a supporter after winning the Nova Scotia general election in 2017.

Premier Stephen McNeil with a supporter after winning the Nova Scotia general election in 2017

Premier Stephen McNeil is shown with a supporter after winning the Nova Scotia general election in 2017.

Judge orders Burnside jail to end segregation for 2 men awaiting trial

Nova Scotia’s largest jail has been given two weeks to get two men out of segregation.

Supt. Tim Carroll guides a media tour of the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility renovations that feature a cluster of cells around a living area where guards will be stationed to observe and interact with inmates, in Halifax on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. The medium-security facility has a capacity of 322 male and 48 female offenders.  

Burnside jail

A judge has given Nova Scotia's largest jail two weeks to get two men out of segregation. Both men are awaiting trial.

Nova Scotia reports no new COVID-19 cases Friday

No new COVID-19 cases were reported in Nova Scotia on Friday. The QEII Health Sciences Centre's microbiology lab conducted 403 Nova Scotia tests on Thursday.

Of the 170 health experts surveyed by CBC Montreal, two-thirds indicated that a second wave of COVID-19 was "very likely."

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Nova Scotia has two known active cases of COVID-19.

Shelburne residents rally to help seniors left homeless by fire

Community members in Shelburne, N.S., are rallying to help seniors left homeless after a fire tore through a seniors apartment building last week.

A sign at the edge of a street that says, 'Welcome to Shelburne, founded in 1783 by United Empire Loyalists.'

Town of Shelburne sign

Roseanna Thibeault, from Shelburne, N.S., says residents have donated food, clothing and medical supplies to help seniors who can't return home after a fire, which police say was intentionally set.

The Lebanese flag flies at half-mast at the Embassy of Lebanon in Ottawa on Wednesday.

Nova Scotia to provide $1M to Lebanese Red Cross

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