Halifax Regional Police are investigating human remains found in Dartmouth Friday morning.

Police were called to&nbsp;a wooded area near Elliot Street&nbsp;around 10:30 a.m. AT, according to a news release from HRP.

Police had part of Findlay Community Centre Park, across the street from Sullivan's Pond,&nbsp;taped off Friday afternoon.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 902-490-5020 or&nbsp;Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

'Our lives changed': N.S. marks one year of COVID-19; 1 new case announced

Vaccine eligibility is set to expand Monday to those who are 80+ and born January to August.

Premier Iain Rankin participates in a COVID-19 briefing on Friday, March 12, 2021.

Iain Rankin

N.S. health records stored in an outdated, patchwork system, Desmond inquiry hears

Nova Scotia stores patient files in a patchwork of outdated digital medical databases, meaning physicians may get a limited scope of a person's medical history, an expert witness in health administration told the Lionel Desmond inquiry Friday. 

The second day of the fatality inquiry into the deaths of a former soldier and his family resumes today.

Desmond inquiry

The Lionel Desmond inquiry heard from an expert witness about the accessibility of medical records on Friday.

Northern Cape Breton residents at disadvantage for access to vaccine, says MLA

The Nova Scotia MLA for Victoria-The Lakes says seniors living in northern Cape Breton are at a disdvantage when it comes to accessing the only COVID-19 vaccination clinic on the island.

Keith Bain, the Progressive Conservative MLA for Victoria-The Lakes, says Nova Scotia's Liberal government needs to do more to help seniors in northern Cape Breton access the COVID-19 vaccine.

Keith Bain

NDP bill would see mental health response teams attend crisis calls

Amendments tabled by the Nova Scotia NDP Friday would see 911 dispatch refer mental health crisis calls to a mental health response team in a person’s area. They also call for those teams to be appropriately educated and, when they do involve a police officer, for that person not to be in uniform.

NDP Leader Gary Burrill says the issue of paid sick leave cannot be left to employers and employees to determine.

Gary Burrill

NDP Leader Gary Burrill's party tabled legislation Friday aimed at improving mental health services for 911 crisis calls.

Nova Scotia moving to open up adoption records

Nova Scotia has taken its first step to open up adoption records, something that every other province in Canada has already done.

Nancy Regan adoption records

Community Services Minister Kelly Regan, left, and Monica Kennedy appear at Province House Friday. Kennedy brought a doll that she carried with her when she was adopted from Newfoundland.

Police were called to a wooded area near Elliot Street around 10:30 a.m. AT Friday.

Police investigating human remains found in Dartmouth

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