A 30-year-old man from Guysborough County has died after an ATV crash in Port Bickerton, N.S., on Thursday evening.

RCMP say police were called to a&nbsp;crash scene on Highway&nbsp;211 in Port Bickerton at about 6:15 p.m.

The driver of the ATV was pronounced dead at the scene.

The ATV had been travelling east on the highway when it left the road, went into a ditch and hit a power pole.

The investigation into the crash is ongoing.

Highway 211 was closed for about eight hours, but is now open.

Province fixing loan gap after Dalhousie nursing students struggled to pay rent

Some students will receive up to $3,300 more in the coming weeks, after the provincial government re-examined how nursing student loans were calculated.

Exterior signage in front of the Forrest building, where nursing students study. Dalhousie University. Taken 7-Oct, 2021

Dalhousie nursing 

The province is boosting loans for nursing students at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

Nova Scotia to expand eligibility for COVID-19 booster shot by end of month

Those aged 80 and older, some frontline health-care workers and people who received two Vaxzevria (Oxford-AstraZeneca) doses or one dose of Janssen vaccine will be eligible.

Premier Tim Houston, left, and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang are shown at the Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, COVID-19 briefing.

Premier Tim Houston, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang

Premier Tim Houston, left, and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang are shown in September.

Convicted sex offender rearrested on Nova Scotia's South Shore

The Correctional Service of Canada has arrested a convicted sex offender who was free on parole and living in Voglers Cove on Nova Scotia's South Shore.

Former high-ranking Correctional Service Canada executive is now suing CSC for 13million dollars.

CSC 

Billions of dollars for affordable housing not making it out the door, non-profit advocates say

Four years into the National Housing Strategy and with a cabinet minister newly dedicated to housing, non-profit housing advocates say the federal loan program needs a total revamp.  

A street in the Caledon area of Peel Region with municipally-owned housing units. Peel Region is home to approximately 1.5-million people and has one of the highest rates of growth in the Greater Toronto Area. 

Peel Housing

A street in the Caledon area of Ontario's Peel Region with municipally owned housing units. Peel is home to approximately 1.5 million people and has one of the highest rates of growth in the Greater Toronto Area.

N.S. government still can't say how much it pays health authority administrator

Health Minister Michelle Thompson says she doesn't know the reason for the delay but the contract will be finalized in the coming days.

woman with blond hair wears a dark green sweater and tartan scarf.

Janet Davidson, a health-care consultant and veteran administrator, will be the interim CEO of the Nova Scotia Health Authority.

Man, 30, dies in ATV crash in Guysborough County

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