Today's top headlines from CBC Nova Scotia

Good evening, these are your top stories for Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
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Nova Scotia's most powerful bureaucrat will be ACOA's next president

May 21 , 2024 at 04:30:08 p.m. ADT • :

Laura Lee Langley is leaving her provincial job to take over as president of the federal Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

Repairs near completion at Rissers Beach Provincial Park after storm damage

May 21 , 2024 at 05:02:20 p.m. ADT • :

Nova Scotia Parks expects the remaining campsites at Rissers Beach Provincial Park to open in the coming weeks after major repairs were needed in the wake of post-tropical storm Lee last September.

Parents unhappy with changes to grade levels coming to some Halifax-area schools

May 21 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Major changes will be made to four schools within the Halifax Regional Centre for Education starting this September. Some families aren't happy about it.

'He averted a catastrophe': Parent praises bus driver after 18-wheeler fell from overpass above

May 18 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

A Nova Scotia bus driver is being lauded for his quick action after a tractor-trailer crashed through the guardrail of an overpass on Highway 101 and landed in front of the bus below.

N.S. doctor predicted decades ago his daughter's murder would be solved. Now it has been

May 19 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

One of the four women identified as victims of a serial killer in Calgary in the 1970s was from Inverness, N.S. Barbara Jean MacLean, 19, had recently moved to the city and was working at a bank. Her father, who died in 2000, always expected the case to be solved.

May 20 , 2024 at 05:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Corporations are buying local vet clinics — raising questions about price, choice and quality of care

May 19 , 2024 at 12:00:00 p.m. ADT • :

Iconic Halifax building gets new lease on life as arts hub

May 20 , 2024 at 03:24:39 p.m. ADT • :

N.S. man named national museum volunteer of the year

May 20 , 2024 at 01:55:21 p.m. ADT • :

Truro-area grandstand open after almost 3 years of delays

May 19 , 2024 at 01:11:38 p.m. ADT • :

Halifax's Nickerson places first in Blue Nose Marathon

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