Here are 5 unforgettable Nova Scotians we met in 2025
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From wildfires and drought to close encounters of the shark kind, a range of stories made headlines in the province this year.
So as we bid farewell to 2025, CBC Nova Scotia remembers some of the most unforgettable people we met this year.
Here’s our look back.
Andy Campbell’s 1985 Toyota Tercel is in nearly perfect condition — if not for the fact that his odometer doesn’t go up high enough. It reads 253,070 but is short by about one million.
Campbell’s car has 1,253,070 kilometres on it … and counting.
The Tercel that Campbell purchased second-hand around 1990 proves that one man’s trash is another’s treasure. And he has plans to go the distance with his treasured Tercel.
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Jennifer Brady’s despair amid an arduous battle to get the Nova Scotia government to cover a surgery to treat her lymphedema led her to apply for medical assistance in dying.
Brady spent several hours a day trying to manage a disease that caused fluid buildup and painful swelling.
After a six-year fight with the province, Brady won a judicial review against Nova Scotia’s Department of Health and Wellness and a public apology was issued by Premier Tim Houston.
She received a life-changing surgery in New Jersey in July and is ready to live.
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John Brooks, 75, assumed he would encounter some fish when he went scuba diving in Hubbards, N.S.
But he didn't expect to be faced with a great white shark like a scene out of Jaws. Unlike the movie, Brooks's interaction with the apex predator was relatively calm and brief.
WARNING: This story contains references to missing and murdered Indigenous people. Resources can be found at the bottom of this story.
A law mandating new requirements for job postings by companies of over 25 people will go into effect starting Jan. 1, 2026 in Ontario.
New rules set to come into effect in 2026 mean many Ontario homeowners and landlords will have to add carbon monoxide alarms to their New Year's to-do list.
Bryce Leitch and his son Quinton were playing video games in their south London home’s basement on Sunday night when the 9-year-old suddenly said he heard a “weird noise” coming from upstairs.
U.S. authorities have released more details on dozens of high-end motorcycles believed to belong to Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian athlete now accused of running an international drug ring.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says 36-year-old Scott King, has been arrested following a shooting on Monday inside a home in Corner Brook.
Five Nova Scotians, including a popular musician and a former premier, have been appointed to the Order of Nova Scotia for 2025.
The Maritimes suffered through intense drought conditions this summer that left farmers with lower crop yields and, in some cases. feeling already set back as they look ahead to the coming year.
More residents from a northern Manitoba First Nation are temporarily leaving their homes as Manitoba Hydro’s efforts to restore power to the community have been delayed again.
One man is dead and Saskatchewan RCMP say they are still searching for two armed men after an early morning shooting on Big Island Lake Cree Nation.
After Edmonton was pummelled by back-to-back snowfall events over the holidays, the city says it's been a challenge for crews to start clearing snow in residential neighbourhoods because of the work needed just to clear main roads.
A man from Nelson B.C., has been sentenced to two years, less a day, in custody after lighting four separate fires in three locations around the city in the heat of the 2024 wildfire season.
Significant flooding in Calgary’s Bowness neighbourhood on Tuesday night led to seven cars getting stuck and required the city’s fire department to rescue 13 people.