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Today's top headlines from CBC Nova Scotia - 2026-03-19

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Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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PC MLA says hackers accessed and shared intimate images on his devices

March 18 , 2026 at 07:30:41 p.m. ADT • :

The representative for Hammonds Plains-Lucasville says hackers requested money and his family refused payment.

N.S., Manitoba teens accused of planning co-ordinated school attacks

March 18 , 2026 at 01:04:20 p.m. ADT • :

Police say two teens — a girl from the town of Bridgewater, N.S., and the other from Manitoba — have been charged for allegedly planning simultaneous attacks at their local schools.

N.B. toll will do more harm than good, some Nova Scotians say

March 18 , 2026 at 06:07:19 p.m. ADT • :

The Holt government plans to put a toll in Aulac by 2028, forcing drivers from outside New Brunswick to pay to pass. And that's not sitting well with commuters, truckers and local MLAs.

Railcars abandoned by tidal developers could be removed from ocean floor this summer

March 18 , 2026 at 05:12:14 p.m. ADT • :

The Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy is looking for a company to remove and dispose of four cement-filled boxcars that have been sitting on the seabed for years.

MLAs to hear from the public for 3 days next week on Financial Measures Act

March 18 , 2026 at 04:11:18 p.m. ADT • :

There is such demand from the public to tell MLAs what they think about the Financial Measures Act that the chair of the Nova Scotia Legislature's committee on public bills has added a third day for presentations.