Nova Scotia

Green crabs from Nova Scotia are the same species as their cousins that already inhabit Maine waters, but are ornerier and angrier, threatening to accelerate harm to the coastal ecosystem by gobbling up soft-shell clams and destroying native eel grass, a researcher said.

It has been called a "boondoggle" — by the man in charge.

Stella Bowles has won national science prizes and public service awards. She has a scholarship lined up from Western University, and a book about her work is being published this month.

Nova Scotia's premier says a hospital's decision to turn away a young sexual assault victim was unacceptable, and Stephen McNeil is now calling on the province's Health Department to determine who was responsible.

The head of a firm hoping to open Canada's only commercial spaceport says they remain on schedule for a slated first satellite launch in 2021, even though provincial authorities have withheld approval pending more information.

After a bombshell day for the Conservative party, many members attending the annual Tory convention in Halifax expressed quiet relief on Thursday, August 23, 2018, that the long-expected divorce of maverick MP Maxime Bernier from the party was finally out of the way.

Ottawa has announced $189 million for an employment insurance pilot project that provides seasonal workers with up to five more weeks of benefits.

Nova Scotia's bid to become a world leader in tidal energy has been dealt a major setback, but industry experts say a French firm's decision to pull out of a pioneering Bay of Fundy project may ultimately be good for the emerging industry.

Kinder Morgan's controversial Trans Mountain expansion may be snagging the media spotlight out west, but on the East Coast, a storm is brewing.

The great white shark who stole the hearts of people in Nova Scotia last year has returned to the area after a winter sojourn down south.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the federal government will not pursue the deportation of former Somali child refugee Abdoul Abdi.

Facing pressure from rural communities and opposition MPs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he's asked Transport Minister Marc Garneau to find solutions to Greyhound Canada's decision to pull its buses from the Prairies, B.C. and northern Ontario.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau levelled fresh condemnation at Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, but refused to weigh in on the Russian president's meeting with Donald Trump — underscoring what experts say is the difficult tightrope act that the U.S. president is forcing Canada to walk on the world stage.

First Nations and environmental activists say they're "extremely concerned" after drilling fluids were spilled off the coast of Nova Scotia during a BP Canada oil exploration project.

It didn't take Prime Minister Justin Trudeau long to get a chuckle from a crowd of Liberal partisans in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley Thursday, May 31, 2018, following an intense day in which Canada responded to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium.