Emergence of an East Coast boomtown: 'The timing is now for Halifax'
Halifax is booming, its skyline awash with construction cranes, and Ontario native Jesse Rodgers can tell you why.
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia information czar wants law to put onus on province to comply with rulings
The province's information and privacy commissioner recommends changes that would bring Nova Scotia's freedom-of-information laws into the 21st century.
Not One More: Community vigil to be held in wake of teen suicides in Cape Breton
"With three suicides so close together, we feel that it’s a crisis now," says Nicole MacLean, community ministries co−ordinator with the Salvation Army.
Tidal power in the Bay of Fundy: A dream without danger?
A turbine in Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy is showing that tidal energy — free of fossil fuels — is possible. The challenge is to show the ecosystem will stay safe.
For once, progressives have a reason to celebrate from coast to coast
It’s not often that the beleaguered moderate left has much to cheer about. But over the last few days, progressives have received a cornucopia of blessings in three provinces.
Nova Scotia Liberals win their second straight majority government
After a long night of hard-fought election battles, Nova Scotia's Liberal government won a second straight majority victory early Wednesday, May 31, 2017.
'Their light will always shine:' Ceremony marks Westray mine disaster
Twenty-five years after she lost her husband to one of Nova Scotia's worst coal mining disasters, Darlene Dollimont-Svenson still finds it difficult talking about the life they once shared.
Nova Scotia budget expected to lay groundwork for election call
Nova Scotia's Liberal government is expected to present a balanced budget on April 27, 2017 that many believe will lay the groundwork for an election call that could come as early as this weekend.
Bay of Fundy fishermen lose court bid to stop testing of huge tidal turbines
Fishermen have failed to persuade a court that Nova Scotia's environment minister was wrong to approve a tidal energy test project in the Bay of Fundy.
Debate over 'GRABHER' licence plate could be headed to court
The controversy over Lorne Grabher's personalized licence plate, which reads "GRABHER," could be settled in court now that a group of lawyers has decided to sue the Nova Scotia government.
Trial for N.S. doctor accused of trafficking starts with push to drop evidence
The drug-trafficking trial for a Nova Scotia doctor accused of prescribing 50,000 pills to a hospital patient started Monday with the defence attempting to have several pieces of evidence thrown out.
Nova Scotia premier says miniseries about Canada must be corrected
The premier of Nova Scotia Stephen McNeil has added his voice to a growing chorus of complaints about a TV docu-drama about Canada's history.
Are the Irvings Canada's biggest corporate welfare bums?
The LNG terminal is at the center of a bitter dispute pitting the region’s largest energy company, Irving Oil Ltd., against Saint John’s city hall. In so doing, it’s become a potent symbol of all the problems inherent with corporate welfare in Canada – and in New Brunswick especially.
Advocates say Ottawa, provinces not doing enough to help injured veterans
Veterans advocates in Nova Scotia are blasting the federal government for its inaction on a promise to re-introduce life-long pensions for those injured in uniform.
Bill ending Nova Scotia teachers' contract dispute expected to pass
A government bill aimed at ending the 16-month long contract dispute involving Nova Scotia's 9,300 public school teachers is expected to pass.