Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia's premier says "decades" of education-policy errors have contributed to the historic teachers walkout that saw the legislature enveloped in a cacophony of protest speeches and cowbells.

McNeil was responding to a letter, posted Wednesday on O'Leary's Facebook page, in which the reality TV star slammed the Liberal premier for the state of the province's economy.

The centre will explore renewable sources like solar power and the best ways to integrate them, Emera president Chris Huskilson said.

Coast guard officials are optimistic a second towing attempt expected on the weekend will shift the double-hulled Arca 1 — which holds 15 tonnes of its own fuel.

Eighty-two-year-old Arnie Ross, clad in coral swim trunks, was the first of more than 250 people to jump off the wharf in Herring Cove, N.S., on Sunday.

Defence ministers and senior military officers from various nations gathered in Halifax raise concerns about Trumps impact on global security.

A major fire has caused extensive damage at a waterfront fish processing plant on Nova Scotia's eastern shore.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to leave the door open to a broader interpretation of carbon pricing in an interview two days earlier.

A Federal Court judge facing possible removal from the bench for inappropriate remarks he made to a sex assault complainant admits his knowledge of Canadian criminal law at the time was "non-existent.

The federal agency reports that Alberta’s unemployment rate rose to 8.6 per cent last month — the highest since September 1994.

A May report in the online version of Policy Options magazine estimates just one per cent of Canada's 2,160 judges in the provincial courts are aboriginal, while three per cent are racial minorities.

Over the last three decades kelp biomass has dropped by 85 to 99 per cent in areas that stretch along 110 kilometres of coastline.

"Come from away" speaks volumes about Atlantic Canada's apprehensive attitude toward newcomers and its legendary cliquishness. Now, Nova Scotia's senior federal cabinet minister wants that to change.

The Last−In−First−Out (LIFO) rule stipulates that the last entrants to the fishery are the first to leave when the quota is cut.

Under the plan, the government will accept up to 2,000 immigrant applications in 2017, with increased numbers in the following years depending on performance.