Nova Scotians head to the polls Aug. 17
Nova Scotia's 41st general election campaign is officially underway.N.S. Liberal Party Leader Iain Rankin, who became premier in February, met Saturday with Lt.-Gov. Arthur LeBlanc to dissolve…
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Blood supply concerns grow as pandemic restrictions ease
While much of Canada will welcome eased pandemic restrictions over the summer, Canadian Blood Services is concerned about ensuring a stable national blood supply. In a release…
Canadian fishers keep eye on U.K. as activists raise lobster concerns
Once again politicians in Europe are asking: do lobsters feel pain? Is it animal cruelty to drop them live into pots of boiling water?For activists outside Westminster…
Turning ‘anger into something good,’ this Mi’kmaw boy is walking 200 km for residential school survivors
When Landyn Toney laces up his shoes for the sixth and final day of his walk, the 12-year-old Mi'kmaw boy will have already covered 180 kilometres —…
Birchbark canoe project connects generations of Mi’kmaq in Kejimkujik National Park
Rose Meuse never got to know her grandfather, but she pictures him steering a birchbark canoe through the waterways of Nova Scotia's Kejimkujik National Park, where she…
Maritime startup invents Lego-style bricks made from recycled plastic
A Sunday drive through Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley offers bucolic views of neat rows of grape vines and apple trees, but also rows and rows of black…
N.S. curriculum asks students to list pros, cons of residential schools
A Mi'kmaw student says she was saddened and hurt to see racist stereotypes about Indigenous people included in her Grade 10 English correspondence course, which also asked…
False sightings, reports of gunfire: Court documents reveal details of RCMP response to N.S. mass shooting
The first RCMP officers to arrive in Portapique, N.S., during last year's shooting rampage thought they had spotted the gunman, but learned hours later it was a…
Fully vaccinated rotational workers will no longer need to self-isolate upon entry to N.S.
Effective Tuesday, rotational workers who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine will no longer need to self-isolate upon entering Nova Scotia.They must have no symptoms…
Mi’kmaw chief sees better future through MMIWG action plan
Spurred on by the pain from her own family tragedy, Annie Bernard-Daisley has spent the past few years fighting for justice for Indigenous women and girls.They include…
Canadian Coast Guard moving toward gender-neutral uniforms
Each year, the Canadian Coast Guard College welcomes dozens of new recruits to its waterfront campus in Westmount, N.S. One of the first assignments of the officer…