Auditor general Kim Adair's new report on provincial student assessments was released today, Sept. 29.

Smith is the first woman and first Black person to serve as mayor of Middleton.

A new report on the region's economic future tells us we need to change our mindset.

“Knowing what we know today, our estimates are we still have a gap of somewhere in the neighbourhood of 11,000 workers over the next six to seven years,” Duncan Williams said.

The esteemed African Nova Scotian actor received the Living Legend Award at the International Black Theatre Festival in July.

Habitat for Humanity is one of the oldest and most established non-profits devoted to housing, and it could not make this project work.

"There is a sense of unhappiness and a sense of loss of direction from many people who love Dalhousie dearly."

Demolition of Halifax Forum is paused.

Working with forests and not against them means growing diverse local hardwood tree and shrub species in forests, making woodlots healthier, and reducing flood and wildfire risks.

Cluckie's first day on the job was Sept. 23, 2026.

The tourists, myself included, seemed listless, uneasy, as if something was entirely off. We mulled around performing reverence, without feeling it.

Advocates call for better infrastructure as pedestrians, cyclists continue to be killed and seriously injured on roads.

Finance Minister John Lohr provided an update on the state of the province’s finances Thursday, and the news is not good.

Albright is the first woman warden in the municipality.

"I can say with confidence that there is no use of AI that can 'deepen' students’ learning of Plato, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Marx, and Du Bois."

Volunteer community groups across the province are working hard to pick up your trash.

Post was the first executive director of the Accessibility Directorate.

“Overall, workers seeking to organize face a cumbersome and time-consuming legal and regulatory framework throughout the process,” report states.

When told they couldn’t take their messages and more than 200 climate-impact photos concerned Canadians gave them as they made their way to Ottawa, the seniors told police they were not willing to ste...

Given the chance, the assholes now striding atop the political and economic establishments will murder us all.

"We will be persistent, we will not be violent, but we aren't going to turn around and go home easily."

Tiff Macklem gave a speech during an event hosted by the Halifax Partnership on Monday.

"Mike used his films to speak truth to power, He attacked the church, and he attacked Ottawa's perception of us."

The province’s 56 elected MLAs have returned home after a nine-day sitting of the legislature.

The piece is uncritical, with gratuitous and unquestioning praise of the spaceport project, like nearly all the media coverage MLS has had over the years.

In the short term, the federal and provincial governments will need to act, reducing taxes on diesel and fuel oil.

The film Billy Gauthier: Carving the Future has its world premiere Sunday, Sept. 20 at the Atlantic International Film Festival.

New two-year pilot project will provide basis for a provincewide community safety strategy to help prevent harm and crime by addressing root causes.

Eben Fry of the Ingram Action Group was named the Danielle Moore Sunshine Award recipient during the Ecology Action Centre's annual general meeting Tuesday.

The Shift is working with Halifax Regional Municipality to learn how the city can turn vacant and underused buildings into affordable housing.

“The member from Northside-Westmount has a pattern of responding to questions from his female colleagues by commenting on his perception of our emotions, rather than offering us the dignity of actuall...

Halifax Forum Community Association and the Halifax Hawks have differing stories on the mayor's involvement with pushing hockey organization to pause Forum redevelopment.

While the minister says government is “on track” to fill housing gap identified three years ago, 60,000 of the 79,100 new units are still only “proposed” as part of special planning areas.

For the would-be prepper there is no shortage of apocalyptic scenarios: pandemics, bioterrorism, electrical grid cyberhacks, electromagnetic pulses, economic collapse, climate catastrophe, societal co...

We've somehow got to bring back faith in the courts. I just don't know how that happens.

A look at some of the votes at Halifax regional council's Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026 meeting.

Mayor's office also hosting public sessions where residents can offer feedback on 2027-2028 budget.

Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender says for the sixth month in a row, Statistics Canada data show Nova Scotia experienced the highest rate of inflation in the country.

Derek Martin says temporary pop-up stadium has proven its worth, while other Halifax Common groups remain concerned.

Interested in finding out what Premier Tim Houston is pitching to gazillionaires attending Prime Minister Mark Carney’s investment summit in Toronto?

Public washrooms and water fountains aren't just nice amenities. They represent freedom.

Nadia Shivji says proposed changes to the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (SCAN) are unnecessary and unconstitutional and should be dropped.

Initiatives include improved access to breast screening services, a new grant to support research that improves women’s health care outcomes, and the winter opening of the Menopause Centre of Excellen...

Siccing cops on the marginalized necessarily brings a world of hurt upon them.

"Our means to reach out and make residents aware are failing," Bedford councillor writes.

“I think it is just window dressing to make it look like they are doing what Premier Houston has said publicly,” Municipality of Pictou County Coun. Donnie Parker said of second procurement.

Stretch of Victoria Road between Highfield Park Drive and Albro Lake Road "a relic from a different era."

There's always a good reason to kill people. But whatever the cause, blood just looks the same when you open up the veins.

"Turning wrenches and being a politician are two totally different things."

Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender called the premier “a liar” Thursday, and accused the Progressive Conservative Party of running "a smear campaign” as a distraction from the affordable housi...