A Halifax woman with gynecological problems has been told she could wait up to five years to see a specialist even though she has been bleeding for the past 131 days.

A year after a severe drought left farms hurting across the East Coast, some Maritime growers say they’re on the road to recovery.

Issues such as gender-based violence, institutional trust, misogyny and broader social and economic inequities that can perpetuate violence will require efforts extending beyond the three-mandate of t...

The Nova Scotia government has made changes to its income assistance regulations to exclude homeless residents living in tents from getting access to enhanced financial support.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia legislature has temporarily banned 36 people from setting foot in the building for allegedly causing a disruption during the last session.

HALIFAX — Tributes are pouring in for a Dalhousie University engineering professor and cyclist described as a mentor and father figure who died following a road accident in Halifax.

DARTMOUTH - Top-ranked paddlers from 55 countries spent Canada Day racing in Dartmouth, N.S., for the first day of the Canoe Sprint World Championship.

HALIFAX — Researchers say if Nova Scotia wants to improve its low breastfeeding rates, the province should ensure new parents can afford to take parental leave.

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says that the board responsible for libraries in the Annapolis Valley needs to better explain to the public why it has decided to close

MIDDLETON - Seven-year-old Alice Arsenault, from Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, says she’s been sad and worried since learning last week five libraries in the area will soon close.

HALIFAX - Gender-based violence experts say it appears little has changed within the RCMP since police dismissed a Nova Scotia woman who reported having been sexually assaulted and harassed by

HALIFAX - The RCMP are dismissing recent claims made by the Nova Scotia government that unregulated cannabis dispensaries are selling guns and women.

Nova Scotia opposition parties say the government lacks transparency surrounding its work implementing recommendations from an inquiry into a former soldier who killed his family and himself in 2017.

HALIFAX - The last time Canada's national orchestra performed in Eskasoni First Nation, Mi’kmaq singer-songwriter Emma Stevens was a young teenager volunteering at the show.

The rollout of the government’s budget could not have gone much worse, partly because the government’s effort to grind the opposition into submission right out of the gates blew up in its face.

HALIFAX - The spring session of the Nova Scotia legislature did not work out quite as Premier Tim Houston had hoped, according to opposition parties and a political scientist.

HALIFAX - A rowdy protest is part of democracy and should not result in the public being denied access to the Nova Scotia legislature for more than one week, say

HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia legislature has been closed to the public after singing protesters disrupted a budget vote Tuesday night. Saf Haq says she and about 40 others broke into song before mi...

HALIFAX - Detailed ledgers, business receipts and church records from Black Loyalists in the 1780s and onward are more than just rich historical texts to Andrea Davis.

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia premier’s popularity appears to have taken a significant hit following controversial budget cuts that he partially walked back amid public outcry and protests.

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government says health-care spending helped push the budget for the next fiscal year into a record deficit, and the province plans to raise revenue with

HALIFAX - The partial reversal of some of Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston's controversial budget cuts will still result in the loss of Mi'kmaq programs that were built to address

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston apologized Tuesday as he reversed a portion of the $130 million in cuts to government grants included in February's budget, saying he could

HALIFAX - Halifax high school student Teddie Rofe says the Nova Scotia government has just made a decision that will strip away some of her independence.

HALIFAX - A First Nation chief is insisting the Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia have a treaty right to grow and sell unregulated cannabis as an ongoing dispute with the provincial

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's former justice minister and a legal expert are raising concerns about legislation tabled Wednesday to strengthen enforcement of cannabis rules amid a crackdown on illegal dispe...

HALIFAX - Becky Druhan, Nova Scotia's former justice minister who quit the governing Progressive Conservatives in the fall over differences with party leadership, hopes the session of the legislature ...

HALIFAX - Becky Druhan, Nova Scotia's former justice minister who quit the governing Progressive Conservatives in the fall over differences with party leadership, hopes the session of the legislature ...

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HALIFAX — A political scientist says he's concerned the Nova Scotia government has appointed the premier's two-time campaign co-chair as a new provincial court judge, saying Tim Houston appears to be ...

Nova Scotia’s minister for addictions and mental health says he has not reached out to the First Nation community that said this week it would declare an emergency over a crisis of illicit drugs and a...

Ryan Profid was enjoying a karaoke night at a resort near Cayo Coco in Cuba when he was approached by a staff member who had some bad news.

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has said its crackdown on illegal cannabis shops was motivated in part by a desire to rein in human trafficking and ensure cannabis sold

In response, a Mi'kmaw lawyer accused police of painting themselves as victims and heightening tensions for Mi'kmaw communities that have been rocked by unproven allegations from provincial politician...

TORONTO - If you jumped on the recent social media trend of posting photos or videos of memories from 2016, experts say artificial intelligence likely thanks you.

HALIFAX — Thirteen-year-old Addie Keys’ eyes lit up when some of her Professional Women’s Hockey League idols took the ice in a Halifax arena last month, and she’s one of many fans pushing for the cit...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says there are more illegal cannabis dispensaries in the province than the 118 the government had initially estimated — though he won't say how

HALIFAX - In the year since the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives under Premier Tim Houston won a resounding second mandate, the government's focus has largely been on a topic that

HALIFAX — When 26-year-old Newfoundlander Jenai Baker came out as non-binary and wanted to change their appearance to match their identity, one of the first things they did was get a haircut.

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia RCMP say they have no plans to change their approach to tackling illegal cannabis in the province, despite a new provincial government directive calling for

Sipekne'katik First Nation Chief Michelle Glasgow said in a statement on Friday she and her council are "appalled" by the province's directive, which she calls a direct threat to their communities' sa...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister has directed police across the province to crack down on illegal dispensaries, prompting criticism that the government may be interfering with law enforcement ...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it's making progress on improving public access to mental-health care, but advocates say the province is falling short.

The Nova Scotia government issued a directive on Monday that departments and other government entities are only allowed to fill one vacancy for every two full-time equivalent openings they have on the...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's health minister says she has asked for more information about the provincial health authority's decision to close a publicly funded drop-in clinic that offers new parents

HALIFAX - When former Conservative party president Rob Batherson heard rumblings that Chris d’Entremont might be leaving the opposition caucus, he reached out to talk.