The Nova Scotia government announced plans Wednesday to work on a new supportive housing model at the same time it said funding for a beleaguered shelter in New Glasgow will be cut off in 90 days.

EverWind Fuels, the company that’s been pursuing hundreds of wind turbines and a green hydrogen production facility in Nova Scotia, has added a data centre to its list of projects.

Independent Fisheries Ltd. and its president, Xiaoming (Mark) Mao, argue in court papers that they're being asked to prepare a defence to the $10-million lawsuit "with no understanding of the (alleged...

Opposition MLAs are expressing concern about the lack of progress on hospital projects in Cape Breton eight years after they were announced at a time when the health minister says the plans are being ...

Premier Tim Houston tabled legislation at Province House on Wednesday that would require the province’s energy board to conduct a review of a new regulatory model for Nova Scotia Power.

The province establish Accelerate Nova Scotia in June with a mandate that includes commercializing technology and research developed in Nova Scotia.

A Halifax human rights lawyer says the government of Nova Scotia is virtually "kicking people when they're down" by blocking those with disabilities who live in tents from receiving a monthly income a...

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says officials from the province are talking with companies that could be most impacted by the trade war with the United States to determine how the government could he...

Nova Scotia’s labour minister introduced legislation Tuesday to ban tip theft, although the change won’t take effect until April.

Premier Tim Houston says he’s awaiting a response from the grid operator about his request to consider a greater variety of energy technologies to bolster the province’s power grid.

For decades up to 2018, Nova Scotia's rent inflation rate was never higher than two per cent. Despite having slowed down in recent years, rent increases in the province are still at a rate at least se...

As MLAs prepare to return to the Nova Scotia legislature next week for the opening of the fall session, the Speaker of the House is rescinding bans issued last month to 36 people following an investig...

Here’s some bad news: Sometimes the coyote does win.

The MLA for Pictou West made the announcement on his Facebook page on Wednesday night. MacLeod faced backlash after a song he published prior to taking office surfaced online. The song included misog...

The CBC's Michael Gorman shares what to watch for.

The federal government announced 27 Nova Scotian companies would receive $14.1 million in combined funding from the Regional Tariff Response Initiative. The $1.5-billion program is part of a $7.5-bill...

Finance Canada has removed fish and seafood products from a list of counter-tariffed items, just a day after the government initially hit back at the U.S. with retaliatory measures. For those in the i...

Last week, New Glasgow town council asked the province to close the town's only shelter following years of community concern.

When the consultation and surgery wait times are combined, the total waits for hip and knee replacements in Nova Scotia are longer than they were a decade ago. In 2015, Nova Scotians could expect a to...

The wrecking ball is readying for the former Northern Pulp mill, a once major player in Nova Scotia’s forestry sector that also came to be recognized as one of the province’s most prominent examples o...

In the face of a court ruling that said the Nova Scotia government cannot deny people living in tents enhanced income support, the province has changed regulations governing income assistance to make ...

Securing a child-care spot is a major challenge for any parent in Nova Scotia these days, but for those who work unusual hours, it can be almost impossible.

For Cumberland North MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, the return of bulls to the cow pasture at the federal Nappan Research Farm is a big win. The Independent MLA has caught the eye of federal Conservat...

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said he’s optimistic about Canada's ongoing trade negotiations with the U.S.

Nova Scotia Power officials say they don't know why a digital copy of almost three decades worth of customer information that was later stolen in a cyberattack was not automatically deleted as intende...

Rachel Reid says when she heard five libraries in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley were set to permanently close their doors, she wanted to help as much as she could.

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston toured the province this summer to make speeches at chambers of commerce about his vision for the economy.

Brandon Klayme of Dartmouth, N.S., spent 18 months in jail for a crime he didn't commit.

A Halifax women's shelter says that a song containing "violent" and misogynistic lyrics made at least a decade ago by Energy Minister Marco MacLeod should disqualify him from holding public office.

Legislation passed last year links university funding decisions to the government's social and economic priorities and could allow the province to force schools into unplanned reorganization.

Green hydrogen hopeful EverWind Fuels has to submit more information to the province before it can move forward with one of its proposed wind farms in Guysborough County.

The Nova Scotia government is making changes to employment support for people who receive income assistance. And while officials say it should lead to improved services, it will also result in the eli...

People who were present or participated in a protest that shut down Province House in March are now facing bans from the legislature's grounds.

For 75 years, Trenton, N.S., has played host to a coal-fired generating station, but the plant has to switch to another fuel by 2030 or shut down. About a third of the town's revenues come from the pl...

Lynn Ann MacInnis has spent summers at her family cottage for years. This season, non-existent cell coverage forces her to drive into town just to make a phone call.

A survey commissioned by the Ecology Action Centre suggests that nearly 80 per cent of people in the province are opposed to things like golf courses, hotels and spas being built in legally protected ...

The man behind the company seeking to restart petroleum exploration off the coast of Nova Scotia says his outfit’s most recent request for an extension to post a deposit is not an indication the proje...

Over halfway through a five-year plan to overhaul supports for people with disabilities, an independent report finds Nova Scotia is still missing many critical targets.

Klayme was arrested in 2020 and served 18 months in prison due to an error by Wisconsin police that went unnoticed for over six years.

The Nova Scotia government returned $5 million in federal funding earmarked for land protection because it did not spend it, and it made no measurable progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in ...

Tenants and landlords looking to resolve disputes through Nova Scotia's residential tenancies program could be waiting until October or early November for a hearing.

Demonstrators expressed frustration about whether Tim Houston's chamber of commerce tour is truly giving Nova Scotians a chance to be heard. As the CBC's Michael Gorman reports, the premier says there...

So far, about 40 per cent of this year's graduating health-care students at Dalhousie University have been hired by Nova Scotia Health, with dozens more still negotiating their futures.

The Maritime provinces are studying whether they should deepen integration of their electricity grids, and officials in Nova Scotia say their interest is based largely on energy affordability.

The Federation of Foster Families Nova Scotia says the government already slashed 52 per cent of its $1.1-million provincial funding in the March budget.

Members of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party are poised to elect their first female leader after the deadline to enter the race closed with two candidates.

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston’s last-minute trip to Switzerland this spring to lobby on behalf of the Port of Halifax came with a hefty price tag.