HALIFAX: A forecaster with the Canadian Hurricane Centre says Atlantic Canada will experience three to six major storms this upcoming hurricane season, which will be the seventh year in a row the region will experience an above-normal...
LOUISDALE: A local project focused on addressing gender-based violence through community consultation and support is underway in another part of the Strait area.
Circles of Support and Change launched in Richmond County on May...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Tenants of an apartment building on Bernard Street have been given until July 31 to leave their units so their new landlord can conduct renovations.
The six-unit building, which is located at...
RIVER BOURGEOIS: The team behind the Richmond River Roots Market Garden is looking ahead to more initiatives to strengthen food security in the county.
The project began in the spring of 2020 with a...
HALIFAX: Eighteen months into the independent public inquiry into April 2020’s mass shooting rampage in rural Nova Scotia, some participants say their confidence in the process is building.
Early on, survivors of the attack...
OTTAWA: Sean Fraser has joined a group of entrepreneurs, activists, researchers, artists, political leaders, and other leaders under the age of 40 who are committed to making a positive contribution to the world.
The...
HALIFAX: Public hearings probing April 2020’s mass shooting in rural Nova Scotia are putting a spotlight on major missteps by the RCMP that might have lessened the tragedy or averted it altogether.
Two major...
ANTIGONISH: The warden for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish says he was unaware of a social skills program operating locally until a presentation was made to council.
The presentation made by new...
HALIFAX: A local Lyme disease advocacy group is urging the province to take a more proactive stance on the sometimes-debilitating illness spread by black-legged ticks.
The Nova Scotia Lyme Advocacy Group made a pitch...
HALIFAX: As the public hearings examining April 2020’s mass shooting rampage shift to focus on how and why the massacre happened, some family members of those killed are concerned the fact-finding phase didn’t go deep enough.