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HALIFAX — The federal government said today it plans to spend $6.3 million on 53 new tourism projects in Nova Scotia.

HALIFAX — Lobster populations around the Maritimes remain in good shape, though climate change may be to blame for a recent downward trend, the federal Fisheries Department says.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia provincial court judge on Tuesday acquitted a man charged in a 2018 sexual assault, setting the stage for a review of whether Halifax police failed to gather key evidence in the case.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's top health official says the province will soon be treating COVID-19 like any other respiratory illness. Chief medical officer Dr.

HALIFAX — Parks Canada says an urban wilderness area on the edge of Halifax has met a key requirement in the process to become a national urban park.

MEAGHERS HILL, NOVA SCOTIA — Police in Nova Scotia say they are investigating a vehicle collision that left one person dead.

MONCTON, N.B. — A visiting member of the Royal Family heaped praise on Canada's oldest continually serving cavalry regiment on Saturday, saying its storied military accomplishments date back to before it formally had a country to call its own.

Recent deaths of several First Nations people in Atlantic Canadian jails have prompted calls for Indigenous-led inquiries and systemic change in the justice system.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says the Health Department's wait-list for surgeries is shrinking.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Police in Cape Breton say a man is facing 21 charges after they seized seven firearms, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, and police clothing and equipment believed to be from the RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police.