Atlantic News

Ecology group says Nova Scotia coastal protection legislation needs to be proclaimed

HALIFAX — A Halifax-based environmental group wants provincial legislation passed in 2019 immediately brought into force of law to protect Nova Scotia’s coastlines.

Oct 24, 2023 1:11 PM Read more >

Auditor flags high salaries, lavish spending at Memorial University in Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

Oct 23, 2023 2:38 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia offering 50 prizes worth $1,000 each for the best health-care ideas

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is so keen to improve the province's ailing health-care sector that it is offering 50 prizes of $1,000 each to health workers who have ideas for improving the system.

Oct 23, 2023 2:30 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia government lays out plan to reduce 41,000-home shortage by 2028

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative government released a housing plan Monday that it says will help address a projected shortage of 41,000 homes by 2028.

Oct 23, 2023 2:03 PM Read more >

After years of decline, endangered right whale population could be levelling off

HALIFAX — The population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales appears to be stabilizing after years of discouraging declines, according to new data released Monday by an international team of marine scientists.

Oct 23, 2023 9:39 AM Read more >

Three people, including an infant, killed in Nova Scotia highway collision

FORT LAWRENCE, N.S. — Three people, including an infant, have died in a highway collision between an SUV and a car in Nova Scotia’s Cumberland County.

Oct 22, 2023 1:31 PM Read more >

How an award-winning Halifax professor nurtured a network of battery entrepreneurs

HALIFAX — They call themselves the "Dahn lab" graduates, and they're powering an unlikely, Halifax-based research hub for batteries designed to replace fossil fuels.

Oct 22, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Nova Scotia ATV driver killed in highway collision with vehicle near Simms Settlement

SIMMS SETTLEMENT, N.S. — A collision on a highway between a vehicle and an ATV has claimed the life of a Nova Scotia man.

Oct 21, 2023 2:12 PM Read more >

New Brunswick premier blames federal Liberals for affordability crisis

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says federal policy is to blame for the cost of living crisis and any provincial measures to address the situation would only be "Band-Aids" on a much bigger problem.

Oct 20, 2023 2:34 PM Read more >

Cape Breton Regional Municipality says new provincial bill will increase taxes

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s second largest municipality is vowing to fight proposed provincial legislation it contends will raise taxes for its residents.

Oct 20, 2023 1:55 PM Read more >