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HALIFAX — Immigrant and migrant women in Nova Scotia, who were an important part of the essential worker labour force during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, suffered physically and mentally from their jobs and continue to struggle, says a new re

HALIFAX — Two law firms have applied for a class-action lawsuit against the Nova Scotia government over the province's alleged unlawful use of lockdowns in jails.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A woman in Newfoundland says she waited a year for an MRI scan that ultimately revealed her blinding migraines were caused by a tumour pressing into her brain.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government tabled a single bill on Tuesday that would amend 15 provincial acts and create a new office to protect the rights of young people, a move the opposition said was an attempt to avoid legislative scrutiny.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's police watchdog agency has charged an RCMP officer with careless use of a firearm. The province's Serious Incident Response Team, known as SIRT-NL, said today the charge against Const.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's auditor general says the province's spending outside the regular budget process lacks oversight and is costing the government millions of dollars in interest.

HALIFAX — Residents of a central Halifax homeless encampment were forced to relocate Monday as workers cleared out the site — one week after a municipal deadline passed for it and four other sites to be vacated.

FREDERICTON — Maine's state legislature has called for a new investigation into the use of herbicides, including Agent Orange, in the 1960s on a southern New Brunswick military base, describing a Canadian study that found no risks to human health as

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government announced Monday a $258-million plan for a new high-speed ferry service that will link Halifax with Bedford, a rapidly growing suburb about 10 kilometres northwest of the port city's downtown.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's information commissioner says the province's rejection of her appeal for more staff will leave citizen requests to access government documents languishing in a years-long wait-list.