20+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1245+ words) MLAs, former Nova Scotia Health employee slam provincial minister's move, fearing projects will not move forward Two MLAs and a former Nova Scotia Health employee, all from Cape Breton, are upset that plans for a new health centre and long-term…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (849+ words) Turns out, there are hills on P.E.I. You may recall I talked about my plan to join a group trying the two-day, 240-and-a-bit-kilometre cycling event called a fondo on the Island a couple of weeks ago. Well, bucket list item checked....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (591+ words) Changes would cover live stream content, threats, and cases where consent to share images had been revoked. The Nova Scotia government is tabling amendments to the Intimate Images and Cyber Security Act to increase protections for victims whose images were…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (625+ words) 'They’re not here to speak for themselves, but we can' This article discusses suicide. Help can be found by calling the national Suicide Crisis Hotline at 988 or the Nova Scotia mental health crisis line at 1-855-922-1122. A group of Membertou community…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (476+ words) The song Signs contains the lyrics, “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign.” That is not the case on the North River causeway where two sign structures above the two westbound lanes are completely empty. A better idea would be to mark…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (922+ words) Youth soccer continues to boom in the Halifax Regional Municipality, but at least one of the sport’s local leaders says the grass fields can’t keep up with the high demand. Ollie Hewish is the executive director of Suburban FC in…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (169+ words) Re: ‘The system has failed’, Sept. 5 Thank you for an excellent article on facts about this mental health disorder and our failure, as a society in Canada, to appropriately treat the sick person. If ever the notwithstanding clause should be…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (306+ words) Wendy Owens Abbott had initially planned to venture into St. Peter’s to attend a Saturday wedding hosted by her place of business, the Bras d’Or Lakes Inn. Then she saw the weather forecast cautioning of an “orange” warning — which signals…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (348+ words) Like many Canadians, Islanders have viewed the collapse of trade talks with the United States with a mixture of anger and bewilderment. Just hours before the second deadline arrived, Prime Minister Mark Carney called the negotiators home, saying last-minute demands…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (624+ words) Utility's current cost-of-service model has been around for over a century The province has tabled a bill requiring the Nova Scotia Energy Board to evaluate a new way to regulate Nova Scotia Power, with the hope it will increase affordability…...