Nova Scotia

• N.S. legislature wraps up session passing bills on electrical grid, budget measures

  The government passed legislation that revamped the operation of the province’s electrical grid, along with a bill that enacts measures in the budget and amends 15 provincial laws.

  Politics

  Apr 5
  
• ‘They did everything they could’: Family sounds alarm over fatal Strep A case in N.S.

  The family of a Nova Scotia man who died from invasive group A strep is sounding the alarm on the danger of the infection after symptoms became fatal within hours.

  Health

  Apr 1
  
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• Highway reopens at N.S.-N.B. border amid carbon pricing protest

  Traffic is flowing again at the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border after police shut down the highway earlier in the day due to a protest against the carbon price increase.

  Canada

  Apr 1
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• Minimum wage up across Atlantic Canada with biggest jump in Newfoundland and Labrador

  The minimum wage is going up today in all four Atlantic Canadian provinces.

  Canada

  Apr 1
• Nova Scotia government announces rate indexing for people on income assistance

  Nova Scotia Community Services Minister Brendan Maguire says the change will mean an increase of about $35 a month for people living on low incomes.

  Economy

  Mar 27
• Code critical: N.S. woman commutes 5 hours to see her family doctor to avoid a waitlist

  A Nova Scotia woman says she would rather keep her family doctor five hours away than risk being put on the waitlist, which now sits at 156,000 people.

  Health

  Mar 27
• Nova Scotia wildfire victims return home to thousands more in property tax

  The province says that homeowners rebuilding after the Nova Scotia wildfires will get a 15-per cent break on property assessments, but some say it's not enough.

  Politics

  Mar 26
• Nova Scotia announces more modular housing for health workers

  Prefabricated homes will be erected at sites near two hospitals in the province as part of a $45-million program to address housing shortages for health-care workers.

  Canada

  Mar 26
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• N.S. pallet project going forward despite public outcry: ‘There is a high degree of need’

  The province says it's going forward with a controversial project that would provide shelter to Kentville's unhoused population through tiny homes.

  Politics

  Mar 21
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• Family who immigrated to Canada says they couldn’t stay amid high cost of living

  A Ukrainian woman who moved to Nova Scotia says her family couldn't stay as it was too hard to keep up with the cost of living, so they returned home to Europe after seven months.

  Canada

  Mar 21