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Ahead of Red Dress Day on Sunday, a time meant to raise awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, frustration is boiling over with the lack of a timeline surrounding a landfill search for human remains. Global’s Daisy Woelk reports.

A Kentville, N.S. senior is voicing his concerns around difficulties he faced when looking for rental housing in his community, after his apartment was sold off by his landlord. As Megan King reports, a lack of housing options at inflated prices means the search for a new place takes time.

In the newest installment of Global News’ On the Brink series, which explores the impacts of Nova Scotia’s growing cost of living, we take a look at how we got here. From changes to migration patterns, the pandemic and a lack of broad social supports – this affordability crisis was years in the making. Megan...

January’s relative lack of snow meant Toronto only had to spend about seven percent of its entire winter budget in the usually active month. But city officials are quick to point out the savings will likely be needed elsewhere. Matthew Bingley reports.

In the fifth and final instalment of ‘On the Brink,’ we speak with a youth about the challenges of finding housing after being unhoused for part of her teenage years. As Megan King reports, there are organizations trying to help – but they’re getting stretched thin by high demand and a lack of available housing.

In the fourth instalment of ‘On the Brink,’ a retiree living in a converted laundry room in the Halifax area says she’s having no luck finding anything within her fixed budget. As Megan King reports, a lack of housing availability means landlords can be more restrictive about who they want to rent to.

Residents of the Lucasville community have come together to ask Halifax Regional Municipality to improve road safety through the construction of a greenway project. As Megan King reports, the plan looks to address the lack of sidewalks and transit to the area by creating an alternative solution.

Nova Scotia’s provincial government released a five-year housing plan, hoping to address the growing home shortage. As Megan King reports, a $1 billion worth of investments will look to “create the conditions” for new developments, which is something opposition parties say lacks action.

The tight-knit community of Lac-Mégantic, Que. is reflecting on 10 years since the rail disaster that killed 47 people and devastated the heart of the town. Dan Spector looks at how residents marked the day, and how the tragedy still haunts some people.

A commemorative mass was held in Lac-Mégantic, Que., on Thursday to mark 10 years since the derailment tragedy in Lac-Mégantic, which killed 46 people. “Ten years ago, I was here at the commemorative mass, a few weeks after the terrible, terrible tragedy. It was a few months into my leadership of the Liberal Party of...

At a commemorative mass held in Lac-Mégantic, Que., on Thursday to mark 10 years since the derailment tragedy in Lac-Mégantic, Minister of Transportation Omar Alghabra said that a controversial rail bypass that has been proposed near the area “is in the public interest” and that it’s “supported by the people of Lac-Mégantic.” Alghabra added that...

It has been 10 years since a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed and burst into flames in Lac-Mégantic, Que., killing 47 people. As Dan Spector reports, while the community has been long fighting for action on rail safety, people say little progress has been made.

Vernon is expected to have a new medical lab in a matter of months. It’s good news for patients who need their blood samples taken as in recent years there have been complaints about long waits for service. But as Megan Turcato reports, a city councillor is concerned this new lab won’t be enough to...

A Halifax woman who was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is voicing her disappointment with the province’s lack of coverage for monitoring devices. As Megan King reports, Nova Scotia is now falling behind other Atlantic provinces that are expanding support efforts.

Halifax deputy mayor and Dartmouth councillor Sam Austin took to Twitter on Tuesday, commenting on the provincial government’s lack of social housing plans in the new budget. As Megan King reports, it’s been more than 25 years since new public housing units have been built in HRM.

Canadian Blood Services is renewing its call for stem cell registry volunteers, focusing on diversifying its members. As Megan King reports, a lack of non-white donors is limiting access to life-saving support.

Nova Scotian surgeons continue the task of working through a surgical backlog that’s nearly 10,000 people more than the benchmark standard. As Megan King reports, a lack of specialized OR nurses is making the reduction more difficult to accomplish.

Today’s top coronavirus headlines: Britain has surpassed Italy’s coronavirus death toll with over 32,000 deaths, making the UK the country with the highest number of COVID-19 related deaths in Europe. Australia and New Zealand are discussing a travel bubble which would allow residents to travel between the two countries without having to go into self-isolation...

Sat, Jan 30: At the official opening of the Lac-Megantic Reconstruction Office on Saturday, Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced Ottawa will invest $1.9 million into the office.

Thu, Jul 7: The Summer Olympics are now less than a month away and 315 Canadian athletes are preparing to head to Rio de Janeiro. Mike Armstrong speaks with Quebec weightlifter Pascal Plamadon, who hope to make new memories in Brazil while carrying the weight of a nightmare he lived through three years ago.