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TORONTO -- A month after Ontario's government extended strong mayor powers to a swath of new municipalities, some leaders are promising never to use the measures -- but a chorus of small-town councillors warn that local democracy is under threat.
TORONTO -- Sandy Hudson's new book on police abolition comes just ahead of the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, and while much has changed since then, the urgency with which many of the activists call for police abolition hasn't.
TORONTO -- For Mike Sanders, owner of Aaron's Taxi in Sudbury, Ont., bumpier routes have become an "unfortunate way of life."
The University of Toronto's first female president says she's optimistic about the next five years, in spite of "looming existential crises" affecting higher education.
HALIFAX -- A Nova Scotia women's group is urging the provincial government to provide more leadership amid a string of intimate partner violence deaths in the last three months.
HALIFAX -- Women's advocates say provincial and federal governments need to step up efforts to create housing for people escaping gender-based violence because too many women are forced to remain in unsafe situations after being abused.
HALIFAX -- The weak voter turnout in Nova Scotia's election is "shocking" but not a complete surprise, says a political scientist after almost 66,000 fewer voters cast ballots than in the 2021 vote.
HALIFAX -- Less than half of all eligible voters turned out for Nova Scotia's provincial election, with almost 66,000 fewer voters casting ballots than in the province's 2021 election.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Zach Churchill says if his party is elected to govern next week, it will build a new hospital in the Annapolis Valley.
HALIFAX -- It will be the luck of the draw that chooses the next councillor for a district in northern Cape Breton after two candidates earned the same number of votes in a recent municipal election.
HALIFAX -- Domestic violence has not been given enough attention during the Nova Scotia election campaign, with only one of the three major parties mentioning intimate-partner violence in their platform, says a group that advocates for women's rights.
HALIFAX -- A Halifax-area school is walking back its request that service members not attend its Remembrance Day ceremony in uniform, following an outburst of anger including from the Nova Scotia premier, who said the initial ask was "disgraceful and demeaning."
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says it's "disgraceful and demeaning" that a Halifax-area school would request that service members not wear military uniforms to its Remembrance Day ceremony.
HALIFAX -- A seniors advocacy group says it is very concerned about a decision by Nova Scotia's elections agency not to mail voter information cards because of the threat of a postal strike.
HALIFAX -- A small town in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley elected its first all-women council last week.
HALIFAX -- With a crowded field of 16 candidates vying to be Halifax's next mayor, candidates have not always found it easy to stand out. But one thing sets Andrew Goodsell apart and makes him uniquely positioned to comment on a central campaign issue: he is living rough in a tent in the city's south end.
HALIFAX -- International enrolment in Atlantic Canada has fallen by nearly 3,000 students this academic year, a drop one university group says is the "devastating effect" of the federal government's policies to reduce the presence of temporary immigrants.
HALIFAX -- Funeral directors across the country are warning grieving families about a trend of third-party websites republishing obituaries for profit.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia Liberal member who introduced a bill to improve breast cancer detection says the province isn't doing enough to offer cancer screening to women who need it.