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HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's premier says the province has the infrastructure and people needed to meet the expected demands of hosting a new submarine fleet, but critics say more should be done to address clogged roads and hospitals and increased housing prices.
HALIFAX -- Irving Shipbuilding officially began the construction of the first of Canada's 15 new River-class destroyers in Halifax today.
HALIFAX -- Bridgewater, N.S. Mayor David Mitchell says first responders in his town were taking action against a fatal fire Wednesday even before the 911 call came in.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government says it's on track to move all people with disabilities out of institutions by the 2028 deadline.
HALIFAX -- Residents of a Halifax neighbourhood have been cleared to return home after concerns over the stability of a construction crane led to an evacuation Thursday night.
HALIFAX -- A union representing striking long-term care workers in Nova Scotia says talks with the government have broken down and there are no other dates scheduled.
HALIFAX -- Families of long-term care residents were hopeful Wednesday that a deal could be reached as the union representing Nova Scotian long-term care workers met with government officials after more than six weeks on strike.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is shuffling his cabinet and giving up the energy portfolio.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's premier says his government is about to start negotiations with the first company that could frack for natural gas since the province lifted a decade-long ban on the practice.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's premier says his government is about to start negotiations with a company that could frack for natural gas in the province.
HALIFAX -- Canada's wine sector is worth more than $10 billion a year and the industry says a few tweaks -- like scrapping domestic trade barriers -- could add billions of dollars more to the national economy.
HALIFAX -- Family of long-term care residents in Nova Scotia say the nearly month-long strike in the sector has meant fewer baths, more falls and dietary adjustments for their loved ones.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia’s premier is crediting a change in federal leadership for renewed traction in the province’s pursuit of offshore oil and gas development.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia is kicking off public consultations on its controversial plan to allow natural gas exploration more than a decade after fracking was first banned in the province.
HALIFAX -- An eastern Canadian logistics, trucking and courier company with a fleet of more than 200 vehicles says Monday's federal tax break on fuel should provide relief to hard-hit customers.
HALIFAX -- Workers at another Nova Scotia long-term care home have joined a strike, bringing the number of homes facing labour action to 25.
HALIFAX -- Mi'kmaw chiefs in Nova Scotia are demanding a moratorium on RCMP raids on cannabis stores in their communities.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia police say they have arrested an 18-year-old man in a case related to intimate partner violence after he allegedly showed up to a workplace masked and carrying a loaded rifle.
HALIFAX -- The federal government says it will not approve a controversial proposal to infill part of Halifax Harbour in order to facilitate a private development project.
HALIFAX -- International immigration to Canada is slowing but newcomers still helped six Atlantic cities grow more than the national average last year.
HALIFAX -- RCMP say a hacker behind a blackmail attempt on a member of the Nova Scotia legislature was trying to extort bitcoin.
HALIFAX -- One of Nova Scotia's newest Oscar winners says the provincial government's decision to cut funding for arts and culture will not only impact the development of young talent, but will also hurt the economy.
HALIFAX -- A long-awaited economic study of the ferry service between Nova Scotia and Maine says the province's annual subsidy of about $20 million is worth the cost.
HALIFAX -- Atlantic Canada's population boom has ended, with each of the four provinces losing residents at the end of 2025, and economic experts say that's going to make it harder for provincial governments awash in red ink to balance the books.
Staring down a record deficit of $1.3 billion, the New Brunswick government has warned that virtually every service and program risks facing cuts in next month's budget.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia has found an energy-hungry potential buyer for the electricity the province hopes to produce from a major offshore wind project that is still in the early stages.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government says it's the first province in Canada to slash the minimum down payment buyers are required to save in order to purchase their first home.
HALIFAX -- International trade experts say U.S. President Donald Trump's latest threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Canada will hurt his own economy just as much, if not more, than Canada's.
New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Yves Leger, has delivered a new report on a cluster of almost 400 patients who had reported symptoms allegedly connected to a mystery brain disease over the past five years.
A new report from New Brunswick's top doctor has found no evidence of a mysterious brain disease that has allegedly been impacting hundreds of patients across the province.
More than three years after a report on systemic racism made dozens of recommendations to the government, officials in New Brunswick say it has become the fifth province in Canada to create an anti-racism office.
SYDNEY -- Federal officials say Sydney, N.S., has the inside track on becoming the base for the Canadian Coast Guard's upcoming polar icebreakers as the country continues the push to assert its sovereignty in the Arctic.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's lobster sector is feeling the pinch from Chinese tariffs this year, but officials say exporters are starting to crack other international markets.
HALIFAX -- At least two Nova Scotia municipalities have tried to ban certain dog breeds in recent years, but neither local government was able to enforce its bylaw.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's finance minister says spending cuts are coming next year but there won't be any tax or fee increases as the province struggles with its worsening finances.
