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HALIFAX -- With the Nova Scotia legislature expected to adjourn late today, a political scientist says the winter sitting was marked by government moves aimed at increasing cabinet's authority and shrinking the legislature's ability to provide oversight.
When Saint John, N.B., holds its annual Pride celebration in August, it's expecting a new group of participants -- Americans seeking a safe haven from the "scary" reality of living under President Donald Trump's administration.
HALIFAX -- A councillor with Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia says a cleanup plan approved by Ottawa further delays the removal of contaminated sludge that his community has been living next to for decades.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia is reporting a 35 per cent drop in the number of hours emergency departments were closed across the province, though many rural ERs continue to struggle with chronic closures.
HALIFAX -- The worst of Halifax's homeless crisis is over, says the city's new mayor, who wants to see encampments closed as quickly as possible -- even as homelessness advocates vigorously disagree that the situation is improving.
HALIFAX -- Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston says if he's given a second mandate in Tuesday's election, it will strengthen his position to fight Ottawa on key issues impacting the province, including carbon pricing.
HALIFAX -- Previous Liberal and NDP governments are to blame for Nova Scotia's housing crisis, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston said Wednesday on the campaign trail, boasting that his party's plan to build more homes is bearing fruit.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender doesn't make a habit of getting kicked out of the legislature -- it's happened once in her seven-year political career.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender doesn't make a habit of getting kicked out of the legislature -- it's happened once in her seven-year political career.
HALIFAX -- The leaders of Nova Scotia's NDP and Liberal parties are taking aim at the Progressive Conservatives' immigration policies, which they say are outpacing the province's health care and housing capacity.
HALIFAX -- A Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative constituency campaign manager has resigned amid accusations of "vote-buying" with Tim Hortons gift cards.
HALIFAX -- A lot has changed in Nova Scotia since the Progressive Conservatives won a dominant electoral majority in the 2021 election with a targeted focus on health care.
HALIFAX -- Candidates running to be Halifax's next mayor are fighting apathy and a lack of public engagement with municipal politics, experts and candidates say.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government says it could be months before it reveals how many people are on the wait-list for a family doctor.
HALIFAX -- Campaign promises to fund mental health care, reinstate public school boards and give tax breaks for dog adoptions are among the pledges that, nearly three years into his mandate, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has either tossed aside or been slow to enact.
HALIFAX -- British Columbia's premier says he wants to support Newfoundland and Labrador's plans to sue Ottawa over the federal equalization program, which transfers money from wealthier provinces to poorer ones, calling the current formula "completely absurd."
HALIFAX -- Halifax council's decision to choose recreation grounds in the heart of the city and a wooded south-end park as designated sites for homeless encampments is "completely nuts," says Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston.
HALIFAX -- As a closeted gay teenager walking through downtown Halifax in the early 1980s, Daniel MacKay drew hope from the bright lights, giggles and thumping bass coming from a boisterous bar called The Turret on Barrington Street.