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HALIFAX -- The CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax has stepped down after a federal investigation led to allegations Marie Chapman had bullied staff and created an environment of fear that left many employees emotionally damaged.
HALIFAX -- The CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax bullied staff and created an environment of fear that left many employees emotionally damaged, the federal Public Sector Integrity Commissioner alleges in a new report.
HALIFAX -- Defence Minister David McGuinty opened a conference on global security Friday by warning the world's complex security environment has become more dangerous than since the Cold War.
HALIFAX -- The co-author of a new study assessing microplastics in lobsters says the research can serve as a warning that plastic pollution is landing on people's dinner plates.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's Opposition leader has taken on the role of housing critic to draw attention to the province's housing crisis and what she says is the provincial government's lack of interest in a top-of-mind problem.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia's largest electric utility says it has fallen months behind in paying contractors and suppliers because of a cyberattack in March that saw hackers trying to steal personal information from more than 200,000 ratepayers.
HALIFAX -- A group of landowners in eastern Nova Scotia is speaking out for the first time about their opposition to an ambitious plan to build North America's first coastal refuge for whales retired from theme parks.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government has approved plans for construction of North America's first coastal refuge for whales and dolphins retired from marine theme parks. Here are four things you need to know about the project.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government has approved plans for construction of North America's first coastal refuge for whales and dolphins retired from marine theme parks. Here are five things you need to know about the project.
HALIFAX -- Marineland says it has more than a dozen reasons why none of its remaining 30 belugas should be sent to a proposed whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia.
HALIFAX -- A former officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force was handed a severe reprimand and a $2,500 fine Friday at the conclusion of a court martial in Halifax where he pleaded guilty to wrongly detaining two young air cadets in 2013.
HALIFAX -- A Nova Scotia advocacy group opposed to open-net salmon farms is criticizing the provincial government's new coastal mapping tool, saying it does little more than promote an industry that deserves more scrutiny.
HALIFAX -- The federal Fisheries Department is shedding new light on its relationship with OceanGate, the American company behind the deepsea Titan submersible that imploded south of Newfoundland in 2023, killing all five people aboard.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government is making good use of its relationship with Halifax's wildly successful Lebanese community, announcing on Wednesday that it had secured agreements with two universities in Lebanon to bring doctors to the province.
HALIFAX -- A Nova Scotia legislative committee heard disturbing testimony Tuesday from a mother of four who described how her spouse allegedly subjected them to harassment while the police and courts seemed unable to help.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia government has taken a giant step backward in accountability and transparency with the introduction this week of a contentious omnibus bill, political observers and access to information experts say.
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada is firmly opposed to having Russia reinstated in the G7 as U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested.
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada's plan to retaliate if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to slap Canadian goods with across-the-board tariffs has drawn the attention of the Republican administration and fuelled a recent surge in support for the Liberal party.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste says his decision to drop out of the federal Liberal leadership race was partly motivated by a lack of money.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste officially joined the Liberal leadership race Thursday, saying he knows he is facing steep odds in his bid to become Canada's first Indigenous prime minister.
HALIFAX -- The committee monitoring how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia has released its first annual progress report, but it does not include any assessment of the police force's actions.
HALIFAX -- A day after Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston led the Progressive Conservatives to a massive majority win, the Liberals were licking their wounds and wondering why their party was almost wiped off the political map.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has led the Progressive Conservatives to a decisive majority win, having told voters he needed a new mandate to send a strong message to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
HALIFAX -- Virtually all of the polls have closed across Nova Scotia after an election campaign that saw Progressive Conservative Premier Tim Houston ask voters for a new mandate to send a strong message to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
HALIFAX -- Zach Churchill freely admits he's a career politician.
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Zach Churchill says immigration levels must be reduced until the province can provide enough housing and other services.
HALIFAX -- As Nova Scotia's election campaign approaches the midway point, the Liberals are rolling out details of their plan to support renters.
HALIFAX -- Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is riding a wave of popularity in most parts of Canada these days, but you wouldn't know it if you asked the leader of Nova Scotia's incumbent Progressive Conservatives.
HALIFAX -- Tim Houston was wrapping up his election victory speech on Aug. 18, 2021, when Nova Scotia's premier-designate repeated a pledge he had made many times during the campaign.
HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia Liberal party is sounding the alarm over Elections Nova Scotia's decision Thursday not to mail voter information cards ahead of the Nov. 26 provincial election because of a possible postal strike.
Within days, Susan Holt could become the next premier of New Brunswick -- and the first woman ever to lead the province.
HALIFAX -- Almost 10 years after a disturbed man with a rifle killed three Mounties in Moncton, N.B., the RCMP have yet to fully implement a key recommendation from a 2014 review aimed at preventing such deadly encounters.