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Four new Medical Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines are coming to Halifax hospitals over the next several months. They are machines that use powerful magnets and a computer to take detailed pictures of inside the body to help doctors make decisions on treatment. The province says the additions should help reduce wait tim...

Friends, family and listeners of Nova Scotia broadcasting legend Rick Howe are invited to celebrate his life this weekend at the Lord Nelson Hotel in Halifax. Howe who broadcast primarily in Nova Scotia for his nearly 50-year career passed away in January at 69. As per his wishes, his celebration of life will be open t...

Nova Scotia's latest initiative to address climate challenges, the Community Climate Capacity (CCC) program, has announced its first 12 projects. Launched in 2023, the CCC program, sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and administered by the Dartmouth-based Clean Foundation, aims to support climate in...

You're in luck if you waited until the morning to fill up. A 4.6 cent a litre drop in the price of regular gas at midnight. It's averaging around $1.80 around the province. Diesel also fell by nearly three and a half cents.

Two men are dead and three others are seriously injured after two separate car crashes on Thursday. At about 6:30 a.m., a Hyundai Tucson and Hyundai Accent were travelling in opposite directions on Highway 104, near Afton, when they hit head-on, according to a news release. The driver, of the Accent, a 53-year-old Mona...

A local stand-up comedian is representing Halifax on the national stage, competing for the largest cash prize in Canadian television history-$1 million. Travis Lindsay has made to the finale on Canada's Got Talent. Lindsay found out he was advancing Tuesday night. He told our newsroom, Wednesday, how he was feeling. &q...

You may soon see more three-wheeled vehicles on our roads. The province has approved a five-year pilot project to test their operation. The vehicles weren't allowed to be registered in Nova Scotia, but are federally approved. In a release, MLA Twila Grosse says road safety is a priority, and government wants to make su...

Highway 104 has been re-opened after two head-on collisions Thursday morning. RCMP says the first was around 6:30 a.m. in the Afton area near Antigonish. The second was just before 11 a.m. in Havre Boucher. As a result, Highway 104 was closed from exits 36B to 39. Officers were reporting reduced visibility and water ac...

Nutritious, local, healthy and delicious food is the goal of the school lunch program about to roll out in Nova Scotia. Minister of Education, Becky Druhan, tells our newsroom they will make the "historic investment" available to all students who need it and to make it affordable and stigma free. Druhan adds,...

About 300 people lined the street outside the Nova Scotia Legislature Wednesday afternoon to call on the government to implement the Coastal Protection Act. The act was previously passed by all parties in 2019, but the provincial government scrapped the plan in February, which means municipalities are now responsible f...