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Black History Month honouring the experiences, achievements and contributions of Black communities happens this February. This year's theme is "30 Years of Black History Month: Honouring Black Brilliance Across Generations -- From Nation Builders to Tomorrow's Visionaries." Minister of Canadian Identity and C...

A fire is out at Scotiabank Centre in downtown Halifax. Halifax firefighters were called to the arena over the noon hour Thursday. The fire was on the roof of a corner of the building on Duke and Brunswick, and appeared to damage a video screen. Brad Connors, district chief of operations for Halifax Fire says they acte...

Nova Scotia's police watchdog has says there are no grounds to charge an RCMP officer after a man was seriously injured during an incident in New Minas last summer. The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) released its findings this week, determining the officer's actions did not contribute to the injuries. The case b...

A new study says government workers across Atlantic Canada are earning more than comparable private‑sector employees. The Fraser Institute reports a 6.3 per cent wage premium for public‑sector workers in 2024 after adjusting for factors such as age, education, occupation and type of work. The institute describes it...

A 43-year-old man from Liverpool is facing several charges after RCMP say he personated a police officer in Cookville and later stole a dump truck in Queens County. Police say the first incident happened on December 26 when the man approached an officer outside the Cookville RCMP detachment and claimed to be an RCMP se...

Two Nova Scotians are on Team Canada, in their home province. Jaylee MacKinnon of Clark's Harbour and Kendall Doiron of Boylston are playing in the U18 Women's World hockey championship in Cape Breton. MacKinnon plays women's hockey in Ontario, while Doiron goes to Shattuck St. Mary's in the U.S. A pre-tournament game ...

The province has released a 2SLGBTQIA+ action plan. It's meant to identify changes to policies and support inclusion and equity. Attorney General and Justice minister Scott Armstrong says the plan reflects what they heard from the community, and challenges that are being faced. He says the government is listening and t...

The union representing workers at Ubisoft Halifax says it will pursue every legal recourse to protect members after the store suddenly shut down. The company that develops videogames announced Wednesday, it is permanently closing just three weeks after workers voted overwhelmingly to unionize. The company is behind gam...

Recruiting teachers since the pandemic has been unlike anything seen in Nova Scotia since World War II. That's according to Deputy Education minister Tracey Barbrick, who says the student population has grown by 10,000 in the last four years. She told the Standing Committee on Human Resources on Tuesday that efforts to...

Marine Atlantic, which operates the ferry service between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, has announced a five-year charter agreement with Stena to lease the vessel A Nepita. The ship is ice-class rated and equipped to carry both passengers and commercial vehicles, with amenities like cabins and restaurants. It will unde...