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The leader of the Nova Scotia's official opposition is calling for meaningful action from Premier Tim Houston and Nova Scotia Power after a proposed rate increase. NSP has applied for a hike of 8 per cent over the next two years and has been undergoing rate hearings since the beginning of the month. Claudia Chender say...

Nova Scotia Power says the province came close to short, rotating outages during the extreme cold this past weekend, prompting the utility to ask customers to conserve electricity - a request that's rarely been made in past winters. The deep freeze pushed electricity demand toward the limits of what the grid could supp...

Independent MLA Becky Druhan says Nova Scotians deserve more transparency and predictability from their government after MLAs were given 30 days' notice that the Legislature will resume sitting on February 23. The notice meets the minimum requirement under the House of Assembly Rules of Procedure, but Druhan says doing...

A rally by long-term care workers in Cape Breton Wednesday could be a taste of things to come. CUPE members are planning to be out in force from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, stationed near the roundabout as you exit the Canso Causeway. "We're heading into conciliation on Thursday and Friday to try to get a deal for l...

"Unity has always been a source of strength for African Nova Scotians and people of African descent, sustaining us through generations of challenge and change." Powerful words from Twila Grosse, Nova Scotia's minister of African Nova Scotian affairs, as the province marked the beginning of African Heritage Mo...

It's Red Tape Awareness Week in Canada, so an update on the province's efforts to make government services more efficient seems appropriate. Nova Scotia launched "Fewer Permits. Faster" in 2025, a project aimed at streamlining and improving the provincial government's permitting system to reduce red tape and ...

A local curling team needs your vote to help them secure first place in a story contest. Yvonne MacDonald competes on a family team called The Socialites. They are the first all-female team to win the MacDonald Bonspiel at the Canso Curling Club on the 50th anniversary. The bonspiel was started in 1975 in honour of her...

The price of diesel is going up at midnight. The province has invoked their interrupter clause due to market changes in the price. It's predicted to go up over six cents a litre. The price of gas is not affected.

Two Halifax councillors will table a motion Tuesday, asking the province to consider strengthening policies around dangerous animals. It will come from Councillor's Trish Purdy and Cathy Deagle-Gammon. The motion will request having the province control legislation around dangerous dogs, seizing animals after a serious...

Many of us have been there, especially over the last couple of days. You've just finished shoveling the driveway - then the plow goes by. Now, a Nova Scotia musician has written a song about it. Danny MacNeil from Sydney, Cape Breton, has been a singer/songwriter for 20 years and he has penned, Plow Just Went By. The 3...