Category Archives: News

If you want to be on Yarmouth town council, today is your last chance. Nominations for a special election to fill a vacant seat on council close today at 5 o'clock. Papers can be picked up at the Retu...

Nova Scotians bought significantly more booze and cannabis last quarter as the province began recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Booze and Sales at the NSLC were up 15 percent between April and Ju...

Students heading to campus at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax this fall will need to be fully vaccinated. The statement released by MSVU Interim Vice-President Ramona Lumpkin says all studen...

Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is defending his support for public health care. A Twitter post from Chrystia Freeland and later shared on other Liberal Party sites suggested O’Toole was ...

Green Party leader Annamie Paul says there is a need to change the culture of federal politics at the House of Commons. Paul says it’s not a welcoming place for many people and things need to ch...

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling out the Liberals’ Justin Trudeau over climate change. Singh says Trudeau made promises in 2019 that he has failed to deliver on. He adds Canada is the only co...

The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is welcoming the province’s back-to-school plan. The union has issued a statement on the plan, which was unveiled by Premier-Designate Tim Houston on Monday with C...

Incoming Tory Premier Tim Houston says rent control is not the answer to the province’s affordable housing problem. He was questioned on the issue by reporters during the back-to-school plan and...

If all goes according to plan, Nova Scotia will drop almost every pandemic-related public health restriction by the middle of September. Premier Designate Tim Houston says he will move the province in...

Students return to school on Sept. 7 with core public health measures in place and a return to a more familiar routine. Nova Scotia’s Back to School Plan requires a commitment to vaccination and...