Nova Scotia's Premier with some strong words on the federal Conservatives. They lost again to the Liberals in Monday's federal election. Tim Houston says the party was very good at pushing people away, and that may have factored in to the results. "I hope they do some soul searching on what they believe it means t...

Fishers with the Maritime Fishermen's Union (MFU) are heading to sea under pressure this spring, as rumours swirl of lobster buyers offering prices far below what they consider sustainable. The MFU says the reported opening offers of $6 to $6.50 per pound echo rates from more than a decade ago, even though operating co...

A warning from the RCMP in Prince Edward Island, keep an eye out for animals on roadways. They've had around 80 animal-related calls over the past year, and that's about 20 more than the year before. The majority of calls involved escaped farm animals, including cows, horses, goats and pigs. Several cases have posed se...

Nova Scotia students are happy the province is freezing tuition, but still have some concerns. The government announced the new funding agreements last week. The Students Nova Scotia group says the freeze is especially important in this province, where domestic undergraduate tuition is 33 per cent above the national av...

You won't be able to fly directly to Boston with JetBlue this summer. The airline is pressing pause on launching the non-stop flight between Halifax and Boston, announced in January. A spokesperson for JetBlue tells us in an email it is due to "softer-than-expected" travel demand this year as well as "ec...

Norther Pulp wants to extend its creditor protection again. The company has been under protection since June of 2020, when it closed the mill in Pictou County. It had been dumping waste water into nearby Boat Harbour. The government gave them until 2020 to create a treatment plant that followed environmental standards....

The Towns of Lunenburg and Mahone Bay are among the communities receiving provincial support this year through Nova Scotia's Growth and Renewal for Infrastructure Development (GRID) program. Lunenburg has been awarded $3,438,459 to upgrade and expand its wastewater treatment plant. Mahone Bay will receive $921,137 to s...

A homicide from the summer of 2022 in East Preston has been added to the province's major unsolved crimes reward program. The province is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the those responsible in the homicide of Oren Edward Williams. It was August 14, 2022, whe...

Another new market for professional women's hockey. The PWHL announced a team will begin play in Seattle next season. They will be the eighth team in the league, joining Vancouver as an expansion franchise. Seattle will share the Climate Pledge Arena with the NHL's Kraken. That makes four Canadian teams and four Americ...

Police have charged two people after a truck was allegedly stolen in Shelburne. The RCMP says a GMC Sierra truck was reported stolen in Jordan Falls on Friday morning. Police learned two suspects were involved, according to a news release. They got an unrelated report of two people on foot off Morvan Road who matched t...