The RCMP are dismissing recent claims made by the Nova Scotia government that unregulated cannabis dispensaries are selling guns and women. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/mou...

Opposition parties say government owes it to Nova Scotians to be more transparent on its progress in implementing recommendations from an inquiry into a former soldier who killed his family and himself in 2017. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“You’re going to be able to see our culture in full light, and see how amazing and beautiful the Mi’kmaq language and Mi’kmaq music is,” says Emma Stevens. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/entertainmen...

The spring session of the Nova Scotia legislature did not work out quite as Premier Tim Houston had hoped, according to opposition parties and a political scientist. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...

A rowdy protest is part of democracy and should not result in the public being denied access to the Nova Scotia legislature for more than one week, say opposition parties and a Halifax journalism professor. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

The Nova Scotia legislature has been closed to the public after singing protesters disrupted a budget vote Tuesday night. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Detailed ledgers, business receipts and church records from Black Loyalists in the 1780s and onward are more than just rich historical texts to Andrea Davis. "This is a part of my history… it means so much to us as a community." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/mar...

The Nova Scotia premier’s popularity appears to have taken a significant hit following controversial budget cuts that he partially walked back amid public outcry and protests. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/n-s...

Home again after a fun little road trip! New Brunswick says health-care spending helped push the budget for the next fiscal year into a record deficit, and the province plans to raise revenue with a new toll on a highway into Nova Scotia. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/new...

The partial reversal of some of Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston's controversial budget cuts will still result in the loss of Mi'kmaq programs that were built to address systemic and historic racism, says the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/n-s...

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston apologized as he reversed a portion of $130 million in cuts to government grants, saying he could not live with the plan to slash funding for vulnerable Nova Scotians. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

Halifax high school student Teddie Rofe says the Nova Scotia government has just made a decision that will strip away some of her independence. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

🚨Source callout🚨Looking at cuts to the HRM student transit pass. Are you the parent of a school-aged child in Halifax with an opinion on this cut? Did your child use this pass to get around? Please let me know if you're willing to chat for a story!

A First Nation chief is insisting the Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia have a treaty right to grow and sell unregulated cannabis as an ongoing dispute with the provincial government shows no signs of letting up. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/chi...

Nova Scotia's former justice minister and a legal expert are raising concerns about legislation tabled to strengthen enforcement of cannabis rules amid a crackdown on illegal dispensaries. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/new...

“Eight days is not enough to do what we need to do, to voice our opinions, to voice our community's experiences, to debate the legislation and the issues that are important to Nova Scotians,” Becky Druhan said. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/n-s...

“Eight days is not enough to do what we need to do, to voice our opinions, to voice our community's experiences, to debate the legislation and the issues that are important to Nova Scotians,” Becky Druhan said. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/n-s...

Rev. Jesse Jackson left a lasting impact on Nova Scotia, say leaders of the African Nova Scotian community, and was considered like an extended family member to those he met during a visit to the province in 2009. ca.news.yahoo.com/african-nova...

A political scientist says he's concerned the Nova Scotia government has appointed the premier's two-time campaign co-chair as a new provincial court judge, saying Tim Houston appears to be becoming more bold in his partisanship. ca.news.yahoo.com/n-government...

I'm so impressed and proud of this project published today by King's journalism students in the six-week news workshop. This seven-part series, Eyes on the Road, builds on publicly available data from Halifax Regional Municipality's open data portal. signalhfx.ca/series/eyes-...

Nova Scotia’s minister for addictions and mental health says he has not reached out to Sipekne’katik First Nation, who said this week they will declare a state of emergency over a crisis of illicit drugs and addiction.

This is good journalism and also done by students here in Halifax. Check it out: signalhfx.ca/halifax-pede...

“I'm upset, but still happy to be home regardless," Ryan Profid says. "Hopefully, I can get to go back, I really like the Cuban people and want to support them." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/can...

An RCMP manager in Nova Scotia says he takes issue with officers being called white supremacists and Nazis during a recent police raid of a Mi'kmaw-run cannabis dispensary, calling such statements "racist commentary." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If you jumped on the recent social media trend of posting photos or videos of memories from 2016, AI says thanks. That's because the high volume of publicly available, labelled images is a gold mine for anyone needing data to train AI models. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/science/vira...

Thirteen-year-old Addie Keys’ eyes lit up when some of her Professional Women’s Hockey League idols took the ice in a Halifax arena last month, and she’s one of many fans pushing for the city to have its own team. ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/hockey-...

Evidence lacking for N.S. claims of human trafficking, fentanyl in unregulated cannabis www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/fact_checkin...

Nova Scotia's justice minister says there are more illegal cannabis dispensaries in the province than the 118 the government had initially estimated — though he won't say how many. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/n-s...

In the year since the Nova Scotia Tories under Premier Tim Houston won a resounding second mandate, the government's focus has largely been on a topic that didn't get much attention during the 2024 election campaign. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/n-s...

Happy New Year!! Was a delight to write about how queer folks are supporting trans and non-binary Haligonians ca.news.yahoo.com/hairstylist-...

The Nova Scotia RCMP say they have no plans to change their approach to tackling illegal cannabis in the province, despite a new provincial government directive calling for a police crackdown. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/n-s...

Sipekne'katik First Nation Chief Michelle Glasgow said she and her council are "appalled" by the province's directive, which she calls a direct threat to their communities' safety. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

N.S. has directed police to crack down on illegal dispensaries. Some Indigenous activists say the moves are racist, and one legal scholar says the justice minister appears to be infringing on police independence. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/nov...

The Nova Scotia government says it's making progress on improving public access to mental-health care, but advocates say the province is falling short. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/menta...

Halifax mothers are urging the Nova Scotia health authority to keep an 'irreplaceable' infant-feeding drop-in clinic open. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/hal...

Halifax police say a youth is facing several child pornography charges for allegedly being involved in an online extremist group whose members coerce children into harming themselves and engaging in sexual activity on camera. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/hal...

N.S. premier says his government will learn from Ontario's nuclear efforts as part of a new agreement he signed with its energy minister, despite having no near-future plans for nuclear power in the Atlantic province. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Twila Gaudet, the director of consultation for Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn, said the law was recently pushed through the legislature without advanced notice or consultation. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Nova Scotia RCMP say they have found no evidence to back up witness accounts of a vehicle driving back and forth early in the morning near the rural, northeastern home where two young children went missing in May. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston shuffled his cabinet on Tuesday in a ceremony closed to the media, dropping three members who oversaw the departments of justice, energy and natural resources. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...

The Nova Scotia government is weakening democracy by packing bills with an unreasonable number of legislative changes, say opposition parties and political scientists. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/n-s...

As the sole provider for her and her daughter, Diana Calderón said she “needs to work, and I want to work, but the most important thing to me is for my daughter to be able to go to school… that’s the most important thing to me.” www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/fed...

Halifax resident Peter Linfield says he thought Fillmore "doesn't understand how the structure of his office operates and how council works, or he was intentionally trying to mislead the public in an effort to gain support for that strong-mayor powers." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/cod...

Since Oct. 18, there have been seven women killed in Nova Scotia whose deaths are connected to their male partners, and in one case, the father of a victim was also killed. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/adv...

As climate change continues to raise the risk of extreme wildfires, a debate has arisen over who bears the responsibility to prevent disasters: government or individuals? www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...

Multiple wildfires are burning in Newfoundland, prompting more evacuation orders and destroying structures in a community in the eastern part of the province. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/atlantic/one...