Nova Scotia

Despite progress in Canada in the field of transgender health care, for the more than 100,800 trans or non-binary Canadians, access to gender-affirming care comes with barriers and delays that vary by province.

The group found an ample amount of rare lichen among the trees slated for logging, requiring enough buffer zones to make over half of the area protected.

After years of fighting for its protection, environmentalists in Atlantic Canada got good news this week: Owls Head is now a designated provincial park.

The province’s Department of Natural Resources and Renewables announced the decision Monday, citing the species’ precarious state as the reason for an indefinite hold on logging plans near Minamkeak Lake that include three sections of Crown land.

Throughout the study, nine bird species declined at a rate of 30 per cent or more over the past 10 years, which meets the qualification for an animal to be considered “threatened” under the Canadian endangered species legislation.

As of April 11, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board will be no more and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Board will take its place.

Nova Scotians have until April 23 to provide feedback on the Crown land cutblock.

Makadunyiswe Ngulube is studying how natural plants can soften the devastating effects of sea level rise.

In late January, a temporary halt was placed on logging in an area of Crown land in the Annapolis Valley after three types of lichen classified as “species at risk” were spotted and reported to the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables.

Initially, 32 environmental infractions were laid against the company, but that number was reduced during the plea process.

Canada's food safety watchdog says the discovery of avian influenza in a commercial poultry flock in Nova Scotia has resulted in international trade restrictions on some Canadian poultry products.

Sen. Patricia Bovey, former director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery and a National Gallery of Canada board member for many years, is determined to do more to promote black artists and history

Nova Scotia Power has backpedalled on its proposed fee for solar customers after a huge backlash. However, the solar community says the series of events have laid bare systematic problems faced by the industry.

Premier Tim Houston issued a statement early Wednesday, saying his government's move is aimed at protecting the province's solar industry and the small businesses and homeowners who use solar energy or plan to invest in it.

Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. has been running over capacity for the past 18 years, with the province’s knowledge. The company sought to legitimize its operations through the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board with a boundary amendment, applied for in 2016 and granted Jan. 28.