Nova Scotia

The representation of Black and female members has risen notably in Nova Scotia's legislature following on Tuesday's, August 17, 2021, provincial election, but no one who identifies as Indigenous was elected in the vote — or at any point in the province's history.

The Nova Scotia PCs have more in common with the 2015 Trudeau Liberals than the 2021 O’Toole Conservatives, given they won their election by outflanking their provincial competitors to the left on everything from climate change to health-care spending, writes columnist Max Fawcett. 

Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives surged to an upset election win on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, over the governing Liberals after capitalizing on their main opponent's early stumbles and promising a big-spending fix to the troubled health system.

Chief Mike Sack says he was pulled over and arrested by fisheries officers shortly after he held a news conference at the Saulnierville Wharf, in southwestern Nova Scotia.

A First Nation in Nova Scotia says nine of its lobster fishing boats were purposely cut loose from a wharf on Thursday, August 5, 2021.

The election campaign in Nova Scotia may not be getting much attention on the national stage, but the federal Liberals in Ottawa are almost certainly keeping a close watch on the race.

Lost and discarded fishing gear dumped off the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia — site of Canada's most lucrative lobster fishery — is trapping species at risk and hurting the lobster industry, a new scientific study says.

Rapidly switching from burning coal and biomass to renewable energy sources is vital if Nova Scotia is to take any meaningful action on climate change, says the Sierra Club’s Atlantic chapter. 

Prince Edward Island has become the third province to sign on to the federal government's national child-care program, allowing it to receive about $120 million from Ottawa for $10-dollar-a-day child-care spots by the end of 2024.

Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin has called a provincial election for Aug. 17, 2021, hoping to secure a third consecutive term for the Liberal party.

Nova Scotia has become the second province to sign a deal with Ottawa for regulated child care spaces that would lower the average cost of care to $10 per day over a five-year period.

Lack of adequate conservation measures by provinces and territories is to blame for Canada failing to meet its international conservation target, according to a new report by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS).

There are now fewer than 366 right whales left in the world, according to researchers, and there have been 21 known right whale deaths in Canadian waters between 2017 and 2020.

The provincial government has significantly watered down the legislation, a move advocates say shows the challenge governments face in trying to balance conservation with property rights.