Environment Canada says long-lasting cold wave unusual for this time of year
Environment Canada says it's not about how cold it is, but how long this wave of frigid air will stay around that's unusual.
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia rocket launch site hopes to eventually reach 12 launches per year
The developers of Canada's only commercial spaceport are shooting for as many as a dozen rockets to blast off per year from a proposed site near a small community on Nova Scotia's eastern shore.
Trudeau government to introduce new law in 2018 to make polluters pay
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provoked outrage as well as glowing praise when he first announced that the free ride for climate polluting industries would end. Today, as the deadline looms, the office of Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna says the government is ready to take action.
Canada Post issues Halifax Explosion stamp marking 100 years since the disaster
Nova Scotia Lt.-Gov Arthur J. LeBlanc has unveiled a Canada Post stamp that commemorates the Halifax Explosion.
Nova Scotia 'failing' on environmental project monitoring, auditor general says
Nova Scotia does not monitor many industrial projects to see if they comply with their environmental terms, the province's auditor general says.
Nova Scotia vineyards flourish, for now, as temperatures grow warmer
The skies have been brilliant blue in Nova Scotia wine country this October, the vines heavy with grapes, and winemakers like Sean Sears are seeing crops they could only vaguely hope for in the past.
Desmond family brings call for inquiry into military murder-suicide to Ottawa
The family of an Afghan war veteran who shot and killed his mother, wife and daughter before taking his own life earlier this year has taken their call for an inquiry to the steps of Parliament Hill.
Nova Scotia's cap and trade needs targets to be effective, committee told
Nova Scotia's proposed cap and trade regime must have declining emissions caps in order to be effective, the legislature's law amendments committee was told on Mon. Oct. 16, 2017.
The unfinished business that fuels tensions in Nova Scotia's Aboriginal fishery
A drydocked boat owned by a non-Aboriginal fisherman was torched, followed a few days later by a boat owned by a Mi'kmaq man.
African-Nova Scotian activists push for discussion about slavery reparations
African-Nova Scotian organizers say it's time for a centuries-overdue discussion about Canada's legacy of slavery, its lasting harms on black Canadians and potential forms of reparation.
Auditor general says Nova Scotia government needs to tighten its fraud controls
Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the provincial government needs tighter controls on potential fraud by senior public officials who have access to taxpayers’ money.
Nova Scotia sets the stage for its cap and trade regime, with targets to come
Nova Scotia tabled legislation Friday that sets the stage for its promised cap and trade regime.
Canadian Chamber of Commerce critical of proposed tax reforms by Ottawa
Members of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce say proposed tax changes for businesses by the federal government are casting business people in a negative light, and the finance minister should apologize
Ten years after harbour cleanup, can Haligonians be coaxed into the water?
Nova Scotia may be known as Canada's Ocean Playground, but the moniker hardly applies to Halifax harbour.
New Brunswick to follow P.E.I., sign child care funding deal with Ottawa
Canada's four Atlantic provinces appear poised to sign federal child care funding agreements one year after demanding the Liberal government provide extra cash to cover their unique regional needs.