The cost of learning new jobs should decrease slightly for Canadians. The Liberal budget proposes an annual $250 refundable tax credit, accumulating over time, to allow workers to offset the costs of acquiring skills for a new job. The plan, to ...

A 28-year-old woman who had been incarcerated at the Nova Institute for Women died in hospital in Truro on Monday. Correctional Service Canada confirmed in a news release Wednesday that Samantha Wallace passed away while in hospital. “Ms. ...

HALIFAX, N.S. - Robust pressure from the province’s largest municipality and a vociferous environmental group is not about to change the Environment Department’s direction on single-use plastic bags. “This is something we ...

Note: Sea levels are rising at a pace unparalleled in modern times and storms are becoming more intense as a result of global warming. This story is part of a weeklong series examining our rising oceans, the impact on our region and what ...

Note: Sea levels are rising at a pace unparalleled in modern times and storms are becoming more intense as a result of global warming. This story is part of a weeklong series examining our rising oceans, the impact on our region and what ...

Jill Saulnier and Blayre Turnbull get excited just thinking about hanging women’s world hockey gold medals around their necks in front of a Scotiabank Centre crowd jam-packed with adoring Nova Scotia hockey fans. “That would be a ...

A gang of bullies is threatening Canada’s ocean playground. ...

The two-headed monster of rising seas and climate change is hiding under your bed. ...

Erica Fleck has borrowed the scout mantra of always being prepared. ...

Water, water everywhere. ...