Some Nova Scotia drivers picked  their pain of waiting in what were long lineups at the pumps Thursday to avoid Friday's pocketbook pain — a gas price increase of 9.8 cents a litre. The Nova Scotia Utilities and Review Board used its weekly ...

A River Ryan man is to complete a one-year conditional sentence as part of the sentence imposed on a charge of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. Daniel Edward Hemmings, 30, is also to complete a two-year probation period and is prohibited from ...

Having won their best-of-seven series with Chicoutimi 4-0, the Cape Breton Eagles may learn Friday who they will face next on the road to claiming the Gilles-Courteau Cup (formerly known as the President‘s Cup). Eagles fans were out in full force ...

It’s time for the final group of shops, bars and restaurants on Charlotte Street to endure several weeks of construction in front of their storefronts. Some will have to deal with the problem of drawing downtown visitors to an uninviting-looking ...

Gamon Jay Leacock, a high-risk offender accused of attacking three women in Halifax on the afternoon of Jan. 15, has elected to be tried in Nova Scotia Supreme Court by a judge and jury. Leacock, 49, made the election Thursday, when he appeared in ...

A young man who faces 17 charges from a shooting in north-end Dartmouth this winter says a provincial court judge made an error in law when she denied him bail last month. Trequawn Alvontra Smith, 23, of North Preston was arrested in a vehicle a few ...

Two people charged with drug offences have waived their right to a preliminary hearing and have re-elected back to provincial court. Stephen William Murrin, 31, and Cynthia Jean Kaiser, 34, both of Sydney, are charged with possession for the purpose ...

SYDNEY, N.S. — If you felt any shaking on Saturday night, you may not have been alone. That’s because an earthquake had struck just off the coast of Cape Breton. On April 13 at 11:13 p.m., Earthquakes Canada detected a quake in the Atlantic Ocean 53 ...

New development rules will send waves of housing changes throughout the Halifax area. Heritage properties and districts are not immune. At HRM’s heritage committee meeting Wednesday, staff went through the proposed changes to planning strategies and ...

Truro residents Linda MacDonald and Jeanne Sarson sat before the Standing Committee on Health at the House of Commons with one goal in mind — to speak out about non-state torture and its lack of codification in the Canada Criminal Code. On the panel ...