The Nova Scotia government has changed its mind about allowing a spring bear hunt in the province. Citing “careful consideration of feedback from Nova Scotians,” a government news release Wednesday said results of a public consultation from Jan.

ESKASONI, N.S. — Shara Poulette shared her anticipation of working in her home community of Eskasoni. A continuing-care assistant who previously worked at Harbourstone Enhanced Care in Sydney, Poulette says the impact Kiknu — a new long-term care ...

Alex Quinn grew up in the Annapolis Valley and moved to Halifax in 2008. He lost his job in January and has been unhoused ever since.   Quinn has cut the fence at Lower Flinn Park on Quinpool Road and set up his tent behind it in a restricted area.

SYDNEY, N.S. — The Steel Grounds Café has a new location on the Sydney waterfront. The non-profit venture operated by the Horizon Achievement Centre opened a Steel Grounds Café Grab and Go at the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion and in its first week of ...

SYDNEY, N.S. — Musician Aaron C. Lewis retrieved his stolen guitar late Monday afternoon after a public plea for its return. Lewis had mistakenly forgotten the guitar in his car at his home on Alexander Street in Sydney after a gig. Close to 2,000 ...

SYDNEY, N.S. — Heavy February snowfalls and recent rainfall events have put Cape Breton in a good situation heading into wildfire season. “For now we're all blue. All the indices are very low,” said Scott Tingley, the province’s manager of forest ...

Heavy machinery has returned to Charlotte Street for a third year as the final phase of the downtown road's revitalization begins this week. The $9-million project is expected to be completed over the next four months. It will see the section between ...

A Sydney man has been sentenced to time served on offences including attempting to smuggle drugs into the Cape Breton Correctional Centre. Donald Joseph Griffiths, 34, was sentenced on charges of possession of hashish for the purpose of distribution, ...

I only met Robert MacNeil, the late broadcaster and writer, once, but it was in the right place — the lobby of the Lord Nelson Hotel — and at the right time, a publicity tour for Burden of Desire, his novel about the Halifax Explosion. I say this ...

Ross Gray said he was wrongly stopped on the Macdonald bridge because he’s Black. An independent human rights board of inquiry opened in Halifax on Tuesday between Gray vs. Halifax Harbour Bridges and Commissionaires Nova Scotia. “It was pretty bad ...