by Bryan TaitThe New Brunswick government presented a new plan Thursday to address dementia and Alzheimer’s in the province. The three-year strategy and action plan is intended to reduce risk, improve early diagnosis and ensure co-ordinated, compassionate care for New Brunswickers living with dementia and...
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Fire crews are on scene at a structure fire at Scotiabank Centre in downtown Halifax. They were called to the arena over the noon hour Thursday. Photos show visible damage to a corner of the building facing Citadel Hill, where a billboard once was. Our newsroom has reached out to Halifax Fire...
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by Alex AllanA new study says government workers across Atlantic Canada are earning more than comparable private‑sector employees. The Fraser Institute reports a 6.3 per cent wage premium for public‑sector workers in 2024 after adjusting for factors such as age, education, occupation and type of work. The...
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by Evan TaylorNova Scotia’s police watchdog has says there are no grounds to charge an RCMP officer after a man was seriously injured during an incident in New Minas last summer. The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) released its findings this week, determining the officer’s actions did not contribute to...
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by Evan TaylorA 43-year-old man from Liverpool is facing several charges after RCMP say he personated a police officer in Cookville and later stole a dump truck in Queens County. Police say the first incident happened on December 26 when the man approached an officer outside the Cookville RCMP detachment and...
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by Caitlin SnowThe Canadian Taxpayers Federation is slamming the federal gun buyback program after only 25 guns were confiscated during its September pilot project in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The program had intended to collect and destroy 200 firearms from licensed gun owners during the six weeks it played...
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by NewsThe province has released a 2SLGBTQIA+ action plan. It’s meant to identify changes to policies and support inclusion and equity. Attorney General and Justice minister Scott Armstrong says the plan reflects what they heard from the community, and challenges that are being faced. He says the...
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Two Nova Scotians are on Team Canada, in their home province. Jaylee MacKinnon of Clark’s Harbour and Kendall Doiron of Boylston are playing in the U18 Women’s World hockey championship in Cape Breton. MacKinnon plays women’s hockey in Ontario, while Doiron goes to Shattuck St. Mary’s in the...
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by Caitlin SnowThe Halifax fire union is renewing its call for more resources now that the city is about to go into budget talks. Having been fighting fires for nearly 30 years, president of the Halifax Professional Fire Fighters Brendan Meagher tells us he wants to build awareness over how much their service...
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by Caitlin SnowThe union representing workers at Ubisoft Halifax says it will pursue every legal recourse to protect members after the store suddenly shut down. The company that develops videogames announced Wednesday, it is permanently closing just three weeks after workers voted overwhelmingly to unionize....
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