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A lobster fishing boat steams out of Pubnico Harbour past the Pubnico Point wind farm. Kathy Johnson photo

Still no estimates on what greening N.S. grid will cost ratepayers and taxpayers

Getting off coal and hitting Nova Scotia’s target of generating 80 per cent of renewables by 2030 will be expensive for anyone who buys electricity or pays taxes here. But nobody knows how expensive. Neither Nova Scotia Power president Peter Gregg, ...

Updated 11 hours ago |5 min read

Two recent deaths near Portapique still not explained: ‘I know I keep my door locked’

Updated 12 hours ago |5 min read

The Bass River Lighthouse surrounded by fog. The wooden, pepper-shaker-style tower was built in 1907. It is no longer operational and is privately owned.

Province invests in West Hants, N.S., water upgrades amid ‘unprecedented growth’

Updated 12 hours ago |5 min read

Hants West MLA Melissa Sheehy-Richard announced on behalf of John Lohr, the minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, about $3 million in provincial funding April 23 for West Hants to construct a new municipal water storage tank.

Former Truro police officer pleads guilty to voyeurism charges

Updated 14 hours ago |2 min read

Southampton, N.S., man killed in Mapleton single-vehicle accident

Updated 16 hours ago |1 min read

P.E.I. woman dead, Nova Scotia woman hospitalized following head-on collision in Upper Nappan

Updated 12 hours ago |1 min read

Provincial

Former Cape Breton volunteer firefighter sentenced on arson charges

SYDNEY, N.S. — A former volunteer firefighter who pleaded guilty to three counts of arson has been sentenced to serve a conditional sentence. Gregory Scott Best, 50, of Ingonish, was charged in connection with three fires that occurred in the ...

Updated 9 hours ago |3 min read

$1.5 million winning lottery ticket sold at Cape Breton convenience store

Updated 9 hours ago |3 min read

A man walks into Brewer's Convenience on Commercial Street in North Sydney on Tuesday. The store was the location where a winning ticket was sold worth $1.5 million. NICOLE SULLIVAN/CAPE BRETON POST

'No one expressed shock': Cape Breton resident tries to solve weekend car break-in

Updated 9 hours ago |5 min read

A suspect is seen running a way from a car that had items stolen from it Saturday in downtown Sydney. CONTRIBUTED

Cape Breton judge delivers stern warning while imposing jail sentence

Updated 9 hours ago |4 min read

Theft convictions result in jail time for Cape Breton man

Updated 9 hours ago |2 min read

CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

Updated 9 hours ago |5 min read

Canada

A moose-vehicle collison Tuesday night left the animal almost completely inside the car but the driver escaped serious injuries. Saltwire staff

Driver escapes serious injuries after moose crashes through car's windshield Tuesday night in Conception Bay South

The driver of a car escaped serious injuries Tuesday night after a moose crashed through his windshield, and was killed, during a crash on Peacekeepers Way. The collision happened at about 9:30 p.m. as the westbound vehicle was approaching Minerals ...

Updated 5 hours ago |3 min read

Performer paralyzed during Cirque du Soleil performance in Las Vegas: Lawsuit

Updated 5 hours ago |2 min read

Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil by a performer who has "complete quadriplegia" during a show in Las Vegas.

Capital gains tax changes about 'intergenerational fairness,' Trudeau says as opposition grows

Updated 6 hours ago |4 min read

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a housing announcement in Dartmouth as Housing Minister Sean Fraser listens on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

Reward money totalling $1 million offered for Canada's most-wanted fugitives

Updated 6 hours ago |3 min read

Jail the only option to stop N.L. man from repeatedly violating his court orders: judge

Updated 7 hours ago |3 min read

Paradise running low on salt, has to buy more

Updated 7 hours ago |2 min read

World

Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024.

Germany to resume cooperation with Palestinian UNRWA agency

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government plans to resume cooperation with the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) in Gaza, the foreign and development ministries said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The decision follows an investigation by the ...

Updated 11 minutes ago |1 min read

Israeli media predict offensive in Gaza's Rafah soon

Updated 11 minutes ago |2 min read

Smoke rises following Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip April 22, 2024.

Taiwan happy with US aid package, China objects to arms sales

Updated 41 minutes ago |2 min read

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during the Ketagalan forum in Taipei, Taiwan August 8, 2023.

Russian attack injures six people in Ukraine's Kharkiv, governor says

Updated 1 minutes ago |1 min read

Prabowo vows to fight for all Indonesians, calls for unity among political elites

Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

Iran's Raisi arrives in Sri Lanka to foster ties, open hydropower project

Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

Featured News

Registered occupational therapist Chelsea Surette (left) and registered physiotherapist Maria Wamback are co-owners of the newly opened Acadian Shores Health Centre. TINA COMEAU

'Community helped make this happen': Acadian Shores Health Centre looking to give back through its services

A new health centre in Yarmouth is feeling its community roots. Not only does it feel like it was helped along by the community in starting up and offering the services it does, but it also hopes to become involved in the community. “We are very ...

Updated Mar. 26, 2024 |6 min read

Tories pushing Antigonish consolidation through with amendments

Updated Mar. 25, 2024 |2 min read

Housing Minister John Lohr announces a five-year housing plan at One Government Place in Halifax on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. - Francis Campbell

Two people charged with drug and weapons offences in Stellarton, N.S.

Updated Mar. 25, 2024 |2 min read

RCMP have laid a third charge in connection to the homicide of Natacha Leroy. CONTRIBUTED

Driver escapes serious injuries after moose crashes through car's windshield Tuesday night in Conception Bay South

Updated 5 hours ago |3 min read

Jail the only option to stop N.L. man from repeatedly violating his court orders: judge

Updated 7 hours ago |3 min read

Paradise running low on salt, has to buy more

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Still no estimates on what greening N.S. grid will cost ratepayers and taxpayers

Two recent deaths near Portapique still not explained: ‘I know I keep my door locked’

Province invests in West Hants, N.S., water upgrades amid ‘unprecedented growth’

Former Truro police officer pleads guilty to voyeurism charges

Southampton, N.S., man killed in Mapleton single-vehicle accident

P.E.I. woman dead, Nova Scotia woman hospitalized following head-on collision in Upper Nappan

Provincial

Former Cape Breton volunteer firefighter sentenced on arson charges

$1.5 million winning lottery ticket sold at Cape Breton convenience store

'No one expressed shock': Cape Breton resident tries to solve weekend car break-in

Cape Breton judge delivers stern warning while imposing jail sentence

Theft convictions result in jail time for Cape Breton man

CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

Canada

Driver escapes serious injuries after moose crashes through car's windshield Tuesday night in Conception Bay South

Performer paralyzed during Cirque du Soleil performance in Las Vegas: Lawsuit

Capital gains tax changes about 'intergenerational fairness,' Trudeau says as opposition grows

Reward money totalling $1 million offered for Canada's most-wanted fugitives

Jail the only option to stop N.L. man from repeatedly violating his court orders: judge

Paradise running low on salt, has to buy more

World

Germany to resume cooperation with Palestinian UNRWA agency

Israeli media predict offensive in Gaza's Rafah soon

Taiwan happy with US aid package, China objects to arms sales

Russian attack injures six people in Ukraine's Kharkiv, governor says

Prabowo vows to fight for all Indonesians, calls for unity among political elites

Iran's Raisi arrives in Sri Lanka to foster ties, open hydropower project

Featured News

'Community helped make this happen': Acadian Shores Health Centre looking to give back through its services

Tories pushing Antigonish consolidation through with amendments

Two people charged with drug and weapons offences in Stellarton, N.S.

Driver escapes serious injuries after moose crashes through car's windshield Tuesday night in Conception Bay South

Jail the only option to stop N.L. man from repeatedly violating his court orders: judge

Paradise running low on salt, has to buy more

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