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 ...

YARMOUTH, NS – My emotions swayed between disappointment and resolve. I was at an event in Halifax. The person speaking was talking about a fellow she knew as a kid. She said as a young man he went on to become a really good baseball player. Then she ...

Four people charged in the 2022 killing of Barry Albert, a Bridgewater man whose remains were found in Springfield, Annapolis County, almost two months after he went missing, made brief court appearances Wednesday. Derrick Wayne Charles Robar, 32, of ...

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 ...