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Nova Scotia Liberals put focus on accountability as parties begin first full day of election campaign
Nova Scotia Liberal Party leader Zach Churchill speaks to reporters during a media availability in Halifax on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Patients demand action into investigation of New Brunswickers’ unexplained neurological symptoms
New Brunswick's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday, July 6, 2020. New Brunswick's health minister says an epidemiological report has found no known food, behaviour or environmental exposure that could have caused the symptoms of a mystery neurological syndrome. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Nova Scotia premier dissolves legislature, calls snap election for Nov. 26
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston speaks to reporters at the Council of the Federation in Halifax on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Nova Scotia residents could find themselves in the midst of a snap provincial election campaign as early as today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
opinion
An election promise that must be kept
Kansas man who died in Newfoundland fire was visiting for dream moose-hunting trip
Eugene Earl Spoon, shown in this undated handout image, was an avid hunter, and he was in Newfoundland for a moose-hunting trip when he died in a hotel fire in Deer Lake, Newfoundland on Saturday Oct. 19, 2024. Spoon, a guest at the hotel, was visiting Newfoundland from Kansas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-RCMP *MANDATORY CREDIT*

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Nova Scotia Liberals put focus on accountability as parties begin first full day of election campaign
Nova Scotia Liberal Party leader Zach Churchill speaks to reporters during a media availability in Halifax on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Patients demand action into investigation of New Brunswickers’ unexplained neurological symptoms
New Brunswick's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday, July 6, 2020. New Brunswick's health minister says an epidemiological report has found no known food, behaviour or environmental exposure that could have caused the symptoms of a mystery neurological syndrome. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Nova Scotia premier dissolves legislature, calls snap election for Nov. 26
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston speaks to reporters at the Council of the Federation in Halifax on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Nova Scotia residents could find themselves in the midst of a snap provincial election campaign as early as today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
opinion
An election promise that must be kept
The Editorial Board
Kansas man who died in Newfoundland fire was visiting for dream moose-hunting trip
Eugene Earl Spoon, shown in this undated handout image, was an avid hunter, and he was in Newfoundland for a moose-hunting trip when he died in a hotel fire in Deer Lake, Newfoundland on Saturday Oct. 19, 2024. Spoon, a guest at the hotel, was visiting Newfoundland from Kansas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-RCMP *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Nova Scotia Premier appoints new Finance Minister after cabinet resignation
Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change Minister Tim Halman poses for a photo at the legislature in Halifax on October 27, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keith Doucette
Halifax Sikh community demands justice for woman who died in Walmart walk-in oven
A Walmart remains closed as a vigil grows outside the taped-off area in Halifax on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 following the death of a 19-year-old employee last weekend. The Maritime Sikh Society has named a 19-year-old woman who died in a Walmart bakery's walk-in oven and says the mother — a co-worker at the store — was the one who led a search for her and discovered her body. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Tiny home village to open next week in Halifax suburb, part of N.S.’s plan to address homelessness
This tiny home village on Cobequid Road in a Halifax suburb, shown on Thursday, will house up to 70 people when construction is complete. The first phase of homes will be open to residents in the first week of November. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cassidy McMackon
New Brunswick’s first female premier, Susan Holt, to be sworn in on Nov. 2
New Brunswick Liberal Leader and premier-elect Susan Holt speaks to supporters in Fredericton, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. Holt and other Liberal members of the legislative assembly are scheduled to be sworn-in on Nov. 2. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray
Body of woman who died in Halifax Walmart bakery oven was found by her mother: Sikh group
A Walmart remains closed as a vigil grows outside the taped-off area in Halifax on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 following the death of a 19-year-old employee last weekend. The Maritime Sikh Society has named a 19-year-old woman who died in a Walmart bakery's walk-in oven and says the mother — a co-worker at the store — was the one who led a search for her and discovered her body. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Paper Excellence adopting Domtar name as company tries to shake controversy and focus on growth
John Williams, chairman of forest products company Paper Excellence and Domtar president and CEO poses for a portrait in Montreal on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. Williams has held the joint-positions at Domtar since 2009 and has helped grow the company’s pulp production to become the third largest producer in the world. Evan Buhler/The Globe and Mail
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Lawrence MacEachern taught himself the fiddle, something his kids didn’t always appreciate
Lawrence MacEachern
Small memorial set up outside Halifax Walmart where 19-year-old found dead in bakery oven
A Walmart remains closed as a vigil grows outside the taped-off area in Halifax on Wednesday, following the death of a 19-year-old employee on the weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Nova Scotia Premier announces one point cut to HST, to 14%, starting April 1
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston speaks to reporters in Halifax, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Houston has announced the province will introduce a one percentage point cut to the harmonized sales tax on April 1 of next year.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
opinion
Susan Holt won the New Brunswick election – but Blaine Higgs certainly lost it
Donald Wright
Woman, 19, who died at Halifax Walmart was found in walk-in oven, police say
Halifax Regional Police headquarters is shown in Halifax, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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After 35 years, the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival is still frank and intimate
Johanna Schneller
How a performing arts centre is enriching local creativity, culture
New Brunswick’s new Performing Arts Centre, set to open in 2026, will stand as a modern landmark for creativity and community, blending cutting-edge design with local cultural heritage.
RCMP end latest N.B. search regarding teenage girl who went missing in 2021
Madison Roy-Boudreau, shown in Bathurst Police handout photos. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Bathurst Police *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Nova Scotia government releases code of conduct for province’s municipal politicians
A 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy near a Halifax mall earlier this year. Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Police investigating death of 19-year-old female employee at Halifax Walmart
Police say they are investigating the sudden death of a 19-year-old female employee at a Halifax Walmart on Saturday night. Halifax Regional Police headquarters is shown in Halifax, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
New Brunswick Liberals will form majority government, ending six years of Tory rule
New Brunswick Liberal Leader and premier-elect Susan Holt addresses supporters at her campaign headquarters in Fredericton, N.B., on Monday October 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray
83-year-old Newfoundland musician still playing sold-out shows, even with memory loss
Dan Gambin plays the accordian during a show at the Lions Club in Clarenville, N.L. on Thursday, Oct.17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Voters elect mayors and councillors in municipal elections across Nova Scotia
Voters line up at the Halifax Convention Centre as they prepare to vote in the federal election in Halifax on Sept. 20, 2021. Results of the Halifax municipal election will be known tonight as voters head to the polls to choose their next mayor. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
RCMP investigating two suspicious deaths near Halifax
The RCMP logo is seen on the background for a news conference, in St. John's, June 24, 2023. Police in Nova Scotia are investigating two deaths in the Halifax area that they're treating as suspicious. RCMP say they were called to a home in the community of Enfield on Friday morning for a well-being check on two people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Blaine Higgs says Indigenous people ceded land ‘many, many years ago’ during campaign stop in Moncton
New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party Leader Blaine Higgs speaks to supporters during a campaign stop in Moncton, N.B. on Oct.18, 2024.
Homelessness isn’t stopping a Halifax man from running for mayor
Mayoral candidate Andrew Goodsell, who is currently living rough in a tent, poses with his dog Dusty in Halifax, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
In her new confessional novel, Fawn Parker explores the absurdity and weirdness of grief
Fawn Parker
Nova Scotia government hiring 47 new staff members to prevent violence in schools
The Nova Scotia government is hiring 47 people to prevent and address violence in the province’s schools. A view of the Nova Scotia legislature is shown at Province House in Halifax on Thursday, March 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia home is ‘a landscape-viewing device’
Home of the Week, 71 Hell Point Rd., Kingsburg, N.S.
With coastal development regulations gone, Nova Scotia’s communities must face rising seas on their own terms
A development at Little Crescent Beach in Lunenburg County, N.S. on Monday, September 23, 2024. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
New Brunswick Conservative leader forced to defend record on housing, health care, safety
New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party Leader Blaine Higgs speaks with media after the leaders debate at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray