5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (757+ words) The review of the Municipal Government Act is long overdue. Unfortunately, successive leadership failures have stalled progress. Interim leadership under former premier Lantz failed to hold Minister Myers accountable, and the current minister of housing, land and communities, Cory Deagle,…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (517+ words) As workers from one more Cape Breton seniors" care residence vote to strike, Canadian Union of Public Employees" (CUPE) long-term care members are organizing a rally at the Canso Causeway on Wednesday from noon to 2 p.m. The gathering is being held…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (423+ words) Fady Markos Faltas, 45, accused of hiding electronic device in washroom at Lawtons store A former pharmacy manager with Lawtons Drugs faces voyeurism charges in Halifax provincial court. Halifax Regional Police responded to the Lawtons store at 965 Bedford Hwy. in Bedford…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago   (761+ words) Twice this past term I had a marvellous opportunity to sit in on some Acadia University student presentations.The first were several groups who had investigated the concept of micro transit as it might apply in Wolfville. Great exploration of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (635+ words) Sales of the US alcohol, pulled off the shelves in NL and in storage since February due to tariff war, will benefit the hungry amid soaring use of food banks Following Manitoba and Nova Scotia's lead, the NL government and…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (503+ words) Federal government continues to assist more Indigenous communities go green The federal government is investing nearly $22 million in Inuit-led Labrador clean energy projects focused on solar, wind, and tidal power. The first is the Nain Wind Microgrid Project, the over…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (856+ words) Green party MLA Peter Bevan-Baker says the government should loosen the control that Maritime Electric has over the province's electricity grid by following the lead of Nova Scotia. In 2024, Nova Scotia began shifting some powers away from its own utility,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1553+ words) Jodie Ashini is the daughter of Innu Nation founder Daniel Ashini, and says her father's teachings led her to vote against a historic settlement with Hydro-Qu'bec that would have put $87 million into Innu coffers, guaranteed power supply Former archaeologist and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (269+ words) Lawyers appeared in provincial court Tuesday for two men accused of spray-painting antisemitic graffiti at three locations in Halifax in September, including two synagogues. Gezim Topalli, 31, and Russell Jared Currie, 32, both of Halifax, face seven charges each: three counts of…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (912+ words) From taxes to health care and energy, NL's incoming government echoes conservative priorities seen in Alberta, with initiatives aimed at affordability, local jobs, and improved services With NL's Progressive Conservative (PC) Party forming the province's next majority government, it marks…...