5+ hour, 12+ min ago  (301+ words) Posted Mar 4, 2026 01:58:13 PM. It was loud in downtown Halifax on Wednesday afternoon as hundreds of people descended on the Nova Scotia legislature in protest of provincial budget cuts to arts and culture initiatives. People packed onto Granville Street in front…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (321+ words) Posted Mar 3, 2026 01:09:03 PM. MONTR'AL " Hotels across Quebec are reporting a relatively quiet March break week. A survey by the province's main hotel association shows there are fewer overall bookings this week compared with last year's March break, with most primary…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (321+ words) Posted Mar 2, 2026 04:11:07 PM. The Nova Scotia and Ontario governments have signed an agreement aimed at allowing people to buy alcoholic beverages made in each province. The "direct-to-consumer agreement," according to the province, will allow people in Nova Scotia to buy…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (864+ words) Posted Feb 17, 2026 05:00:17 AM. OTTAWA " The outlook for Canada's provinces is difficult to chart but some surprising resilience to U.S. trade pressures and historical revisions to economic data have most provinces on better footing heading into the 2026 budget season, argues a new…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago  (389+ words) By Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press Posted Feb 11, 2026 12:24:36 PM. MONTR'AL " The Quebec government is delaying the rollout of its new French curriculum in elementary and secondary schools by one year to September 2027, following criticism that the Education Department was moving…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago  (1251+ words) By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press Posted Feb 11, 2026 05:00:42 AM. MONTREAL " In 2023, the Ste-Marie-de-l'Isle Maligne church in Alma, Que., completed its transformation into the St-Cr'me " a combination hotel, ice cream shop and event space. It's one of dozens of churches that…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (318+ words) Posted Feb 10, 2026 05:39:22 PM. QU'BEC " Christine Fr'chette, leadership candidate for the Coalition Avenir Qu'bec, is promising to revive a popular fast-track immigration program that her government had recently ended. She says if she's elected to replace Premier Fran'ois Legault, she would…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (233+ words) Posted Feb 10, 2026 10:19:04 AM. BURLINGTON, ONT. " Police west of Toronto say a 24-year-old is dead after a targeted nighttime shooting in a shopping mall parking lot. Halton regional police say they are searching for two suspects who fled the scene in…...

1+ mon, 14+ hour ago  (441+ words) Posted Feb 4, 2026 05:00:31 AM. STAVELY " The Alberta government says it will review an intersection where three junior hockey players died in a car crash while heading to practice. The crash happened Monday at a highway entrance to Stavely, just over an…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (384+ words) Posted Jan 29, 2026 04:55:08 PM. It looks like winter weather is set to impact Nova Scotia for a third straight weekend. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement on Thursday afternoon, warning of a system expected to impact the province Sunday night…...