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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia advocacy groups and opposition parties are calling on the government to subsidize power bills and energy efficiency upgrades for residents struggling with the rising cost of living.

Halifax police say two people face assault charges in connection with a large student party Sunday in a neighbourhood near Dalhousie University.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is beginning to roll out its vaccines for influenza and COVID-19, as the province sees virus activity that is well below what was seen at the height of the pandemic. Dr.

HALIFAX — After seven years and an access-to-information battle that has moved to the courts, the Nova Scotia government has released some details of the security fears staff identified after violence broke out at a provincial youth detention facilit

FREDERICTON — The chief of staff to New Brunswick Liberal Leader Susan Holt has resigned as speculation rises about an early election call. A statement from the official Opposition says Alaina Lockhart's last day was Friday.

HALIFAX — Police say they've made arrests and issued summary offence tickets after an "unsanctioned student gathering" in Halifax.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's premier delivered a solemn apology Friday to residential school survivors in southern Labrador, nearly six years after it was first promised.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's government has launched a review into policing, six months after a public inquiry raised wide-ranging criticisms of the RCMP's performance in the province.

MIRAMICHI, N.B. — A group that used a pesticide to rid New Brunswick’s Miramichi watershed of invasive smallmouth bass has stopped the program after years of controversy over the strategy.

TRURO, N.S. — A Nova Scotia small claims court has awarded $1,776 to a Truro-area couple whose lawn was repeatedly trampled by their neighbours' wandering cows.