An Indigenous ecotourism project near Digby, N.S.,received $250,000 in federal funding this week. Bear River First Nation will build a thirdgathering placealong a traditional Mi'kmawcanoe route.

The federal minister responsible for a decision on the environmental assessment of plans to remediate Boat Harbour has extended the deadline by 90 days.

Almost 400,000 Nova Scotians have downloaded the applaunched in November 2023 at a cost of about $10 million.An additional $5 million was spent on an expansion to include patient health records on the app.

The Prescott Street Community Garden established roots in Halifaxs North End about 20 years ago, but now its members are relocating and rebuilding. The community garden will be removed from Halifax Water's Robie Street reservoir property as the utility moves ahead with upgrades.

PamJoseyrecalls a day last December when she was driving home from her clinicand noticed a man lying on the ground receiving CPR at a Sheet Harbour, N.S., gas station.Shestopped to help and took turns performing CPR while waiting for first responders, all the while 'frustrated' by the lack of first aid equipment on site.

Former residents of Africville are calling for the community to come together and take action to stop gun violence after five people were injured in a shooting at an annual reunion.

For more than 20 years, Dale Richardson has walked to the end of a pulpit with a harpoon in hand to take aim at swordfish.But climate change is posing a threat to the fishery.