A dozen residents of a house on Lodge Drive near Halifax's Hemlock Ravine Park were displaced by fire on Monday morning. District Chief Phil Thorburn of Halifax Fire said the large house was fully involved when crews showed up. “There was heavy flame ...

Volunteers from the Construction Engineering Flight in Pictou and many others planted several thousand spruce seedlings in Merigomish on Saturday, May 13. The planting was a project of the Climate Change Committee for the Municipality of Pictou ...

Christian, gardener, basketball, respectful, energetic, mentor and teacher. They were some of the many words printed on signs Paul Shaffner’s former players held to describe him during a ceremony on May 11 at Middleton Regional High School ...

A team of three Crown attorneys has been assembled to prosecute four teenagers charged with second-degree murder in the April 22 killing of a 16-year-old Halifax boy. Ahmad Maher Al Marrach died after he was stabbed in a parkade at the Halifax ...

The RNC says a man was shot during an apparent targetted home invasion by two masked intruders on Friday night, May 10, in west end St. John’s. Just before midnight, officers were called to a Cowan Avenue home where the occupants reported being shot ...

The Annapolis Royal Farmers and Traders Market opened for the outdoor season May 11 in downtown. It was a week earlier than normal. The market attracted about 70 vendors, which will increase to about 90 during peak season. The market, located in ...

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Firefighters on Monday battled a large wildfire heading towards a remote western Canadian town as winds and tinder dry conditions threatened to spread the flames further, a provincial minister said. The largely ...

Halifax Regional Police have charged two more teens in connection with the over two dozen threats made against schools since April 1. On May 10, investigators charged a 13-year-old in relation to a threats complaint that occurred at Rocky Lake Junior ...

The Yarmouth arts community and others gathered in protest outside of the now permanently closed Western Branch of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Yarmouth to paint a picture for the provincial government that this closure is the wrong decision. On ...

There’s lots of buzz around the region about a weekly Friday night market that is starting on May 24 on the Yarmouth waterfront. “The response has been amazing,” says founder Mike Kitney. “It’s all kind of overwhelmingly awesome.” Kitney, who moved ...