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Billy Joe MacLean, one of Nova Scotia’s most colourful political characters whose decades-long career included a memorable stint in the provincial cabinet in the early 1980s, has died. He was 89. MacLean died in the early hours of Wednesday at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital from a group A streptococcus infection, said family members. The longtime owner of … Read More “Billy Joe MacLean, long-serving mayor and former N.S. cabinet minister, dies at 89” »

Nova Scotia’s opposition parties say they are skeptical of the provincial government’s shrinking list of residents waiting for a family doctor. The NDP and Liberals say they have heard from constituents who were offered primary care and removed from the waitlist, but who have been waiting months for an appointment at a clinic. Nova Scotia … Read More “N.S. patients taken off doctor waitlist waiting months for appointment: opposition” »

Nova Scotia·New A Dartmouth man has been charged in a drug overdose death five months ago. Police will not reveal the drug believed responsible for the overdose Blair Rhodes · CBC News · Posted: Apr 22, 2025 3:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago Halifax Regional Police say Darian Clayton-Fleet died of a … Read More “Dartmouth man charged with manslaughter in overdose death” »

Concerned community members are continuing the search for a four-year-old boy who fell into the water on Thursday while fishing along a river in Guysborough County. RCMP said the boy was fishing on the Salmon River close to where it empties into the Chedabucto Bay with a man and another child on Thursday afternoon. The … Read More “Community members continue search for 4-year-old boy who fell into Guysborough river” »

Fraud artists passed more than $35,000 in fake cheques in a months-long scheme against the Bridgewater courthouse, an internal provincial investigation revealed.  The fraud was discovered in October 2023 and reported to police. But the full scope of the problem was not understood until about a year later, after provincial auditors analyzed two bank accounts … Read More “Fraudsters scam thousands of dollars from Bridgewater courthouse using fake cheques” »

In the days leading up to New Glasgow town council releasing a staff report over whether to continue fluoridating its water, internal emails show the town’s supervisor of water treatment and supply was sharing documentation from anti-fluoride sources. The documents have file names such as “50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation” and “WHAT ABOUT THE FLUORIDE IN … Read More “How a Nova Scotia town quietly decided to stop fluoridating its water” »

Most of us likely have days when we feel we’re not looking our best. Maybe our hair’s a little wonky, or we look more tired than usual. Or perhaps there’s a feature of our physical appearance that we’ve never quite made peace with.  But for some young men who participate in an online community called … Read More “‘Your face looks grotesque’: How looksmaxxing can harm young men and boys” »

Her nightmare started in the bath. A young single mother looked up and felt her privacy evaporate when she noticed a tiny camera in the bathroom ceiling of the basement apartment she lived in with her toddler.  She said it looked like a screw, no bigger than a pinky nail. “But I had a feeling it wasn’t a screw. I … Read More “She felt like she was being watched. Then she found a hidden camera in her bathroom” »

Catholics across Nova Scotia are mourning the death of Pope Francis. Halifax-Yarmouth Archbishop Brian Joseph Dunn says a larger-than-usual crowd attended a lunchtime mass at Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica in Halifax on Monday to pay their respects to the Pope, who had been the leader of the Roman Catholic Church since 2013. “Many people were very saddened … Read More “Nova Scotia Catholics mourn death of Pope Francis” »