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Fertility care in Atlantic Canada comes with lengthy travel and wait times

Fertility care in Atlantic Canada comes with lengthy travel and wait times

HALIFAX — When Ledon Wellon started trying to have a baby, she assumed it would happen quickly. She was young — 24 at the time — and she was watching her friends start families.
Hundreds of school staff in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley on strike over wages

Hundreds of school staff in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley on strike over wages

HALIFAX — Hundreds of school staff in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley are on the picket line today in a dispute over wages. More than 600 workers at the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education walked off the job at 8 a.m.
Ex-orphanage reopens as business incubator, hub for African Nova Scotian community

Ex-orphanage reopens as business incubator, hub for African Nova Scotian community

HALIFAX — A former orphanage for Black children in Nova Scotia has been renovated and reopened as a community hub and incubator for Black businesses.
Nova Scotia's retirement home for captive whales facing obstacles, delays: documents

Nova Scotia's retirement home for captive whales facing obstacles, delays: documents

HALIFAX — An ambitious plan in Nova Scotia to build North America's first coastal refuge for captive whales is at least five years behind its original schedule, newly released documents show.

Woman suffers non-life-threatening injuries in early morning shooting

DARTMOUTH, N.S. — A woman is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries following an early morning shooting in Dartmouth. Police were called to the Portland Street and Portland Hills Drive area just before 5:30 a.m.
Hundreds of school workers in Nova Scotia set to strike next week over wages

Hundreds of school workers in Nova Scotia set to strike next week over wages

HALIFAX — Hundreds of school staff in Nova Scotia plan to go on strike next week after rejecting a new contract offer over wages.
Nova Scotia bill would allow regulator to authorize more energy efficiency programs

Nova Scotia bill would allow regulator to authorize more energy efficiency programs

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is aiming to increase the ability of its energy efficiency utility to add programs for low-income households.
N.S. utility and province battle as citizens dream of a grid able to weather storms

N.S. utility and province battle as citizens dream of a grid able to weather storms

HALIFAX — As Nova Scotia's electrical utility and government quarrel over the cost of preparing the grid for the next hurricane, some ratepayers are hoping they'll start working together.
Inquiry releases recordings of heated RCMP meeting after Nova Scotia mass shooting

Inquiry releases recordings of heated RCMP meeting after Nova Scotia mass shooting

HALIFAX — The inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting has released partial recordings of a tense RCMP meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties' investigation of the massacre.
More than 4,000 Nova Scotia Power customers lose electricity in outage

More than 4,000 Nova Scotia Power customers lose electricity in outage

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Power was beginning to restore electricity to customers on the province’s eastern shore Thursday following a transmission outage. The outage began around 10 p.m.
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