HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s lucrative seafood industry is bracing for market upheaval as it deals with the effects of tariffs imposed by China and awaits an identical 25 per cent duty from the United States.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Education officials in Newfoundland and Labrador recently ordered the destruction of thousands of textbooks because they contained inaccurate information about the province's Indigenous population.
HALIFAX - Mi’kmaw chiefs in Nova Scotia say they are considering legal action against newly passed provincial legislation that opens the door to hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.
HALIFAX - Demand for cottages and recreational properties in Nova Scotia should remain strong despite the doubling of the province’s deed transfer tax, says an executive with a major real estate agency.
VANCOUVER - In one corner of the battle are criminals using artificial intelligence to generate child sexual abuse material — and in the other, AI is being used to help hunt down the offenders.
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick health officials will begin analyzing hundreds of cases involving a mystery brain disease that has baffled experts for years, the province's chief medical officer said Thursday.
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia provincial court judge has been sanctioned for his conduct on the bench, with a review committee concluding that undiagnosed mental health issues were a factor in his behaviour.
FREDERICTON - Ontario is the home of Canada's automobile industry, but a new tariff on auto imports announced by U.S. President Donald Trump would have a spillover effect for businesses in New Brunswick, Premier Susan Holt cautioned Thursday.
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia legislature has wrapped up a winter sitting that a political scientist says was marked by government moves to increase cabinet's authority and shrink the legislature’s ability to provide oversight.
HALIFAX - Almost two years after a wildfire devastated a Halifax-area suburb, municipal council has approved a new emergency exit for a subdivision in the neighbourhood where the fire started.
SHESHATSHIU, N.L. - Leaders in the Innu community of Sheshatshiu in Labrador have authorized barricades at the town's entrance and evicted some residents in an effort to curb the flow of drugs.
The Innu Nation Main Office is seen in Sheshatshiu, N.L., on May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sarah Smellie
