Author Archives: Kelli Rickard

Hope for Wildlife has called off one of its biggest fundraisers of the year due to the forest travel bans and fires in our province. The annual open house in Seaforth was supposed to take place this S...

Smoke from the Long Lake wildfire in Annapolis County will reduce local air quality and visibility in other parts of Nova Scotia. Environment Canada says Halifax, Lunenburg, Kings, and Hants Counties ...

Like many Canadians, Nova Scotia's sailing ambassador is staying on this side of the U.S. border for now. According to the Bluenose II's social media, its trip to Massachusetts in early September is c...

The faculty association has voted to reject Dalhousie University's final offer. Voting opened August 14th and closed Thursday afternoon. According to a DFA release, a record 93.4 per cent of union mem...

Crews are working to restore electricity for thousands in Halifax on Friday morning. According to the Nova Scotia Power outage map as of 8:45 a.m., more than 5,000 customers are impacted in the west e...

RCMP have charged a doctor with sexual assault after an alleged incident at a Nova Scotia hospital emergency room. Police say they received a report in May that an assault had occurred in January duri...

Those sheltering at the Cogswell Park encampment must find a new place to live because it's too close to the new adult care facility at Robie Street and Quinpool Road. According to a release, the Hali...

Northern Pulp will seek court approval to commence sales of its timberland assets. According to a release, court-appointed monitor Ernst & Young recommends a bid from Macer Forest Holdings Inc., i...

Uncertainty remains for students at Atlantic Canada's largest university as labour disruptions loom approaching the start of the academic year. Dalhousie University President Kim Brooks issued an upda...

One person has been arrested after a scallop fishing seizure worth about $1.1 million in southwestern Nova Scotia. DFO says officers in the Barrington area detected the vessel on Tuesday. An offshore ...