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The province is bringing in the interrupter clause again tonight. For the second time this week the price of diesel will change at midnight. It could be a welcome sight. Reports suggest the price will...

Jacques Dub is stepping down as the Halifax Regional Municipality's top bureaucrat. The city's chief administrative officer gave his resignation to regional council on May 18. Dub has been Halifax's C...

Canada Post is highlighting endangered whales this week with the release of a new stamp. The stamps will help raise awareness of five endangered whale species. They are: Beluga whale (Delphinapterus l...

Taxi rates are going up in Halifax for the first time in a decade. At Tuesday’s regular meeting, regional council voted to increase taxi rates by 12 per cent. This is the first increase to taxi ...

Canada’s inflation rate hit a new three-decade high of 6.8 per cent in April, up slightly from 6.7 per cent recorded a month earlier. Statistics Canada said Wednesday that the year-over-year inc...

Underpaid and overworked. That was the message from members of the Nova Scotia Paramedics Union to the provincial government yesterday during a Standing Committee on Health session at the legislature....

It’s a little bit of a break if you drive a diesel. It went down 10 cents overnight and depending on where you live, it is now selling between $2.35 and $2.40. Regular did not change in the late...

The city has voted to replace 60 diesel powered buses at the end of their lifespan with new electric buses from Nova Bus Limited. The decision was made at Tuesday’s regular council meeting to ge...

Gear up for another change at the fuel pumps in Nova Scotia on Tuesday. The province’s gas regulator has announced it’s invoking the interrupter clause at midnight to change the price of d...

‘Coming Through, A Sign of Hope, Hirtle’s Beach, NS’. Photo: Paulette Melanson. A little piece of Nova Scotia will now become part of the permanent display at the Canadian embassy in...