Category Archives: News
Expert says it’s a bad idea to adopt Daylight Saving Time year-round
A psychology professor who has been studying Daylight Saving Time for 20 years believes it’s a bad idea to adopt it year-round. Dr. Mike Antle of the University of Calgary says the spring forwar...
Mar 24, 2022
Premier Blaine Higgs On Why N.B. Will Emerge Stronger From The Pandemic
This is the second of our exclusive Insights interviews with Atlantic Canada's premiers. New Brunswick weathered the pandemic better than most jurisdictions in the areas of public health, economic gro...
Mar 24, 2022
Third straight year for record high capital plan spending
The price tag of the 2022-23 capital plan is $1.5 billion. Allan MacMaster, Minister of Finance, presented the capital budget, the biggest in our province’s history, Wednesday. It includes about...
Mar 23, 2022
More Delays In Preliminary Inquiry Into Bridgewater Police Officer Stabbing
For the fourth time the preliminary hearing of Tobias Doucette is being delayed, this time for another year. Tobias Doucette was supposed to stand for his preliminary hearing this July, however, earli...
Mar 23, 2022
Two charged after protests outside Dr. Strang's home
Two people have been charged by the RCMP in relation to COVID-19 mandate protests outside the home of a "prominent health official" in Fall River. Jeremy Mitchell MacKenzie of Pictou and Morgan May Gu...
Mar 23, 2022
MADD Creates Award In Honour Of Cst. Heidi Stevenson
A new award in honour of the RCMP officer killed in the Nova Scotia mass shootings. The Constable Heidi Stevenson Watch award will be given to police officers in our province that focus on reducing im...
Mar 23, 2022
Hockey Canada Cancels Fred Page Cup
The Fred Page Cup is cancelled. Hockey Canada is scrapping the Eastern Canadian Junior A championship, along with all regional championships in the country. Instead, a ten-team national tournament wil...
Mar 23, 2022
Province Increases Health Insurance Coverage For Firefighters
More health benefits for firefighters in Nova Scotia. The province announced yesterday that they’re increasing workplace injury insurance coverage to include 19 types of cancer and heart attacks...
Mar 23, 2022
Police arrest pair after offences involving 'prominent health official'
Police have taken two people into custody after what they call offences involving a “prominent health official.” Halifax Regional Police say the arrests were made in connection with an ong...
Mar 23, 2022
Diesel takes another big jump at the fuel pumps
The price of diesel took another big jump at the fuel pumps in Halifax overnight. The province invoked the interrupter clause to make the adjustment. Diesel is up more than 9 cents per litre to $1.93....
Mar 23, 2022
