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Nova Scotia

What’s open and closed in the Halifax area on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

Monday, Sept. 30, marks the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — an annual commemoration honouring the children who…

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Tech

How teams in the Hamilton area are fighting dog-strangling vine and other invasive species

Don’t worry. Dog-strangling vines aren’t actually strangling dogs. But Derissa Vincentini, community science co-ordinator at the Invasive Species Centre in Sault Ste.…

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Nova Scotia

Tidal power junk: N.S. village wants huge, abandoned moorings moved from fishing area

Four boxcars filled with concrete are sitting on the floor of the Bay of Fundy near Walton, N.S., where residents…

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Tech

Very few sockeye have passed Chilcotin River landslide area: DFO

While sockeye salmon have been able to migrate past obstructions from the Chilcotin River landslide, the run is projected to…

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Nova Scotia

Water main break in Glace Bay area leads to service disruption

Nova Scotia Close to 20,000 residents served by the Glace Bay water system are being asked not to use water…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. approves planning area that could see 18,000 new units built in Westphal

Nova Scotia has added four new sites to the list of Halifax-area lands the province wants fast-tracked for development, including a large…

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Canada

Barkerville, Wells and Bowron Lake area evacuated

The Cariboo Regional District Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) issued an evacuation order Sunday afternoon citing the rapid growth over the weekend of…

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Tech

B.C. waters now home to Canada’s largest marine protected area

First Nations along British Columbia’s coast and the federal government have announced the designation of the country’s largest marine protected area. A statement…

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Canada

Alberta issues fire ban for entire forest protection area as extreme temperatures continue

A fire ban has been implemented for Alberta’s entire forest protection amid scorching temperatures that have prompted heat warnings, strained crews…

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Nova Scotia

Boil-water advisory in Halifax area lifted

A boil-water advisory that impacted a large swath of the Halifax Regional Municipality for roughly 40 hours has been lifted.…

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