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With few leads, search for missing N.S. kids focuses on area where boot print found
Searchers looking for two missing kids in Pictou County on Saturday scoured the area where a boot print was found in a previous search. But searchers concede they have little to go on and have no way of knowing if the boot print is even related to Lilly Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4.
Nova Scotia restaurants are still turning to crowdfunding. But is it always the best move?
Crowdfunding can help a business get off the ground, or stay afloat, but it can also open up individuals to online attacks and public scrutiny.
Halifax doctor's donation helps north-end arts centre secure permanent home
A Halifax arts centre run as a collective that's grown into a regular home for everything from zine libraries and printmaking to live music is celebrating a substantial donation that's poised to support the space's continued existence well into the future.
African Nova Scotian housing strategy launched, but more funding still needed
An ambitious new community-led housing strategy that aims to increase access to affordable housing for African Nova Scotians has officially launched, but its long-term success will depend on financial support from all levels of government.
Nova Scotia expands at-home STI testing program to include HIV
Nova Scotia Health is expanding a program designed to make it easier for people across the province to be tested for sexually transmitted infections.
More than 100 searchers scour Pictou County for missing children
More than 100 searchers are scouring an area in Pictou County for 6-year-old Lilly Sullivan and 4-year-old Jack Sullivan. The siblings were last seen Friday morning on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station, about 20 kilometres southwest of New Glasgow.
Why these N.S. social workers are worried kids are falling through the cracks
Two Nova Scotian social workers are speaking out about what they call a crisis in child protection and warning that children are at risk if things don’t change.
Nova Scotia Catholics mourn death of Pope Francis
Halifax-Yarmouth Archbishop Brian Joseph Dunn says a larger-than-usual crowd attended a lunchtime mass at Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica on Monday to pay their respects to the Pope, who had been the leader of the Roman Catholic Church since 2013.
Her neighbour is feeding rats, and she doesn't know what to do
Residents of a community near Wolfville, N.S., who are dealing with a massive rat infestation say they're frustrated by the lack of action taken to get it under control.
For the first time ever, there are no tolls on Halifax bridges. Why now?
It’s been one week since tolls were officially removed on the MacKay and Macdonald bridges between Halifax and Dartmouth, bringing to an end 70 years of paying to cross the harbour. But some Nova Scotians are questioning the timing.