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N.S. Liberals promise to improve cellphone services and highways
Party leader Zach Churchill says a Liberal government would spend $60 million on building 87 new cellphone towers, which would be in addition to the $66 million the previous Progressive Conservative government committed to similar projects last year.
Leaders talk immigration, free hospital parking on Day 12 of N.S. election campaign
Leader Zach Churchill says a plan by the incumbent Progressive Conservatives to double the province's population to two million people by the year 2060 is unrealistic and unsustainable.
N.S. Liberals pledge to help renters, while NDP promises to open more health clinics if elected
The Liberals and New Democrats spent Wednesday on the campaign trail appealing to renters struggling to make ends meet and people in need of a primary care provider.
N.S. Liberals promise to establish inquiry into illegal fishing
Liberal Leader Zach Churchill issued a statement Friday saying the party would also introduce a minimum-fine policy for those caught buying illegally caught lobster.
New study of inbreeding among endangered right whales reveals encouraging finding
The tiny population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales has long had to deal with inbreeding. But a new scientific study, led by researchers at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, is reporting an encouraging finding.
Sand from the Sahara Desert causing recent lull in the hurricane season: scientists
Tiny grains of sand from the Sahara Desert are to blame for the almost month-long lull in this year's Atlantic hurricane season, scientists say. But it could soon come to an end.
Sale of Atlantic Canada's biggest newspaper chain could reduce local content: expert
An expert who tracks Canada's mainstream media industry says Postmedia's pending purchase of Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain is almost certain to result in job cuts and a reduction in local content.
Insurance claims from last year's floods, wildfires in Nova Scotia total $490 million
The devastating wildfires and deadly flooding that plagued Nova Scotia last year have resulted in $490 million in insured losses, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said in a report released Thursday.
Bid to sell insolvent newspaper chain in Atlantic Canada reaches critical phase
Jennifer Stam, a lawyer for the Toronto-based Fiera Private Debt Fund, made the statement Friday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, where Justice John Keith later approved a motion to extend the media companies' protection from creditors until Aug. 8.
Changes coming for tenants paying fixed rent in Nova Scotia's public housing units
Housing Minister John Lohr says that over the next four years, 1,445 public housing tenants — about 13 per cent of the total — will start paying rent based on their household income, which means they could be paying more or less than they are now.