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Via Rail plans to use refurbished cars to improve Halifax-Montreal service
Via Rail wants to use refurbished railcars to improve service between Halifax and Montreal, but the CEO of the Crown corporation can't say whether doing so will increase the frequency of trains on the line.
N.S. boatbuilders carve out niche markets in challenging times
As new boat construction lags, repairs and refits are keeping boatbuilders afloat.
Research on gene therapy for rare inherited disease reduces costly, regular treatment
A researcher says the experimental use of gene therapy for a rare inherited disorder is saving almost as much money for treatment of five patients as the study itself costs.
Nova Scotia won't buy air conditioners for low-income people with health issues
A Nova Scotia woman on income assistance who succeeded in forcing the province to pay for her air conditioner says she's frustrated other low-income people won't get the same relief.
How recipes and a buddy system lowered health care costs for prostate cancer patients
A new study found that small, daily interventions which helped men cope with the physical and mental distress of prostate cancer is also saving Nova Scotia's health system money.
Researchers discover ancient predatory, fanged fish that swam in Nova Scotia waters
Researchers have discovered a new species of ancient fish with hooked front fangs that made them a fearsome and effective predator.
Small gathering lays ashes of wrongfully convicted man to rest, as family seeks probe
Glen Assoun died June 14, 2023, but the family postponed interring his ashes until a gathering Monday. In March 2019, a Nova Scotia court acquitted Assoun in the 1995 killing of his ex-girlfriend, Brenda Lee Way.
'We're getting there,' says N.S. minister as disabilities reform falls behind schedule
A progress report released Tuesday says only 189 people have left large institutions, a number that is about two-thirds of the goal the government had set for the spring.
Relatives of lost fishers say lives at risk without mandatory vessel stability checks
Lori Cogswell-Phillips, the mother of fisher Aaron Cogswell, said in an interview Friday the federal government and the fishing industry are putting crews at risk by not acting more quickly on the recommendation by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
Judge orders rethink of preservation plan for endangered piping plovers on East Coast
In a decision released Monday, Justice Richard Southcott sent the piping plover recovery plan back to the federal environment minister for "reconsideration."