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HALIFAX — Researchers say if Nova Scotia wants to improve its low breastfeeding rates, the province should ensure new parents can afford to take parental leave. Kyly Whitfield, a human nutrition professor...

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has announced a three-year strategy aimed at growing the province’s $2.2-billion seafood industry as it tries to cope with with rising costs, labour shortages and...

Tammy Nash says a smoke detector likely saved her son's life when their family home caught fire in 2010 on the Sitansisk First Nation in central New Brunswick. Nash, director of the local Maqiyahtimok...

FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick official has promised changes to the way the province helps vulnerable youth as lawmakers started hearings Wednesday into an advocate's report detailing failures within...

HALIFAX — Elections Nova Scotia says Tim Houston's Progressive Conservative party has won a byelection in the newly created riding of Chéticamp-Margarees-Pleasant Bay on Cape Breton. The electoral body...

HALIFAX — Halifax RCMP are investigating expenses filed by Mayor Andy Filmore’s office after an audit showed four transactions worth a total of $111,000 did not comply with municipal policies. The...

FREDERICTON — The Fredericton Police Force says one of its former officers is facing charges after an investigation into his police files. Police said Tuesday that Andrew Savoy, an ex-constable, was...

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's auditor general says the Office of Addictions and Mental Health has failed to provide effective oversight of mental health and addiction services and its staff were not aware...

ST. JOHN'S — The Innu Nation has cancelled a cultural exhibit about its history, accusing the Newfoundland and Labrador government of interfering based on its belief of a "fringe theory" that the Europeans...