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HALIFAX — A Halifax-based legal aid agency is urging the provincial government to scrap proposed legislative changes that one of its lawyers says could ramp up surveillance and investigations targeting vulnerable Nova Scotians.

DARTMOUTH — A man accused of a racist tirade inside a Halifax box store will be back in court next month to answer to a slate of separate charges, including resisting arrest.

LAVAL — A doctor in Quebec has been found guilty of two counts of assault and one count of counselling a person to commit an offence that was not committed.

ST. JOHN'S — There was turmoil in and outside the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature Monday as a four-day debate about a tentative deal to share Labrador energy with Hydro-Québec got underway.

Rumours, a long-standing Halifax gay bar and safe space, is struggling to meet rising costs and is turning to the public to help stay afloat. A GoFundMe goal is $18,000, aimed at covering a month's...

SYDNEY — Police in Cape Breton are investigating a home invasion and shooting that left one man wounded and prompted an emergency alert.

The Nova Scotia Energy Board used an interrupter clause on Saturday, Sept. 12 to increase diesel prices across the province, up almost 15 cents. Gas prices remain unchanged as of 12:01 a.m. in Nova...

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says new legislation will expand protections for people affected by intimate images created or altered by AI without their consent.

RCMP laid charges against a man after a confrontation with vehicles involving a weapon. On Sept. 3 around 11:40 a.m. police were called to a home near Ashfield Road in Inverness County for a man in...