Erin Pottie

A Nova Scotia organization is offering at-home HIV screening kits at some public libraries similar to the ones handed out for COVID-19 testing.

A small gathering was held in Louisbourg to celebrate the first season opening of a commercial fishery for whelk in waters off eastern Cape Breton.

During an event to celebrate the life of 77-year-old Amelia Theresa Skalaa, her Cape Breton family members discovered someone was trying to profit off their grief.

Some biologists are predicting climate change could mean the arrival of new insects on Atlantic Canada’s shores.

Two companies are facing seven charges under Nova Scotia’s Fire Safety Act after a blaze that killed 33-year-old Rajesh Gollapudi

Cape Breton University will offer two accelerated bachelor of education programs starting next year.

Some employers in Cape Breton say adding employee perks is still not helping them land long-term employees. 

Four players from Eskasoni, N.S., were named top scorers in the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League’s regular season play.

Cape Breton poet Rita Joe is already being commemorated with a holiday. But there is a movement underway to have her honoured with something more permanent.

A Nova Scotia hockey team says a commentator has been relieved of his duties after a discriminatory remark suggesting bias toward First Nation players during a recent game.

Nova Scotians are losing money in an online scam that has them paying deposits on apartments or homes that are not actually for rent.

A large tract of land in Cape Breton will soon be co-governed by familiar hands.

Simon and Noel Jeddore from Eskasoni First Nation are being remembered for giving back to their communities in their own ways.

A small, but boisterous, crowd of about 50 people made its way through downtown Sydney, N.S., on Sunday to demand better health care for those who need it.

Christina Lamey says a similar policy implemented in Halifax a decade ago has helped female hockey grow exponentially.

Charlene Snow of Donkin, N.S., died Dec. 30 after waiting roughly seven hours for treatment for a sore jaw and flu-like symptoms.

Cape Breton University’s students’ union president Damanpreet Singh says some international students are afraid of reporting crimes for fear it will impact their immigration status.

At least one private company has filed an environmental assessment to create a green hydrogen and ammonia facility in Point Tupper, N.S.

EverWind Fuels has filed environmental assessment documents with the province, as it moves toward a goal of producing hydrogen at the former NuStar Energy terminal beginning in 2025.

New name reflects new downtown location and sheds ties with controversial inventor and Nobel Prize recipient.