Frances Willick

A Halifax man died in February after waiting 40 minutes for a paramedic to respond to a police request for medical assistance. The unions for medical dispatchers and paramedics say low staffing often contributes to delays.

If approved, the settlement could see the province and special education authority pay a total of up to $54 million, including legal costs.

Most details are still sketchy about the new Build Canada Homes projects, but affordable units and Canadian materials are key to the strategy.

Field trials produce data on how plants are coping with extreme conditions.

Building a nationwide chain of non-corporate grocers that could compete with the giants would be difficult, experts say.

The final conciliation meeting on Monday did not see a resolution. The union will now bring the board's final offer to its membership for a vote.

Andy Campbell's 1985 Toyota Tercel has travelled the equivalent of 1.5 round trips to the moon.

One final date for conciliation is scheduled for Aug. 11, and a labour disruption could start Aug. 12.

Nova Scotia's universities are planning cuts, program reviews and tuition increases to grapple with budget shortfalls over the coming year.

The Nova Scotia Community College has hired Aramark Canada to operate its food services, saying its in-house services were operating at an $800,000 loss each year.

People who rank higher on scales of narcissism, machiavellianism and psychopathy tend to have greater levels of skepticism about climate change, while people with stronger pro-social traits are less skeptical.

Trauma Recovery for Exploited Youth, a recovery house for survivors of sex trafficking, says Kevin MacLeod is no longer involved with the organization.

At a meeting on Monday night, council also voted to take steps to protect the watershed of the River John area.

Scientists are using satellite data to spot the red pigment in North Atlantic right whale's main food source.

Some Nova Scotians whose properties have been selected for possible uranium exploration say they're stunned to learn their land could be part of the province's push for more natural resource development.

Nova Scotia Power has confirmed it is the victim of a ransomware attack and that the hackers who stole data have published it.

The government says while classrooms are mostly fully staffed this year, population growth means more teachers will be needed.

Prospective students face a wait of up to two years to get into the college's most popular trades programs.

Amid the patriotic fervour whipped up by tariff and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, the debate over whether Tim Hortons is Canadian is as hot as a double double.

Grocery store shelves are full of maple leaf stickers and shelf talkers indicating products are, in some way, Canadian. But they don't always tell the whole story.