Giuliana Grillo de Lambarri

Angela Riley says she’s not surprised to hear that charities are seeing a dip in smaller donations from middle-class and working-class people across Canada. As the founder of Scotian Shores, an organization that cleans up shorelines in Nova Scotia, she says she’s seeing the same pattern at home.

The head of a marine cleanup organization says she and her team will work with or without pay to keep Nova Scotian waters free of trash — but the lack of funding feels like a gut punch.

P.E.I.'s education and early years minister says the province is reducing its funding for support staff in early childhood centres by one-quarter — a cut of around $1.4 million.

Halifax Regional Police say a search is underway in the Clayton Park area of Halifax for a missing newborn. Four people are in custody undergoing questioning related to the matter.

Clinicians at Halifax's IWK Health Centre say more young patients are arriving with severe symptoms tied to high-potency cannabis — and their symptoms are taking much longer to clear, even after they stop using the drug.

Rents have been increasing at a faster pace in Halifax than in other large Canadian cities, putting pressure on affordability, says the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Speaking at Seastar Seafoods in Clark's Harbour, Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Kent Smith said the government's role will be to "create the conditions for growth and then get out of the way.”

The aquaculture sector and its critics are reacting to the province’s latest move to grow the industry, outlined in its new seafood sector strategy.

Jamie Myra says it is an honour for Old Town Lunenburg to carry its UNESCO world heritage designation for 30 years.

Colby Gaudet, a post-doctoral fellow at Dalhousie University, is studying how some families navigated the legal and religious practices associated with grief and death. What he found is a community adapting to a society that saw them as outsiders, while also asserting their religion and culture.