Jean Laroche

Premier Tim Houston reiterated his hard line Friday that Nova Scotia cannot accept the number of asylum seekers that Ottawa has suggested, but the province's immigration minister didn't slam the door on the idea.

Proposed changes to Nova Scotia's Residential Tenancies Act that would extend a rent cap and allow landlords to evict tenants sooner strike the "right balance" between both parties, said the minister responsible for the legislation Friday. But Colton LeBlanc said the government won't heed calls from tenants and landlords to create an enforcement unit to go after those who flout the act.

New figures posted on the provincial government's health data accountability website suggests surgeons are completing roughly the same number of surgeries as 2019 pre-pandemic levels, but the woman in charge of improving wait times says the number should actually be higher.

The Houston government is ordering 3,500 civil servants back to the office, unilaterally ending arrangements or agreements that have allowed those non-unionized employees to work from home, at least part of the week, for years.

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is hoping to open a boat school on the Halifax waterfront by fall 2025. The new building will allow the museum to dramatically increase the number of young people it can teach to build and pilot boats.

Nova Scotia plans to follow the lead of B.C. and P.E.I. and change the way it screens for cervical cancer, but the medical director of the program has told a legislature committee the switch will take at least two years to complete.

The Nova Scotia government, the Halifax Regional Municipality and Halifax Water will combine to pay $32.5 million to complete a project that's been in the planning stages for decades - the 'daylighting' of the Sawmill River in downtown Dartmouth.

Families with children who need help with an addiction or mental health issue should soon be able to get help at a new clinic the IWK Health Centre is opening at Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth to provide easier access.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Monday at the Dartmouth General Hospital to thank those who donated $2 million to help the facility get its first MRI, bringing the number of the machines in the province to 11.

The woman who has lead or contributed to many of the recent changes to Nova Scotia's health-care system is quitting her job. Gail Tomblin Murphy announced her resignation in an email to her staff Tuesday.