Jon Tattrie

The town and county councils of Antigonish have ruled out merging through the Municipal Government Act and would instead ask the province for special legislation to create a new municipality if the idea goes ahead.

A Nova Scotian says the income threshold that triggers higher payments on student loans is set too low and that the provincial and federal governments should raise that rate to match the cost of living today.

A Halifax doctor’s new approach to treatment-resistant bipolar disorder involves treating an underlying metabolic disorder to improve the psychiatric condition.

A retired military couple has filed a human rights complaint against a Nova Scotia yacht club. The men say the LaHave River Yacht Club discriminated against them based on sexual orientation and on mental disability.

A book by Jon Tattrie.

A Canadian hero who had lain in an unmarked grave now has a tombstone honouring his life, thanks to an American’s discovery of his story during a visit to Halifax five years ago.

RCMP are investigating a “very suspicious” situation after human remains were found on a property in Springfield, N.S.

If a majority of both councils votes for the new plan, the mayor and warden would go to the provincial government and request a special piece of legislation to amalgamate without a plebiscite.

During a recent move, Rick Howe spotted a cassette tape he hadn’t seen in years. When he slid it into his vintage Marantz recorder, the sounds carried him back half a century — and the voices took him back more than 100 years.

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