Paul Withers

Nova Scotia’s historic gold mining era ended decades ago but the legacy of contamination continues. In one Dartmouth lake, it is being aggravated by recent environmental changes like warming temperatures, according to a new study.

Sustainable Blue, the advanced land-based salmon farm in Nova Scotia, was placed in receivership Thursday. An equipment malfunction last year led to the loss of $5 million worth of market-ready salmon.

Fishermen in Canada’s biggest lobster fishing district will vote this spring on whether to increase the minimum legal size of lobster they catch. The vote comes as the number of landings is down in southwestern Nova Scotia.

The utility has applied to regulators for permission to spend $31 million for an electrical upgrade at the Michelin Tire plant at Waterville. If approved, ratepayers will share that cost because of a performance standard imposed by the province in 2022.

The top enforcement officer for DFO in the Maritimes says arrests and seizures are “having a significant deterrence” on unauthorized elver fishing this spring.

A new marine research centre has opened in Dartmouth, N.S., to co-ordinate the sophisticated underwater platforms used by Canada to gather ocean data.

With Nova Scotia going all in on land-based wind farms to reduce reliance on burning fossil fuels, there are calls to do more to protect migrating birds from the spinning blades.

Opposition is surfacing in southwestern Nova Scotia over a decision by two levels of government to fast-track approvals of shellfish farms in the Municipality of Argyle, raising questions about the level of public support in the area for shellfish aquaculture.

Scientists will implant tiny tracking tags in up to 200 captive-raised Atlantic whitefish this year as part of the effort to stave off extinction of one of Canada’s most critically endangered species.

Tensions are rising between Canada and France over fishing quotas for halibut, a valuable groundfish that migrates across the jurisdictions of both countries.