Nova Scotia News

HALIFAX — With just over one month before the beginning of the school year, universities in Atlantic Canada are worried about the expected big drop in foreign student enrolment due to caps imposed by the federal government.

HALIFAX — More than four centuries of Acadian culture is being celebrated in Nova Scotia with the province’s first Acadian Heritage Month.

HALIFAX — An independent monitor says Nova Scotia's progress over the past year on moving people with disabilities out of institutions is missing milestones called for in a legally binding human rights decision.

HALIFAX — The tiny population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales has long had to deal with inbreeding. But a new scientific study, led by researchers at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, is reporting an encouraging finding.

GREENFIELD, N.S. — Nova Scotia has announced its next steps to improve the sporadic cellular phone coverage in rural areas across the province, committing Wednesday to spend another $18.6 million to build 27 new telecommunication towers.

HALIFAX — The Canadian Coast Guard has named its two new patrol vessels after northern glaciers.

HALIFAX — Tiny grains of sand from the Sahara Desert are to blame for the almost month-long lull in this year's Atlantic hurricane season, scientists say. But it could soon come to an end.

HALIFAX — Six clean electrical energy projects in Nova Scotia are receiving more than $192 million in federal funding as the province pushes to get off coal by 2030.

Two years after betting big on plane leasing, Chorus Aviation Inc. has pulled a one-eighty and agreed to sell its regional aircraft leasing arm in a deal valued at $1.9 billion.

HALIFAX — An expert who tracks Canada's mainstream media industry says Postmedia's pending purchase of Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain is almost certain to result in job cuts and a reduction in local content.