The winner will receive $6,000, a writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books.

Acadia University is proposing to shake up the structure of its academic faculties, a change that comes in the face of increased financial strain on the Nova Scotia institution, said a senior administrator Wednesday.

Bette D. Wilcox is worried about how long-term care residents are affected by the ongoing strike.

A Nova Scotia family is speaking out after their 19-year-old son was taken to hospital following multiple suicide attempts. After being assessed, he was sent by taxi to a local homeless shelter. The teen and his parents say it felt like hospital staff were more concerned about clearing a bed than helping him.

A fisherman was electrocuted and died two years ago on board one of the company's ships while it was docked for maintenance in Mulgrave, N.S.

A Halifax woman says she spent more than $50,000 for endometriosis surgery in the United States because wait times in Nova Scotia are too long. The NDP leader says the case shows why Nova Scotia needs a women's health strategy.

Construction on the wind farm, which will have up to 28 eight-megawatt turbines, is expected to begin in 2027 in Antigonish and Guysborough counties.

The Ecology Action Centre, Nature Nova Scotia and the Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia commissioned the survey to mark Earth Day. Raymond Plourde, the centre's senior wilderness co-ordinator, explains its findings.

The municipality is reminding young people of something that seems obvious — never ride on the outside of a bus. This follows recent incidents where people climbed atop Halifax Transit buses and recorded it for social media. The CBC's Haley Ryan has the story.

RCMP and paramedics responded to a report of an injured youth outside a school on Shore Road in Eskasoni First Nation shortly after 4 a.m. on Sunday.