The premier and opposition leaders battled for time on the floor of the legislature Thursday on a topic that’s become a political lightning rod: energy.

Snowmobilers are making the most of winter this season in the Cape Breton Highlands. And thanks to all the snowfall, snowmobile rental companies are busier than ever. The CBC's Anna Rak has the story.

Capt. Nichola Goddard died in Afghanistan in 2006. Lt.-Col. Eleanor Taylor with the True Patriot Love Foundation went to the same high school in Antigonish as Goddard and helped organize an event being held in her honour

The CUPE strike, which began Wednesday, includes 133 teaching and research assistants and independent course appointees.

Police were called to the intersection of Wright and Garland avenues for a report of an injured man on Thursday morning.

Ryan Richard Lamontange of Dartmouth, N.S., was allegedly making plans to travel to the United States to meet a girl he believed to be 15 years old. He was, in fact, communicating with an undercover American police officer.

The federal government announced plans Thursday to nearly double the number of military housing units in Halifax, but the increase is less than half of what has been announced in some other places recently.

Const. Charles Maurice Bourgeois is scheduled to appear in Sydney provincial court on May 1.

The Port of Sydney Development Corporation feels it has finally found the solution to Cape Breton Regional Municipality's long-standing efforts to create a port authority to manage business in Sydney harbour.

Parents and advocates are sounding the alarm over the harm the provincial government’s proposed budget cuts will cause some of Nova Scotia’s most vulnerable.