A 35-year-old Halifax man is dead after a single-vehicle crash&nbsp;in the early hours of Sunday in Berwick, N.S.

RCMP say two people were in a car travelling eastbound on Highway 101 when the vehicle&nbsp;swerved onto the right shoulder, rolled and landed in a ditch between exits 14 and 15.

The driver was killed in the crash, while the&nbsp;passenger was taken to hospital.

Organized crime linked to illegal lobster fishing 'terrorizing the community,' N.S. minister claims

Nova Scotia’s fisheries minister says the federal failure to stop what he calls illegal out-of-season fishing in some of the most lucrative lobster grounds in the country has fuelled organized crime that is 'terrorizing the community' along a stretch of the province’s southwest.

A lobster is pictured with bands on its claws 

Every year the weather is different, it's always a surprise, a New Brunswick fisher says. 

PEI lobster catch

Nova Scotia Fisheries Minister Kent Smith says illegal lobster fishing 'is causing havoc' in the Clare and Meteghan areas.

Postmedia completes $1M purchase of Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain

The company says it has successfully closed its acquisition of Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain. The $1-million deal for SaltWire Network Inc. and the Halifax Herald Ltd. was approved by a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge on Aug. 8 with an expected closing date of Aug. 24.

Newspapers owned by SaltWire Network Inc. are photographed in Halifax on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. 

A media expert says the decision by Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper company to seek protection from its creditors is another sign of the accelerating decline of the newspaper business

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Postmedia confirmed the closing of the sale Monday, Aug. 26, in a short statement on its website.

Possible bear attack closes part of Halifax-area trail, DNR investigating

Nova Scotia's Department of Natural Resources says its investigation has concluded there was no bear attack on a Halifax-area trail.

Trail closed off as indicated by yellow tape and red sign. 

The Shearwater Flyer trail has been closed off as the department of Natural Resources and Renewables investigates an unconfirmed bear attack.  

Trail closed off 

Part of the Shearwater Flyer Trail was closed Monday as the Department of Natural Resources investigated the incident. 

Natural Resources says there was no bear attack on Halifax-area trail

New midwifery service poised to launch in Cape Breton

Two midwives are set to begin practising alongside family doctors at a clinic in Inverness, N.S., starting this fall as part of a unique pilot project meant to improve access to primary health care.

A young baby looks straight at the camera. Adult hands support its head.

A McMaster University study says there's no increased risk of harm to a baby if the mom gives birth at home.

Dad with baby

Midwives are specialists in prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care. In Nova Scotia, they only work out of three locations, but that's slated to change soon.

Man who lived in Halifax tent encampment designs micro-homes with Dalhousie University

A man who spent last winter living with homeless people in downtown Halifax is teaming up with Dalhousie University to design unique micro-homes.

The design shows a couple standing in front of the micro home which is placed in a forested area. 

A design of a micro home created by Dalhousie University architecture student Mya Staubitzer.

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Dalhousie University architecture student Mya Staubitzer created this design of a micro-home in collaboration with homeless advocate Stephen Wilsack.

Halifax man dead after car crash in Berwick

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