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Concerns raised about enforcement in baby eel fishery if licences redistributed
Fishers are raising questions about how federal enforcement officers will cope if a proposal to increase the number of people licensed to net baby eels in the Maritimes goes ahead next year.
Intimidation now 'commonplace' in N.S. lobster industry, says buyer whose home was shot at
Standing by a bullet hole in his dining room wall, lobster buyer Geoffrey Jobert says such attacks have become an all-too-familiar reality in Nova Scotia’s largest fishery.
Nova Scotia, still dependent on fossil fuels, drops in rankings for energy efficiency
A new study on energy efficiency has Nova Scotia tumbling from second place in 2022 to fifth this year, while Prince Edward Island is now tied with Quebec for second place, and New Brunswick has moved ahead to fourth spot.
N.S. lobster buyer calls for heightened policing after shot fired into Meteghan home
Geoffrey Jobert, owner of the family-run Lobster Hub Inc., said Tuesday he believes the attack is the latest example of intimidation against some buyers and processors by organized criminals with links to illegal lobster purchasing in southwestern Nova Scotia.
Early voter turnout down compared to 2021 as Nova Scotia campaign enters last week
Elections Nova Scotia says that as of Monday, a total of 64,000 early votes had been cast, which is 11,367 fewer than the 75,367 votes cast at the same point in 2021's summer campaign.
NDP election platform promises affordability and better access to housing, health care
Promises to build 30,000 affordable rental homes, make Halifax ferries free and temporarily remove the provincial tax on gasoline were centrepieces of the Nova Scotia NDP election platform released Wednesday.
'Not for now,' says N.S. Tory leader regarding order-making power for info commissioner
The leader of Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives made clear last week that if he's re-elected, a key change that he once supported to increase the power of the province's information commissioner is on the back burner, if not dead.
Homeless man in tent deserved same welfare rate as someone with permanent housing, says N.S. lawyer
A veteran human rights lawyer tried to convince a Nova Scotia judge on Wednesday that a homeless man living in a tent should have been entitled to the same welfare payments as a person with permanent housing.
Body of woman, 19, at Halifax Walmart was discovered by her mother
A Sikh organization has identified the 19-year-old woman who died at a Halifax Walmart and says her mother — a co-worker at the store — was the one who discovered the body.
N.S. offers retirement fund top-ups for doctors, hoping they'll stick around
The Nova Scotia government is creating a retirement benefits program for doctors in hopes the public money will keep more physicians in the province.