Nova Scotia

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal government has announced the largest single-year capital plan in the province's history at just over $1 billion for 2020-21.Capital plan 2020/21 just announced: A total investment of $1.042 billion in…

HALIFAX – Nova Scotia's largest environmental group has published a study that envisions a province where more than 40 per cent of cars are hybrids or electric, heat pumps are widespread and imported electricity replaces coal.The…

The federal and provincial governments have reached a bilateral agreement to prioritize affordable housing under the National Housing Strategy (NHS) for families, Indigenous communities and vulnerable Canadians in Nova Scotia.This…

HALIFAX – The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is getting a new home on the Halifax waterfront, to showcase a collection that includes works by Canadian artists ranging from Alex Colville and Mary Pratt to renowned folk artist Maud Lewis.…

HALIFAX – Nova Scotia is proposing legislation that would set rules for coastal construction and protect features such as salt marshes and dunes as sea levels rise in the future.Environment Minister Margaret Miller says the new Coastal…

The newly named Zatzman Sportsplex has opened in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. A $28-million renovation and expansion designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects and Abbott Brown Architects adds new amenities and services to this major civic…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced up to $86.5-million to improve an expressway into Halifax, predicting the work will make commutes safer and swifter.Trudeau said Thursday the federal money would help extend the Highway 107…

Sable Island — the windswept sandbar off Nova Scotia famous for its wild horses and the world's largest breeding colony of grey seals — is getting federal money for a cleanup.Ottawa announced $3.4 million Monday to remove surplus…

The environmental assessment of a plan to twin a deadly 38-kilometre stretch of Nova Scotia's Highway 104 has been approved by the province's environment minister.In a decision released Tuesday, Margaret Miller says she's satisfied…

Halifax has become the second Canadian city to declare a climate emergency.Council voted Tuesday to pass a mostly symbolic acknowledgment that climate change is a serious and urgent threat.The municipality is unlikely to receive…