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Atlantic Canada's insolvent SaltWire Network granted extension to creditor protection

Atlantic Canada's insolvent SaltWire Network granted extension to creditor protection

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge approved Friday an extension to a court order protecting Atlantic Canada's largest media company from a long list of creditors owed more than $90 million.
Nova Scotia strikes deal with private company for renovated health centre

Nova Scotia strikes deal with private company for renovated health centre

HALIFAX — A provincial health-care renovation project that has drawn pointed criticism from Nova Scotia’s auditor general is being turned over to a private company.
Nova Scotia's premier's name appeared in Australian trade complaint over wine pricing

Nova Scotia's premier's name appeared in Australian trade complaint over wine pricing

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston’s recent warnings against speaking out on provincial wine subsidies appear rooted in an Australian trade case against Canada, and three provinces, including his own.
Halifax spent more than $33,000 clearing out three homeless encampments

Halifax spent more than $33,000 clearing out three homeless encampments

Halifax spent more than $33,000 this month dismantling and cleaning up three encampments that had previously been authorized by the municipality for homeless people — money advocates say would have been better spent on supporting unhoused residents.
Nova Scotia NDP bill would ban use of replacement workers during strikes

Nova Scotia NDP bill would ban use of replacement workers during strikes

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s NDP has tabled a bill that would ban the use of replacement workers during a strike.
Cocaine seized from container on ship docked at Halifax container terminal

Cocaine seized from container on ship docked at Halifax container terminal

HALIFAX — The Canada Border Services Agency says its officers recently seized 1.5 tonnes of a substance that initial tests indicate to be cocaine. RCMP Supt.
N.S. to face wave of physician retirements as wait-list for primary care remains high

N.S. to face wave of physician retirements as wait-list for primary care remains high

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia doctors are facing extreme burnout amid a labour shortage that risks worsening with a looming wave of retirements, says the former head of the association representing physicians in the province. Dr.
Sour grapes: N.S. pauses subsidy to wine bottlers that drew ire of wineries

Sour grapes: N.S. pauses subsidy to wine bottlers that drew ire of wineries

HALIFAX — Following weeks of criticism, the Nova Scotia government is backing away from a contentious subsidy for wine bottlers that the province’s wineries said undercut their operations.
Nova Scotia teen pleads guilty to aggravated assault after school stabbings

Nova Scotia teen pleads guilty to aggravated assault after school stabbings

HALIFAX — A 16-year-old student has admitted to stabbing two staff members at a Halifax-area high school last year.
26 arrests for illegal fishing of elvers in Nova Scotia since early March

26 arrests for illegal fishing of elvers in Nova Scotia since early March

HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department says it has arrested 26 people since March 6 for illegally fishing baby eels in southwestern Nova Scotia.