Nova Scotia Works Career Connections in New Glasgow has been busily preparing for this year’s Pictou County Job Fair, scheduled for Wednesday, April 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pictou County Wellness Centre. The job fair aims to help connect ...

The consumer price index rose 2.9 per cent on a year-over-year basis in March, up from 2.8 per cent in February, according to Statistics Canada data released on Tuesday. Analysts had expected inflation to rise between 2.9 and 3 per cent. Statistics ...

The Algoscotia is shown easing through heavy fog in Sydney harbour early Tuesday morning just beyond the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion.This image was captured from the Esplanade in Sydney at around 7 a.m. The fog was lifting at the time after being ...

Are you holding onto any old blue Walmart shopping bags because you’ll feel guilty about throwing them out? Walmart Canada is teaming up with U.S.-based recycling company TerraCycle to launch a pilot program to repurpose excess or damaged blue ...

Amendments to a controversial development agreement that could see 442 residential units built in Canning have been approved. Kings County council gave second and final consideration to the amendments following a public hearing on April 2. Council ...

Six sites in Lobster Bay and Pubnico Harbour are now pre-approved for shellfish and marine plant aquaculture as part of an aquaculture pilot project aimed at saving time with pre-approved sites for growing shellfish and marine plants. Argyle ...

Katie Hodder is back home. For several years, the florist and interior designer from Coxheath lived out her longtime dream of running her own flower shop: Family HeirBlooms in New Waterford and Membertou. But as a new opportunity emerged close to ...

Just over two weeks after a fire took out Craig Carabin’s shop and some of his charter buses, his long-running business is already rebuilding.  And if plans go well, it won’t be long until Carabin’s & Transoverland Ltd. bus charters and rentals ...

Dear Money Lady, My wife is one of those USA residents who has lived in Canada as a permanent resident since 1968 and never filed a US tax return. We were told that it wasn't necessary if you didn't earn income and weren't living in the US. Also, we ...

SYDNEY, N.S. — Stephen Bidart described running his own electronics store with one word: fun. He’s done so for 45 years in Sydney, owning the Soundafex shop on Grand Lake Road next to the Swiss Chalet restaurant. But after nearly half a century, ...