A Halifax child molester has admitted violating two types of court orders. Myles Nelson Payne, 61, pleaded guilty recently in Halifax provincial court to failing to comply with a long-term supervision order by being around a child without being ...

When Karla MacFarlane posted on social media on April 5 announcing that she was retiring from politics, a seat became available for a new representative for Pictou West. Two men with a shared passion for putting the community first stepped up to the ...

Lori Nugent is done with being a landlord at her Sydney Mines rental unit. For less than three years, Nugent has been a landlord after she bought a second home. Her first tenants were great and the Little Bras d'Or woman had no issues with ...

Many hockey players spend time mastering on-ice skills, but when they also exhibit a heightened game awareness, they unlock the key to success. With that in mind, Curry’s Corner native John Paris Jr. is setting out to give youth, particularly those ...

Stacey Vries and Vanessa Thurston know youth throughout the Annapolis Valley do amazing things. But sometimes it’s only family and friends who know what these youth are passionate about. The duo hopes to change that by helping spread the uplifting ...

There was standing room only as residents from across Pictou County and as far as Guysborough, Colchester, Cumberland counties, and the Annapolis Valley showed up to express their displeasure with a proposed renewable energy project during a meeting ...

A Quebec man’s sentencing hearing on eight fraud-related charges from a bail scam that targeted seniors in the Halifax area in late 2022 will not be going ahead next month after he switched lawyers Friday. Omar Zanfi, 25, of Laval pleaded guilty in ...

P.E.I. drivers in both Prince and Kings counties are being advised of two bridge replacements impacting traffic throughout the spring and summer. Both Cains Bridge on Route 2 near Bloomfield Provincial Park, and Bridgetown Bridge on Seven Mile Road ...

Meteghan RCMP is investigating suspected arson which engulfed a commercial building in Saulnierville early morning Friday, April 19. Just after 3 a.m., emergency crews were called to Saulnierville Road where a vacant building was totally absorbed in ...

By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Municipalities and irrigation districts in the western Canadian province of Alberta have agreed to use less water this summer to combat a severe ongoing drought, the provincial government said on Friday. Environment ...