Raging wildfires that have burned through thousands of acres have forced more than 16,000 Canadians to evacuate their homes and triggered a burn ban in Nova Scotia, as the region experiences ...

Nova Scotia is preparing to make public the results of 2 years of research into the complex geology of the province’s Atlantic shelf and slope in a move to attract explorers to an offshore bid round ...

A group of historians in Nova Scotia are asking people to scour their attics and basements on a map quest for some very old charts. They were created in the late 1800s by an American named Ambrose ...

A Mi'kmaw member of Parliament said Tuesday that proposed changes to the boundaries of federal ridings in Nova Scotia would remove two Indigenous communities from the area he represents, including his ...

An all-party committee of the legislature took the first step toward redrawing Nova Scotia's electoral map on Monday. At its first meeting, the select committee of nine MLAs — five PCs, three New ...

As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa spreads, public health officials in Nova Scotia are watching carefully and preparing a plan in case an infected person arrives in this province. The planning has ...

N.S. report calls for improved representation for black, Acadian voters In an interim report released in November the commission called for the restoration of four electoral districts aimed at ...