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Since the launch of Nova Scotia’s school lunch program last September, the Education Department has received hundreds of submissions from parents raising concerns about things such as food quality and safety, what ingredients are used in the dishes and whether the meal options cater to specific diets. The forms are contained in aContinue Reading

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia’s health authority issued a tender on Thursday for master planning services for the continued redevelopment of the QEII Health Sciences Centre, work that could include the development of a new hospital building. Project management and architectural services to focus on VG and Infirmary sites Michael GormanContinue Reading

Nova Scotia It might officially be spring, but winter is making a full comeback across the province today, leading to plenty of school cancellations. Up to 10 cm expected in much of the province CBC News · Posted: Apr 08, 2025 6:51 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours agoContinue Reading

Nova Scotia Ben Collings-Mackay is a fourth-generation lobster fisherman who grew up knowing the dangers of the job. The St. FX student just received a $45,000 scholarship that he’s investing in his business, which aims to revolutionize commercial fishing life-jackets. Family stories, first-hand experiences motivate Ben Collings-Mackay to build aContinue Reading

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia’s health authority says it has hired one doctor eager to leave the United States because of President Donald Trump, and is in talks with more than two dozen more. The province’s health authority launched a digital recruiting campaign in the U.S. in NovemberCarolyn Ray · CBCContinue Reading

Nova Scotia The Town of Truro has expropriated part of a woman’s property to install a storm sewer line, but the homeowner says she’s worried the project will damage her home. Homeowner says Town of Truro’s plan for storm sewer line isn’t the best option Frances Willick · CBC NewsContinue Reading

Nova Scotia Numbers changed the most in the suburbs around Halifax, where one riding — Halifax West — grew by almost 25,000 people in a decade. 10 out of 11 ridings in Nova Scotia have new boundaries Taryn Grant · CBC News · Posted: Mar 25, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | LastContinue Reading

Nova Scotia Bruce Masales had a 21-year volunteer firefighting career in Eastern Passage. But he doesn’t qualify for workers’ compensation or other municipal insurance coverage, falling through a gap in both systems. Halifax ‘dropped the ball not protecting their volunteers,’ says Bruce Masales Haley Ryan · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

Nova Scotia On Sable Island, a thin crescent-shaped sandbar in the Atlantic Ocean, the shifting landscapes make for dazzling — and jarring — experiences. The island is home to about 450 feral horses, more than 20,000 seals and under 20 humans in the peak season Lyndsay Armstrong · The CanadianContinue Reading