A Sydney attorney has been appointed the newest judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia’s family division. Shannon B. Mason, a former Nova Scotia Legal Aid lawyer, will immediately fill one of two current vacancies in the court, stepping into the ...

The community of Eskasoni is mourning the loss of Joseph Henry Denny, a leader in addiction recovery. Denny died on Monday at the age of 80. He was foundational in providing addiction recovery services for Mi'kmaw people across the Atlantic region.

He had a scooter, smiled a lot and asked a lot of questions. “He was like any other healthy child, he was enjoying life,” Hanaa Rashid said. Rashid — head of the Atlantic Muslim Resource Centre — would sometimes see the boy praying at the Ummah ...

SYDNEY MINES, N.S. — Pierre Poilievre’s visit to the Souls Harbour Rescue Mission on Thursday was a relatively conservative stopover in comparison to reports of his visit to an anti-carbon tax convoy close to the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border ...

NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. — Disappointed isn't a strong enough word to describe how a Cape Breton disability advocate feels about the announced Canadian Disability Benefit. The benefit, announced as part of the federal government's budget on April 16, will ...

SYDNEY, N.S. — A Sydney man has been sentenced to complete a four-year prison term after being convicted on a charge of sexual interference. Sean Francis O’Connell, 40, was found guilty of sexual interference and sexual assault after a Supreme Court ...

Mayor Mike Savage responded to questions about the latest homelessness report on Thursday but wouldn’t discuss new possible sites for designated encampments. After his annual state of the municipality speech on Thursday, Savage was asked about the ...

It wasn’t until he reached the end of his last state of the municipality speech to a sold-out crowd of business leaders on Thursday that Mayor Mike Savage was overcome with emotion. That’s the part when he talked about his family. He said his family ...

Two teenagers have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed in a parkade at the Halifax Shopping Centre on Monday. Halifax Regional Police announced the charges Thursday afternoon, saying two ...

A lemon takes four to seven months to go from flower to fruit. Not to mention the hours taken to tend to the plant, water it and eventually pluck the fruit from the tree. Getting the perfect food picture for social media has cultivated a desire to ...