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All the tenants in a nine-unit building in Dartmouth recently moved out as their fixed-term leases ended. One is now paying more than double for a new apartment and worries that low-income renters will have nowhere to turn as affordable units disappear.

All the tenants in a nine-unit building in Dartmouth recently moved out as their fixed-term leases ended. One is now paying more than double for a new apartment and worries that low-income renters will have nowhere to turn as affordable units disappear.

A landlord and a former tenant of a mobile home park are calling on the provincial government to revive an advisory committee that can address issues within these communities across Nova Scotia.

Cole Harbour, N.S., might be the home of Sidney Crosby. Or it might be in Guysborough County. Among Nova Scotia's roughly 2,000 communities, there are 78 names that are duplicated, accounting for 178 communities.

Liberal leader Zach Churchill says new rules for the province's heating assistance program will leave some Nova Scotians in the cold.

Some low-income Nova Scotians are waiting months to receive provincial support payments. Community organizations and opposition MLA offices say there is a backlog in the system due to the increase in demand as more people struggle with the cost of living.

The ownership of an old road leading to the harbour north of Sydney, N.S., required six weeks and emails involving multiple federal departments to solve. A neighbour thought it was hers, records show it's DND's, but in the end, the road belongs to Fisheries and Oceans.

The flow of contraband cigarettes and cigars appears to be increasing in the Maritimes as both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick reported massive seizures in the last year.

The latest consumer price index numbers show that rents in the province are rising faster than at any time since publicly available data collection began in 1979. Tenants point to problems with the provincial rent cap. Landlords say they're being squeezed by higher costs.

Scammers have been using images and logos from both Casino Nova Scotia and Casino New Brunswick as part of a deceptive campaign aimed at getting personal and banking details.