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Universities in Nova Scotia are crying foul after the province announced a two per cent increase in funding for most of them, but with conditions.

Student groups in Nova Scotia are still working to get more details about a newly announced cap on the number of international students that will be admitted into Canada.

The Cape Breton Regional Municipality is about 1,000 housing units short of what it needs, and the areas mayor is among those who arent surprised.

Cape Breton University now has more than 9,100 students, with about 77 per cent of those coming from overseas. That's an increase of about 2,000 over last year, but officials say they have a plan to reduce the numbers to more manageable levels.

Mahavir Jadeja is an international student at Cape Breton University, who travels 300 kilometers almost every day to attend classes in Sydney, N.S.

Cape Breton University, which spent much of 2022 and 2023 dealing with a housing shortage and huge student population growth, will start the 2023 fall semester with 111 new beds in the MacDonald Residence on campus, as well as extended bus routes outside of Sydney.

Nova Scotia Municipal Affairs Minister John Lohr and his deputy say Cape Breton Regional Municipality can use a new capital grant to help balance the operating budget, but Mayor Amanda McDougall says that was never made clear.

Students in Halifax say finding safe, stable and affordable housing is one of their biggest concerns. Universities and the provincial government say they're working on solutions, but a student advocacy group says it's not happening fast enough.

The head of fire services for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality is sounding the alarm about the number of fatal fires in the area.

A fire that claimed the life of an international student at Cape Breton University has ramped up demands for housing in the Sydney, N.S., area for those studying in the city.