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Despite more than a year of high inflation, the Progressive Conservative government kept welfare rates at 2021 levels in its March budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year.

The Nova Scotia government says a tentative agreement has been reached with 5,400 educational support workers who were poised for a possible strike on Friday.

The Monmouth College softball team split a Midwest Conference doubleheader on Friday at Ripon. The Scots (7-13, 1-3) lost the opener 583 and won the nightcap 5-0.

School staff support workers represented by CUPE’s Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions were out in full force at rallies across the province on Saturday.

The Ukrainian Store reopened at a new location in Halifax on Saturday. The store features a wide range of donated items that come at no cost to Ukrainians arriving in Nova Scotia.

The New Horizons Baptist Church in Halifax held its first Easter service on Sunday since undergoing $3.8 million in renovations that began in 2018.

On the morning of April 19, 2020, two N.S. RCMP officers began shooting at a man in front of a fire hall in Onslow, thinking they had found the mass shooter.

The Nova Scotia Liberals and a major labour group are calling for tax reform so that workers can keep more money in their pockets as they struggle with the rising cost of living.

The Canadian Pride Curling Championships are being held in Halifax for the first time in a decade, and the hosting team says it's an honour.

Cornelia Schneider estimates it will cost her family $350 to obtain their medical records. She said she is also concerned about her private information being held 'hostage.'