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Some families of visually impaired Nova Scotia students are voicing concerns over a change in programs offered by the Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority (APSEA).

A one-room schoolhouse in Birchtown, N.S., that functioned from the 1800s until 1961 is now being used by the Black Loyalist Heritage Society as a museum.

Some in the Halifax region are questioning the speed and efficiency of the snow removal response in the Halifax region, but the municipality says it's doing its best.

The 'prison access to education' program, founded by El Jones, made Halifax's Mount Saint Vincent University the only degree-granting university for incarcerated people in Canada.

As illicit drugs become more prevalent in Nova Scotia, a Halifax physician is renewing calls to expand access to "safer opioid supply" treatment to prevent overdoses and deaths.

The union representing Pete's Frootique workers say most will be making $15.60 come April -- a 60 cent jump from the $15 minimum wage they were making.

Illinois Farm Bureau sets a big table when it comes to its Discussion Meet program.

Justin Marriott, of Timberlea, N.S., is set to become the first deaf professional wrestler in Atlantic Canadian history when he makes his debut this weekend.

Workers at the Sobeys-owned Pete’s Frootique grocery store in Halifax have ratified their first collective agreement after a nearly seven-week strike, according to their union.

A Nova Scotia lawyer says a homeless client who died in an encampment last month had been fighting for improved income assistance for people living in tents.