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(stock photo) Researchers believe that bats native to Nova Scotia are recovering after a fungus disease nearly killed off the entire population 10 years ago. Prior to 2011, it was common for many people to step outdoors in Nova Scotia and encounter bats. However, a fungus was introduced to North America causing bats across Canada and the United States to develop white-nose syndrome. Lori Phinney, a wildlife biologist with Nova Scotia's Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute, said the disease killed more than 90 per cent of the province's bat population between 2011 and 2013. Across North America...

At the R Lazy S Ranch, the dude ranch sitting just below the quieter, southern entrance to Grand Teton National Park, people pay an all-inclusive weekly rate for food, lodging, horseback riding and on-ranch fishing: about $2,000 per person, on the lower end. But this year getting around the valley could eclipse that cost if guests choose to rent a car. “It’s ending up that it is cheaper to stay at our ranch for two, all inclusive, than to rent a car,” Kelly Stirn, owner of the R Lazy S, told the Jackson Hole News&Guide. That, of course, depends on when people visit Jackson Hole...

After 4 decades of getting answers for Nova Scotians, Yvonne Colbert retires from CBC Through countless stories highlighting the underdog, Colbert became one of the most trusted names in journalism in Atlantic Canada. Now, she has filed her final story and is ready to enjoy retirement.  Social Sharing

(Mark Hodgins/NEWS 95.7) The president of the union representing transit workers said the lack of safety measures and restrictions on Halifax Transit vehicles is "concerning" to many employees. Currently, Halifax Transit buses and ferries are operating without any restrictions except a mandatory mask policy. “It still stands as full-service, no restrictions and it’s concerning,” Ken Wilson, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 508, told NEWS 95.7's The Rick Howe Show. “It’s concerning for my members and it’s concerning for our passengers and our clients.” When the C...

In an interview with NEWS 95.7 in Halifax, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reassured Canadians the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe.