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Halifax's Meagher Park, used as encampment by homeless, cleared out and fenced off

Halifax police say a city park that has been used as an encampment for homeless people has been cleared out and fenced off.

Central Newfoundland wildfires improving, evacuation risk is low: premier

Officials say the wildfire situation in central Newfoundland is improving and the risk of evacuation is now low for nearby communities.

‘Colleagues are having panic attacks’: Fredericton ER physician outlines ideas to help ailing healthcare system

An emergency department physician at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton has spent the last several weeks and months gathering input and ideas from his colleagues, the general public, and his own experiences, on how to help alleviate the stress on New Brunswick’s healthcare system.

Civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond commemorated at site of her 1946 arrest in N.S.

A plaque commemorating Viola Desmond was revealed Friday by the federal agency at the former Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, N.S., where she was forcibly arrested while watching a movie on Nov. 8, 1946.

Privatizing health care results in worse access for less fortunate: CMA president

Privatizing parts of the Canadian health-care system could result in some people getting better care than others, according to the president of the Canadian Medical Association.

Two-tiered medical system is inevitable in Canada: Nova Scotia doctor

Retired physician David Kogon says, with private health-care clinics already making their way into Nova Scotia and other provinces like Quebec, a two-tiered system is likely the solution to the current health-care crisis.

N.B. RCMP investigating tree-cutting that led to power outage in Moncton

The New Brunswick RCMP is investigating after a tree was cut down, leading to a significant power outage in the province this week.

'It’s the new reality': N.S. business professor says gig economy is keeping with trends

With the cost of living on the rise, more Canadians are turning to the gig economy to make ends meet — a move one Nova Scotia business professor says is indicative of a troubling trend.

P.E.I. Old Home week returns after two years hobbled by pandemic

Shuttered in 2020 and with only limited events in 2021, P.E.I. Old Home Week has returned in full force for the first time since the pandemic began.