“Minimum wage increases put pressure on restaurants to raise wages for non-minimum wage staff and result in higher menu prices, making affordability even worse for Nova Scotians. Many restaurants may also be forced to cut operating hours, reduce staff or even close their doors.”

The Nova Scotia government says workers will benefit from the province's largest ever increase to the minimum wage later this year, but an advocacy group says $16.50 an hour doesn't come close to being a living wage.

Nova Scotia’s Christina Black earned the sixth seed for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Feb. 14-22) in Thunder Bay, Ont., Curling Canada announced. Black, third Jill Brothers, second Jennifer Baxter,

Trump term, Google searches for “move to Canada” spiked. Eight years ago, some Americans followed through, packing their bags and heading north.

Some parents in Nova Scotia are having to face the difficult decision of leaving their full-time jobs because they cannot find child care for their children.

A burgeoning Jonah crab population is proving a challenge for some Nova Scotia lobster fishermen.

The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs have rejected its portion of a CAD 259 million (USD 180 million, EUR 172 million) offer from the Canadian government to support commercial fisheries access, claiming the funding undermines their treaty rights

Canadian leaders expressed relief that broad tariffs were not applied to Canadian products on the first day of Donald Trump’s presidency.

HALIFAX - Canada's transport minister is ordering an audit of the ferry service between Nova Scotia and P.E.I. after a season plagued by delays and interruptions.

The Nova Scotia government says a program to bring wind-generated electricity to 11 large customers is keeping the province on track to meet its goal of producing 80 per cent of its electricity with renewables by 2030.

Bank of Nova Scotia trades near $74 per share at the time of writing. It was as high as $93 about three years ago before the bank sector went into a pullback on worries that rising interest rates would trigger a recession in Canada and the United States.

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s government says a program to bring wind-generated electricity to 11 large customers is keeping the province on track to meet its goal of producing 80 per cent of its ...