When it comes to heritage protection, HRM needs to walk the talk. “I think it’s important for us to live our espoused values,” said Coun. Waye Mason (Halifax South Downtown) at a Halifax regional council meeting this week. “We own a lot of heritage ...

A Boularderie Centre man is now a millionaire after trying a new lotto ticket he had never tried before.   Russell Musgrave won the $1.5 million prize with Super Set for Life last week with a ticket he purchased at Brewer's Convenience Store in North ...

After serving as interim director for the past seven months, Erin Nauss has been appointed to a five-year term as director of the Nova Scotia Serious Incident Response Team. Nauss was involved in SIRT’s establishment in 2011 and brings 18 years of ...

Pyritic slate from construction projects has approval from the feds to be dumped into Dartmouth Cove, but can the trucks actually get there? If going by land, dump trucks would have to travel over property owned by HRM and the province to reach the ...

A former volunteer firefighter who pleaded guilty to three counts of arson has been sentenced to serve a conditional sentence. Gregory Scott Best, 50, of Ingonish, was charged in connection with three fires that occurred in the Ingonish area during ...

Brewer's Convenience store in North Sydney sells a lot of lottery tickets.  They might get busier now that they've sold a winning Super Set for Life ticket two years in a row.  Vera Brewer, who owns the store with her husband Brendon Brewer, said she ...

 A rash of car break-ins in the downtown Sydney area has people losing patience. Jason Loxton posted signs trying to get back his laptop that was stolen early Sunday morning.  As of Tuesday afternoon, there had been no bites on his plea. He’d been ...

SYDNEY, N.S. — Provincial court Judge Dan MacRury issued a sobering warning Tuesday to long-haul truck drivers. “If you get behind your big rig in a highly intoxicated state, you can expect a significant jail sentence even without a criminal record,” ...

A Point Aconi man has been jailed and ordered to pay over $5,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to multiple theft charges. William Joseph MacLean, 37, is to serve a 495-day jail sentence to be followed by a two-year probation period. He was ...

A municipal bylaw change may be in the works that would allow secondary housing units on a single-family residential lot to apply to properties deemed as supportive housing. Currently, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s land-use bylaw allows ...