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The price of baby formula is causing financial stress for a lot of families. CAPE BRETON POST PHOTO

Sticker shock on essential baby formula still stinging in Cape Breton

Barb Sweet · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |12 min read Premium content

With a three-month-old, a five-year-old and a seven-year-old, Devon McIsaac of Glace Bay is well versed in the recent spike in baby formula prices. “I’ve seen the prices go through the roof with each child,” McIsaac said. “This last one, there’s just ...

Bruce MacKinnon cartoon for July 12, 2023.

Cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon wins big on global stage

Kaitlyn MacNeill |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

Chronicle Herald cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon worries about how AI can be used to steal artwork. “It can be a tremendously powerful tool for research and many other things,” said MacKinnon in an interview Friday. “But it can also be a tremendously ...

Education Minister Becky Druhan takes part Thursday, June 18, 2023, in the announcement of a new, modern  francophone school on the Eastern Shore to replace the aging École des Beaux-Marais in Porters Lake. A location for the new school has not been identified but it is expected to open in 2027. - Francis Campbell

First phase of Nova Scotia's school lunch program to start in fall

SaltWire Network |Updated a day ago |1 min read

The provincial government says its province-wide school lunch program announced in March will start to be rolled out in the fall. Education Minister Becky Druhan said in a letter to students and families dated April 30 that the first phase of the ...

A court battle just played out over custody of these two border collies, Axle and Theo.

Legal tussle over custody of N.S. dogs dismissed: 'Too vague to be enforceable'

Chris Lambie · Lead editor – enterprise |Updated a day ago |6 min read Premium content

A woman seeking joint custody of the two border collies she once shared with a partner has lost her case at Nova Scotia small claims court. Kaylea Millett took Téa Boudreau to court seeking joint custody of the hounds named Axle and Theo, or ...

Members of the Halifax Regional Police emergency response team muster in front of a home on Gaston Road in Dartmouth on Tuesday after reports of a man making threats. The suspect, David John Campbell, turned himself in Wednesday night and is charged with uttering threats, assault and breaching probation.

Bail hearing for Dartmouth manhunt suspect put off until Monday

Steve Bruce · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

A Dartmouth man who was the subject of a manhunt after allegedly assaulting and threatening a relative Tuesday was not prepared to seek bail Friday. David John Campbell, 49, turned himself in to police Wednesday evening and was arraigned in Dartmouth ...

Cadets from the Canadian Coast Guard College formed the colour guard at the Battle of the Atlantic remembrance ceremony on the Sydney harbourfront Sunday. BARB SWEET/CAPE BRETON POST

Battle of the Atlantic ceremony Sunday in Sydney Mines

Christopher Connors · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

The sacrifices made during the Battle of the Atlantic will be recognized Sunday afternoon in Sydney Mines. The remembrance ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. when veterans and cadets form up at Jubilee Elementary School for a march to Carman United Church ...

Left, Aleksandra McKeown takes a photo in front of Pavia Gallery in Spryfield, just moments before she was hit; and McKeown in the Dartmouth General Hospital. - Photos courtesy of Aleksandra McKeown

Halifax cyclist blacked out after being hit, looking to piece together what happened

Chloe Hannan |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

Aleksandra McKeown got on her bike for the first time this season, not knowing it would be her last for a while. An unidentified vehicle ran into McKeown while she was riding her bike, leaving her unconscious. The next thing she knew, she woke up in ...

NSCC in Dartmouth will be expanding the number of medical laboratory technology program seats to 60 starting this September. - NSCC website

NSCC expanding medical lab technologists program

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

The Nova Scotia Community College is increasing the number of medical lab technologists trained annually in a move to bolster the province’s workforce. The institute will be boosting the number of program seats from 40 to 60 this September, just one ...

Convicted child molester Myles Nelson Payne is led into Halifax provincial court last September. Payne, 61, pleaded guilty recently to two charges: violating a long-term supervision order and breaching a prohibition on attending parks and other places frequented by children.

Halifax child molester to undergo sexual assessment before October sentencing

Steve Bruce · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

A forensic sexual behaviour assessment will be performed on a Halifax child molester before he is sentenced for breaching two kinds of court orders. Myles Nelson Payne, 61, pleaded guilty last month in Halifax provincial court to failing to comply ...

Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets councillor Pam Lovelace announces her candidacy for mayor at a press conference at Mount Saint Vincent University on Friday, May 3, 2024.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

HRM councillor Pam Lovelace declares she's running for mayor

Nicole Munro · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

Pam Lovelace is throwing her hat in the ring as a candidate to become Halifax Regional Municipality’s next mayor.  The Hammonds Plains-St. Margarets councillor made the announcement at Mount Saint Vincent University on Friday morning.  Lovelace said ...

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