The Progressive Conservative government is taking another step to extend operating room hours in Nova Scotia, but it's not clear if it will help cut into a stubborn backlog of surgical cases.
A family member has confirmed that a fisherman who was lifted from the ocean Sunday after spending five hours in waters off eastern Nova Scotia has died.
Installation of a transatlantic submarine telecommunications cable for tech giant Facebook on the seabed off southern Nova Scotia is set to begin as soon as this week.