A Halifax councillor says more designated tenting sites are needed in the city as the number of people sleeping rough has more than doubled since last fall.
The increasing number of tents in parks around Halifax, Dartmouth and other parts of Nova Scotia’s largest municipality is part of the “natural evolution” of summertime, Community Services Minister Karla MacFarlane told reporters on Thursday.
New Glasgow's Summer Street Industries is receiving almost $3 million from the federal and provincial governments towards a new greenhouse expansion. The funding will be used to construct a three-bay, all season, fully accessible greenhouse at Summer Street Industries. It will provide hands-on gardening skills, on-site programing, and space for…
Despite more than a year of high inflation, the Progressive Conservative government kept welfare rates at 2021 levels in its March budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year.
HALIFAX - Sandra Page wonders how the Nova Scotia government expects her to remain healthy after its recent budget froze welfare payments despite more than a year of high inflation.