Provincial
'What can we do?': Cape Breton restaurant has ongoing issue with vandals
The owners of a small Canadian-Indian restaurant in Glace Bay are fed up with vandals causing damage to their place. Dharminder Shergill and his wife, Harpreet Kaur, opened Pizza 67 in March 2023 after purchasing the location on 130 Commercial ...
Police evacuate floor of Halifax hotel to nab man wanted on provincewide warrant
A Halifax man will appear in provincial court Monday after he was arrested following a weapons-related incident at a hotel in Bayers Lake on Sunday morning. Police sent out a news release about 10 a.m. on Sunday, notifying people of an incident ...
Chender proposes measures at convention to help with housing crisis in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia NDP Leader Claudia Chender took swipes at the governing PC Party during her address to delegates at the NDP’s biennial policy convention in Halifax Saturday while announcing new party initiatives that would help deal with the housing ...
Man, 18, dead after crash in Upper Stewiacke
One person is dead as a result of a crash in Colchester County last week. RCMP said Saturday that a northbound Honda Civic was travelling on Highway 289 in Middle Stewiacke Wednesday night when it left the road at about 10 p.m. and crashed, ending up ...
Former Acadia prof Rick Mehta charged with intimidating justice system participant in latest alleged bail violation
A former Acadia University professor is in more trouble for again violating his release conditions on charges of uttering threats against employees of the university. He has already been charged with several breaches of his release conditions for ...
Red Dress Day gathering in Halifax peels off the scab of age-old wounds while starting conversations
With the smoke from the smudging ceremony rising into the crisp windy spring air, there is a sombre, pensive silence on the grounds in front of Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU). A gathering of about 50 people from the local Mi’kmaq community, ...
Cape Breton boxer Ryan Rozicki charged with assault; Cape Breton court report for May 3, 2024
A provincial court trial date has been set for a Sydney-based boxer charged with assault. Ryan Joseph Rozicki, 29, who holds both national and international titles (cruiserweight), is charged with two counts of uttering threats and a single count of ...
Sticker shock on essential baby formula still stinging in Cape Breton
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 ...
Cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon wins big on global stage
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 ...
First phase of Nova Scotia's school lunch program to start in fall
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 ...