N.S. privacy commissioner investigates after school webcam broadcasts images

by Susan Bradley

Nova Scotia's privacy commissioner, Catherine Tully, says she's extremely concerned about the way private information is being collected and used via webcam surveillance.

Watch William Sandeson's interview with Halifax police

William Sandeson is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Taylor Samson, a fellow student.

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McNeil forced to defend top campaign official with domestic assault conviction

by Paul Withers

Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil is defending Kyley Harris, a top campaign official who struck a woman in the face three years ago when he was the premier's spokesperson.

Doctors' group says PC plan to bring foreign-trained doctors home has holes

by Jean Laroche

The group that represents doctors in Nova Scotia is skeptical of PC Leader Jamie Baillie's plan to make it easier for Nova Scotians trained at foreign medical schools to practise here.

Tories offer go-slow solution to rural high-speed internet woes

by Jean Laroche

Each of Nova Scotia's three main political parties wants to convince rural residents that they have the solution to internet problems.

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Nova Scotians are heading to the polls on Tuesday, May 30.

South Shore school board faces legal challenge over elementary closures

by Carolyn Ray

Board members voted for the closure of two elementary schools in 2013, but some members thought the schools would close only if a new one was built. That's not the case.

Concussed Crosby skates at Penguins practice facility

by Doug Harrison

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby returned to the ice Thursday, skating with teammates Conor Sheary and Carl Hagelin at the Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, Pa., as he recovers from a concussion.

NDP unveils plan to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour

by Michael Gorman

Niova Scotia NDP Leader Gary Burrill has detailed his party's plans for how it would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

CBC Investigates Russian website broadcast live pictures of Cape Breton schoolchildren

by Jack Julian

Unsecured web cameras in a Cape Breton school broadcast hundreds of thousands of detailed pictures of students to the internet in recent years

Nova Scotia land-based fish farm gets $1M federal investment

by Zak Markan

Sustainable Blue Fish Farming Ltd. in Centre Burlington has spent 10 years developing what it calls a "zero discharge" closed-containment system to raise Atlantic salmon.

Ontario man accused of human trafficking, exploiting Nova Scotia women

RCMP working on a yearlong cross-country investigation have arrested an Ontario man they accuse of trafficking women from Nova Scotia.

Where are the major party leaders campaigning? Day 5

CBC News details where Nova Scotia's three major party leaders will be today.

Profile Jamie Baillie's pivotal life moments tied to a south-end Halifax curling rink

by Amy Smith

In the second profile of a three-part series looking at the lives of the leaders of Nova Scotia's three major political parties, PC Leader Jamie Baillie talks about the role the Halifax Curling Club has played in his life.

Memorial scholarship to honour Dartmouth's first black police officer

by Sherri Borden Colley

Sinclair Williams, of East Preston, was hired as the City of Dartmouth's first black police officer in July 1968. He challenged racial barriers on the job and helped pave the way for other blacks. Williams died in 2014.

Analysis McNeil's major move: Cuts to film tax credit

by Michael Gorman

Few decisions the Liberal government made during its first term set off a bigger protest than changes to the film tax credit.

Charmed by Maudie, visitors flock to N.S. art gallery featuring Maud Lewis home

by Steve Berry

The Maud Lewis biopic just surpassed $1 million at the Canadian box office and is the No.1 movie in Atlantic Canada.

Glace Bay store robbed at gunpoint

No one was injured in the robbery of a Glace Bay store on Wednesday night.

After an NHL season to forget, Nathan MacKinnon suits up for Team Canada

by Paul Palmeter

Cole Harbour's Nathan MacKinnon reflects on playing for Canada and his NHL season with Colorado.

Ashley Smith's mother calls for change as details emerge of Matthew Hines's death

by Karissa Donkin, Angela MacIvor

Coralee Cusack-Smith, the mother of Ashley Smith, says her heart is broken by the full details of Matthew Hines's death inside Dorchester Penitentiary.

Two men facing charges after robbery in Dartmouth

Halifax police caught the intruders at a nearby sportsfield with the help of a police dog.

Popular Cape Breton priest, Father Greg MacLeod, dies at 81

by George Mortimer

Father Greg was one the founders of community economic development organization New Dawn Enterprises and the BCA Group.

Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra performs in Eskasoni First Nation

by Joan Weeks

The National Arts Centre Orchestra held a special performance Wednesday in Eskasoni First Nation that included a multimedia work based on a poem.

Masked men killed Taylor Samson, says William Sandeson in video played for jury

by Blair Rhodes

Sandeson is accused in the death of Taylor Samson, a fellow Dalhousie University student whose body has not been recovered.

Liberals promise universal preschool program for 4-year-olds

by Paul Withers

The Liberal program would ramp up in the coming years and by 2020, universal daycare would be available for about 9,000 four-year-olds a year at a cost of $49 million to taxpayers.

'Bizarre' end as Andrew Younger withdraws from Dartmouth East race

by Michael Gorman, Jean Laroche

Former Liberal cabinet minister who sat as an independent cites health and "privacy" reasons for the decision, following a news story about his wife seeking a peace bond against him.

Inverness councillor wants to ground Margaree airstrip development

by Hal Higgins

The possibility that further development of an airstrip along Cape Breton's Cabot Trail could be abandoned in favour of a larger facility in Port Hawkesbury is causing some tension among Inverness County councillors.

PCs push incentives, NDP looks to union report to fix health-care woes

by Jean Laroche

The Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats offer up their plans to fix problems in the health-care system.

Africville featured in unconventional 'live documentary'

by Nina Corfu

Cyrus Sundar Singh conducts simultaneous events in Halifax and Toronto for the Hot Docs film festival as a way to tell the story of the Africville church being bulldozed in the middle of the night.

The missing children of Canada's East Coast: Census shows rapidly greying region

by Brett Bundale

Nova Scotia's Maitland District Elementary once bustled with activity, but today its boarded-up husk is a symbol of a relentless exodus from Atlantic Canada made plain again Wednesday by the latest census numbers from Statistics Canada.

Bombay Sapphire gin recalled across Canada for containing too much alcohol

by Pete Evans

Liquor authorities across Canada are recalling a brand of gin that may contain almost twice as much alcohol as claimed on the bottle.

Profile Stephen McNeil's childhood home still a central part of his life

by Amy Smith

In the first profile of a three-part series looking at the lives of the leaders of Nova Scotia's three major political parties, Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil talks about why his childhood home played such a pivotal role in his family's life.