The province and Dalhousie University are inviting youth to innovate using data at an open data contest. The contest will challenge participants to use data from Nova Scotia's open data portal to come up with a unique product, like a website, app or model, that...
The Nova Scotia Museum is holding a competition to determine which notable Nova Scotian from each decade for the last 150 years will be showcased in a museum exhibit opening in late June. People in the province are being asked to vote for remarkable Nova...
Changes to the Children and Family Services Act, that will help protect Nova Scotians from 16-18 years of age, improve child safety, streamline court processes and ensure children have a safe and lifelong family relationship, take effect on March 1....
2.2 million visitors came to the province last year, an increase of eight per cent, about 170,000 more visitors, over 2015....
Imagine stroke patients being able to do rehab at home with the help of an app. This project at Acadia University is just one of 95 projects supported last year and this year through almost three-million in grants from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation....
Fourteen lawyers received the honourary title of Queen's Counsel (Q.C.) for 2017. The Q.C. designation is awarded each year to members of the legal profession to recognize exceptional merit and outstanding contribution to the legal community....
Government will focus on the province's cultural sector, creative economy and diverse communities with Nova Scotia's Culture Action Plan: Creativity and Community. Nova Scotia's first comprehensive Culture Action Plan focuses on six themes which provide government with specific actions, strategic priorities and criteria to help...
The government will put an additional $3.4 million dollars into Student Support Grants. This money comes as a result of the one day unpaid strike by the Nova Scotia Teachers Union Friday, Feb. 17. Student Support Grants were created in 2013 to allow school communities to tailor...
Nova Scotia's third Heritage Day will honour Mi'kmaw heritage by celebrating the important accomplishments of the Mi'kmaw community, including its contribution to Canada's favorite past time, hockey....
Gabriel Sylliboy, a late grand chief of the Mi’kmaq, remembered for defending his people’s right to hunt and fish, received a posthumous pardon and apology from the province, today, Feb. 16, for his conviction for hunting illegally almost 90 years ago. Grand Chief Sylliboy was 44...