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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia says the first phase of its long-promised universal mental health care program will begin this spring, with therapy costs covered by the province for people with anxiety and mood disorders.

HALIFAX — Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa will spend up to $25 million to improve the Port of Halifax.

FREDERICTON — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the impact of an ultralight plane crash last year northwest of Fredericton was "not survivable.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia woman who fought to have the provincial government pay for out-of-country treatment for a painful leg condition is preparing for surgery in New Jersey.

FREDERICTON — McGill University undergrad Daniel Miksha made a significant decision over the weekend. After hearing the news that U.S.

HALIFAX — Halifax's water utility has issued a preliminary report on the cause of last month's boil water advisory that affected more than 200,000 people. In a report released today, Halifax Water says a power outage on Jan.

HALIFAX — A Walmart store in Halifax reopened this week more than three months after a 19-year-old employee was found dead inside the store's walk-in bakery oven. The Mumford Road location was closed after the woman's death on Oct. 19.

DIGBY, N.S. — Three men are in jail after they were charged with uttering threats, intimidation and extortion in a southwestern Nova Scotia community where violence tied to illegal fishing is on the rise.

HALIFAX — The four Atlantic premiers have paused their plans to respond to United States President Donald Trump's now-postponed tariffs on Canadian goods and services. Among other things, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's minister of post-secondary education, training and labour says she has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. In a social media post, Alyson Townsend says she was diagnosed after a series of tests last weekend at the Dr.