by Morgan Mullin on September 22, 2021 at 9:00 pm

Today's must-see movies at the region's biggest celebration of cinema. There are over 150 films on offer at this year’s FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, on from September 16-23 both online and in-person at Cineplex Park Lane. Offerings range from box office blockbusters to indie documentaries, from stories about the precursors of punk rock to teenagers managing viral fame.…

by Lyndsay Armstrong on September 22, 2021 at 8:10 pm

PAs aren’t licensed in the province, forcing many of them to travel for work and cutting off a way to quickly improve access to health care here. Peter Thibeault, who’s been a physician assistant for more than 30 years, travels for weeks at a time to provide medical care at the remote Kirkland Lake Gold Mine, south of James Bay in northern Ontario. Thibeault lives in West St. Andrew’s, just outside of Stewiacke, and he would rather be working locally to provide care as a physician assistant, or PA, for those close to home.…

by Morgan Mullin on September 21, 2021 at 9:00 pm

Today's must-see movies at the region's biggest celebration of cinema. There are over 150 films on offer at this year’s FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, on from September 16-23 both online and in-person at Cineplex Park Lane. Offerings range from box office blockbusters to indie documentaries, from stories about the precursors of punk rock to teenagers managing viral fame.…

by Lyndsay Armstrong on September 21, 2021 at 3:13 pm

Liberals sweep the Halifax area with Andy Fillmore, Darren Fisher and Lena Metlege Diab all winning, but 3 of the 11 NS seats are Conservative now. By some standards, Justin Trudeau’s decision to call an early election during the pandemic’s fourth wave was a success.…

by Lyndsay Armstrong on September 21, 2021 at 1:26 am

Some students called this year's voting process "a nightmare." It has been 36 days since prime minister Justin Trudeau called an early election, which proved successful as he held on to power late Monday night forming a minority government. The Liberal party’s seat tally is not much different than it was before the House of Commons dissolved.…

by Morgan Mullin on September 20, 2021 at 9:00 pm

Today's must-see movies at the region's biggest celebration of cinema. There are over 150 films on offer at this year’s FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, on from September 16-23 both online and in-person at Cineplex Park Lane. Offerings range from box office blockbusters to indie documentaries, from stories about the precursors of punk rock to teenagers managing viral fame.…

by Joseph Hall - Feature Writer on January 17, 2020 at 4:18 pm

The so-called cannabis 2.0 products (cookies, chocolates, gummies — even tea) are appealing to the province’s cannabis-curious who can’t or don’t want to smoke it. So much so, in fact, that stores haven’t been able to keep up with demand.

by The Canadian Press on October 29, 2019 at 9:54 pm

The government says it will open the market to more retailers in the hope of discouraging competition from illegal sellers.

by Joseph Hall - Feature Writer on July 26, 2019 at 4:35 pm

At least 12 post-secondary schools are getting in on the educational boom, developing scientific knowledge and preparing students for work in the industry.

by Joseph Hall - Feature Writer on July 12, 2019 at 9:00 am

Unlike the cornucopia of pot-wares sold in legalized U.S. states, Canadian firms have opted to focus on a small core of offerings when the edibles market opens up in December.

by Joseph Hall - Feature Writer on June 23, 2019 at 11:00 am

As Colombia promotes legal trade, and fights stigma, company seeks importation licence to prepare for when Canada turns to foreign producers.