The moment a bootprint was found in missing childrens search CBC News Nova Scotia 2026-09-23 | The moment a bootprint was found in missing childrens search
Sound Off: Why carbon pricing politics is far from neutral CBC Nova Scotia 2022-11-30 | Nova Scotia's dealings with the federal government over the carbon tax has been a bumpy ride. The CBC's Jean Laroche and Michael Gorman look at both sides in this Sound Off episode.
A taste of how winemaking in Nova Scotia is evolving CBC Nova Scotia 2022-10-21 | CBC News visits Benjamin Bridge winery in Wolfville, N.S., where climate change and collaboration are top of mind. Join Amy Smith, Tom Murphy and Ryan Snoddon.cbc.ca/player/play/2087698499727
Sound Off: The political quagmire of forcing out the Speaker of the House CBC Nova Scotia 2022-10-07 | The Progressive Conservative caucus is considering removing their colleague, Keith Bain, as Speaker of the Nova Scotia Legislature. Here's why that matters.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-speaker-of-the-house-keith-bain-ousting-1.6608384
N.S. man on Day 10 without power gets cooking with his burn barrel CBC Nova Scotia 2022-10-05 | Along Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore, there are many places still without electricity. But one Ecum Secum man is doing just fine with a little bit of ingenuity. CBC’s Colleen Jones has the story.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/storm-fiona-power-outages-1.6604321
They wanted to to help. So this group made enough food to feed 200 people affected by Fiona CBC Nova Scotia 2022-09-29 | Many international students in Cape Breton are without power and a place to live. One non-profit group wanted to help out by cooking a comforting dish from their home province of Southern India.
Boy found safe after spending night in N.S. woods in wake of storm CBC Nova Scotia 2022-09-26 | Grady MacKinnon, who wandered off while his family was outside cleaning up after post-tropical storm Fiona Saturday afternoon, was found Sunday morning by his grandfather and local paramedic.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pictou-county-springville-missing-boy-1.6596233
Horse reining has come to Nova Scotia. CBCs Amy Smith gives it a try CBC Nova Scotia 2022-09-22 | If you’ve ever seen the hit TV show Yellowstone, you likely know a little bit about the horse sport of reining. The sport has horses and riders work together to complete a series of sliding stops, gallops and spins. CBC's Amy Smith gave it a try.
N.S. woman recalls the day she gifted flowers to Princess Elizabeth CBC Nova Scotia 2022-09-19 | It was a chilly day in 1951 when a large crowd gathered along the Sydney waterfront in Cape Breton, N.S., waiting for a glimpse of royalty. Lois Gallagher Chmiel remembers the day well, and her encounter with Princess Elizabeth.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sydney-girl-queen-encounter-1.6578145
3 Halifax med students open up about their hopes and concerns for the future CBC Nova Scotia 2022-09-06 | The largest medical school class in Dalhousie University history started class this week in the midst of Nova Scotia's ongoing health-care crisis. Three students give their views. Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/medical-students-start-class-1.6570102
Miracle dog survives house fire in Debert, N.S. CBC Nova Scotia 2022-08-22 | Firefighters say it's nothing short of a miracle that a dog named Apollo survived a fire on Saturday that gutted a home in Colchester County.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/miracle-dog-housefire-apollo-1.6557958
Eelgrass can help fight climate change. This project helps replenish their shrinking meadows CBC Nova Scotia 2022-08-18 | Scientists and volunteers in Nova Scotia are harvesting and transplanting eelgrass, which they believe to be a front-line defence against climate change. CBC's Adam Inniss reports.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/the-secret-weapon-in-fight-against-climate-change-planting-eelgrass-1.6553071
A brief history of tornadoes in the Maritimes CBC Nova Scotia 2022-08-17 | Tornadoes? In the Maritimes? They're rare but they do happen. CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon looks back at the tornadoes that have touched down in the region.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/weather-tornadoes-maritimes-1.6552470
Nordic spas gaining popularity in Nova Scotia CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-28 | The CBC's Colleen Jones and Jeff Douglas try hot and cold therapy at Nature Folk, a space that once housed Dartmouth council meetings before amalgamation.cbc.ca/player/play/2055991363960
He was told he had 48 hours left to live. So he married his girlfriend of 17 years CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-27 | Earlier this summer, 35-year-old Billy Burgoyne got the worst news anyone could receive. In the face of terminal cancer, he wasted no time making one of life's biggest decisions.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/eastern-shore-couple-got-married-after-cancer-diagnosis-1.6531392
FIRST PERSON | At 63, wood is the medium I use to explore my Indigenous roots CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-27 | Ed Benham had to return to Nova Scotia after living away to find his calling. Through his art, he says he's continuing to reconnect with his Indigenous roots.cbc.ca/player/play/2055522371558
Sound Off: The politics of MLA salaries CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-25 | In the past 21 years, there have only been four summer sittings of Nova Scotia's legislature. On Tuesday, there will be a fifth: to debate MLA salaries.CBC's Jean Laroche and Michael Gorman explain why.cbc.ca/player/play/2055152707546
This is what the Fortress of Louisbourg looks like as a Lego masterpiece CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-21 | A Quebec team of Lego enthusiasts have been working for more than two years to recreate the Fortress of Louisbourg in Cape Breton. Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/quebec-team-makes-lego-louisbourg-1.6525600
Meet the Nova Scotia centenarians whove been married 80 years CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-21 | Charlie and Annie Muise from Tusket, N.S., recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary. Their advice for other couples? Stay true to each other.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/yarmouth-couple-80-years-anniversary-annie-charlie-muise-1.6523896
Gurdeep Pandher is bhangra dancing his way through Nova Scotia CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-19 | Gurdeep Pandher is on a cross-Canada trip in his van to spread joy, hope and positivity through bhangra dancing. His latest stop was Nova Scotia. CBC's Colleen Jones joined him.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/gurdeep-pandher-bhangra-novascotia-joytour-1.6524842
FIRST PERSON | Meet a pioneer of Halifaxs queer community CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-15 | Tom Burns was the first chairperson of the Gay Alliance for Equality in Halifax in the 1970s. He helped manage an LGBTQ support line and would eventually open the Alternate Book Shop.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/gay-alliance-founder-remembers-when-there-were-no-gay-people-in-halifax-1.6512575
Dartmouth soccer players take on Olympic gold medal goalie Stephanie Labbé CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-12 | Some young Nova Scotian soccer players took on an Olympic gold medalist on Monday. Stephanie Labbé, the goalkeeper for the Canadian women’s soccer team when they won gold last summer, was in Dartmouth to share her love of the game. CBC’s Colleen Jones reports.
Nova Scotias own Kevin Bacon needs a wheelchair. Heres how his hometown is helping CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-11 | Kevin Bacon is a potbellied social media celeb in Amherst, N.S. After being paralyzed in a car accident, he's in need of a wheelchair so his owners are fundraising. CBC's Adam Inniss has Kevy B's story.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/kevin-bacon-the-pig-busted-his-legs-amherst-is-determined-to-get-him-a-wheelchair-1.6515325
How one tribute to a fallen RCMP officer caught a mothers attention and ignited a friendship CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-07 | A tribute to Const. Heidi Stevenson has led to a friendship between her mother and a young Dutch woman, who met the officer more than 20 years ago. CBC's Haley Ryan reports.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/how-one-tribute-to-a-fallen-rcmp-officer-caught-her-mother-s-attention-and-ignited-a-friendship-1.6511126
After 25 years reporting on Sable Island, Paul Withers finally gets to go CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-07 | Is visiting Sable Island on your bucket list?CBC's Paul Withers can finally cross it off his — but it wasn't exactly the easiest shoot he's ever been on.To read more about Paul’s visit and the latest study being conducted on the island, click here: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/scientists-descend-on-sable-island-for-massive-study-of-fog-1.6505897
Free outdoor Halifax choir is all about the melodies. But also community harmony CBC Nova Scotia 2022-07-07 | Hosted by Choirs for Change, Spíra is a drop-in summer choir that invites anyone a chance to sing, regardless of experience. This year it's free.
Words Matter CBC Nova Scotia 2022-06-21 | Mi'kmaw poet Rebecca Thomas uses words for a living, but she can't speak the language stolen from her father at a residential school. Words Matter follows her journey to reclaim the language.The new documentary, launched on National Indigenous Peoples Day, is now streaming in on CBC Gem.
How N.S. Coastal Protection Act could impact future development CBC Nova Scotia 2022-06-17 | Anyone spending time on the coast lately has seen it — landowners infilling ocean or wetland to create more space along the shoreline. Next year, Nova Scotia will launch its Coastal Protection Act. Many hope it will bring clarity to homeowners and developers. CBC's Colleen Jones has the story.
Mikmaw woman highlights freedom, beauty of fancy shawl dancing CBC Nova Scotia 2022-06-17 | The Mawita’jik Competitive Pow Wow, the largest competative powwow in the Atlantic region, begins in Dartmouth today.Jesse Benjamin, who is a member of Eskasoni First Nation, is the Mi’kmaw Head Lady for the Mawita’jik. Here she is performing and talking about fancy shawl dancing.
N.S. woman reunited with vintage roller skates she sold 40 years ago CBC Nova Scotia 2022-05-30 | Renée Forrestall wanted to get back into roller-skating. Her search for the perfect skates turned up more than she was looking for.CBC's Josh Hoffman has the unbelievable story. Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-woman-roller-skates-40-years-1.6466596
This Nova Scotia woman made her tiny home dream a reality CBC Nova Scotia 2022-05-26 | The tiny home movement caught Sarah Johnson’s attention a decade ago.During the pandemic, she built her own. This film is part of Unlocked: Housing stories by young Canadians, a national storytelling series by the CBC Creator Network. These personal stories, produced primarily by gen Zers and millennials, reveal the challenges young Canadians face finding affordable housing, their creative solutions and their hopes for the future.Video produced for CBC by field producer Tieren Hawkins, associate producer Keigan Fisher, camera operator Joshua Saunders, sound recordist Joey Chapman and editor David Mullins.
Riding the waves off Nova Scotia, this surfer says she felt cancer-free CBC Nova Scotia 2022-05-23 | Amber Spurrell of Dartmouth was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer last year. She found healing in the ocean.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/woman-uses-surf-therapy-after-cancer-diagnosis-1.6456174Reporting by Will McLernon/CBC
The incredibly bright future of Maud Lewis CBC Nova Scotia 2022-05-07 | Paintings by Nova Scotia artist Maud Lewis, who died in 1970, sold for record-breaking amounts in 2021. Experts and art lovers are trying to figure out what's driving up the prices, and if she'll soon pass $100,000 for a painting.CBC's Jon Tattrie has this story. Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/the-incredibly-bright-future-of-maud-lewis-1.6425071
Sound Off: The intense House session that was CBC Nova Scotia 2022-04-26 | As far as sittings at the House of Assembly go, this spring session was far from uneventful. But the long days took their toll.CBC’s Michael Gorman and Jean Laroche offer their insights on the highlights.
SOUNDSCAPE: Listen to the serene sound the pandemic brought into one couple’s life CBC Nova Scotia 2022-04-21 | Wairimu Maureen Waithaka and her partner find peace on their South Shore property and surrounding Crown land. Produced for the CBC Creator Network.
After two long years, what does Nova Scotia Strong mean to you? CBC Nova Scotia 2022-04-20 | Nova Scotia Strong signs and stickers have faded and become weathered with time, but has the sentiment?CBC News asked Nova Scotians about the sentiment and what it means to them now.
FIRST PERSON | I’m Ukrainian. But I will not cry over this war CBC Nova Scotia 2022-04-13 | In her own words, Iryna Gerus reflects on the life experiences that lead her to a singular conclusion: tears won't help her parents escape war.
Sound Off: Hey, its budget ti— oh wait, COVID is everywhere CBC Nova Scotia 2022-04-12 | CBC political reporters Jean Laroche and Michael Gorman reflect on recent government decisions made as COVID cases skyrocket in Nova Scotia.
The close calls of Nova Scotias mass shooting CBC Nova Scotia 2022-04-11 | As Nova Scotians learn more about what happened during the horrific mass shooting in April 2020 through a public inquiry, details from other witnesses are coming into focus.A warning: some details may be disturbing. CBC's Haley Ryan reports.Read the full story here: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/at-least-44-people-had-close-calls-with-gunman-during-nova-scotia-s-mass-shooting-1.6411437
Meet Devin & Shak, brothers who bonded over their love of cars CBC Nova Scotia 2022-04-10 | On National Siblings Day, meet brothers Devin and Shak Hordagoda in Halifax, N.S. They bonded over their love for cars. Video by Marqeis Williams for CBC.
FIRST PERSON | We are the new moms of the pandemic. COVID took our village CBC Nova Scotia 2022-04-04 | These mothers — who either had babies right before or during the pandemic — reflect on the intense period of navigating and adjusting to motherhood during COVID-19.Watch this video on the CBC Nova Scotia website: cbc.ca/player/play/2019506243609
FIRST PERSON | At the climate crisis crossroads: a letter to my future self CBC Nova Scotia 2022-04-04 | In 2020, Amelia Penney-Crocker wrote a letter a week to the prime minister, urging action on climate change. But this letter to herself 30 years in the future was one of the hardest she's had to write.Watch this video on the CBC Nova Scotia website: cbc.ca/player/play/2017854531877
Sound Off: Omicron and Schools 101 CBC Nova Scotia 2022-01-27 | As COVID-19's Omicron wave continues to spread through Nova Scotia, many parents are worried about their children going to school for in-person learning. Could the decision to keep kids in the classroom be a burden on the Houston government's track record?The CBC's Jean Laroche, Taryn Grant and Michael Gorman break down that question in this week's Sound Off.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/schools-covid-student-absences-1.6328411
Hiking Nova Scotias Bluff Wilderness Trail in winter with a drone CBC Nova Scotia 2022-01-18 | Explore the wintry magic of Nova Scotia's Bluff Wilderness Trail — its frozen lakes, craggy rocks and a birds-eye view of it all thanks to a drone. Join CBC's Colleen Jones and Steve Lawrence on this snowy adventure.
River otters turn Halifax waterfront into a snowy slide CBC Nova Scotia 2022-01-17 | These three little river otters decided to make the most of a snowy day on the Halifax Waterfront.Petty Officer First Class Nate Dusome peeked out his window at HMCS Scotian Naval Reserve Unit and spotted the trio sliding in the snow.After seeing his co-worker's delight, Dusome captured the otters and their adorable antics.Happy Monday, everyone. Enjoy the snow — just like these guys.
Remembering Alexa McDonough, the first Canadian woman to lead a recognized political party CBC Nova Scotia 2022-01-15 | Alexa McDonough made history when she became the first woman to lead a recognized political party in Canada. She was chosen leader of Nova Scotia’s New Democratic Party in 1980, a position she held for 14 years. In 1995, she won the leadership of the federal NDP.McDonough died at a care home Saturday after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s disease, her family said. She was 77.Known affectionately as simply Alexa McDonough changed the face of politics in Canada and paved the way for other women to take their places at the pinnacles of political power.She continued to inspire generations of New Democrats, despite retiring from politics 14 years ago. To read more about McDonough life and legacy: www.cbc.ca/1.6314981
The Quiet Sun: When the COVID-19 pandemic feels like a space mission into the unknown CBC Nova Scotia 2022-01-03 | In the spring of 2020, Adam Myatt was about to head on tour as a stand-up comedian.But when the pandemic hit he found himself at home, albeit a place that suddenly felt alien and unfamiliar.His comics have since been animated by CBC's Dave Irish and take you on a journey to The Quiet Sun.
This brutal voyage almost sank the Bluenose II — and a sailor was lost CBC Nova Scotia 2021-12-29 | The Bluenose II nearly went down in 1969 when a storm in the Caribbean made mountains out of waves and knocked two men into the sea.Only one would be saved.New research by CBC Nova Scotia uncovered footage of that brutal voyage, a trip recounted by some of the surviving crew members.
532-year-old N.S. hemlock claims record for oldest tree in the Maritimes CBC Nova Scotia 2021-11-23 | Nova Scotia only has a tiny fraction of old-growth forest left, but thanks to research completed this summer, the province can lay claim to having the oldest tree on record in the Maritimes.Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/old-growth-forest-natural-resources-department-research-old-tree-1.6255685
Heartfelt letters, diary reveal thoughts of N.S. veteran during WWII CBC Nova Scotia 2021-11-11 | Herb Peppard was a soldier in the Second World War. The Truro, N.S., man died in 2019 but his legacy lives on among those who knew him and at the Army Museum in Halifax.His wartime stories tell only a fraction about the man himself. It's his diaries and letters home that help paint the portrait of the highly decorated soldier as a true family man.
Records tell the incredible story of one Mikmaw soldier during WWI CBC Nova Scotia 2021-11-11 | An estimated 4,000 Indigenous soldiers enlisted across Canada in the First World War. In Eastern Canada, Mi'kmaq and Malisset sent nearly half of their eligible male population.Many details of their stories have been lost to time but records help tell the story of Stephen Toney, a Mi'kmaw cooper-turned-sniper.
