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HALIFAX — Two advocates for people with disabilities are calling for a provincewide registry of vulnerable persons in Nova Scotia to be included in proposed changes to legislation governing emergency management and 911 service.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s government is attempting to limit a proposed power rate increase sought by the province’s private utility through legislative changes tabled Wednesday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial police force has acknowledged systemic racism within its ranks, as well as the contribution of police to the injustices faced by Indigenous and other racialized people.

Hurricane Fiona caused $660 million in insured damage, according to an initial estimate by Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Soaring oil prices and unexpected tax windfalls have driven a sea change in Newfoundland and Labrador's financial outlook for the fiscal year, putting the province on course to post its first surplus in more than a decade.

An initial estimate by Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. suggests hurricane Fiona caused $660 million in insured damage.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia tabled legislation on Tuesday for an emissions-reduction plan that would replace its cap-and-trade system for large industrial greenhouse gas emitters, but the new bill doesn't lay out how the province will meet its ambitious cl

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s heavily subsidized ferry that operates between Yarmouth, N.S., and Bar Harbor, Maine, will be the subject of an economic impact study, the premier said Tuesday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As Newfoundland and Labrador scrambles to attract doctors, the provincial government has proposed legislative changes that would give its health minister a say in the licensing process for out-of-province physicians.

HALIFAX — The CEO of Maritime Electric says budgets for Prince Edward Island's power grid should be increased to help the province better withstand the next major storm, after what critics are calling a "lost decade" of inaction.