The Nova Scotia government says it will pay for an expensive colorectal cancer drug that it has previously refused to cover.
Nova Scotia's Joggins fossil cliffs, regarded as the best record of life in the Coal Age 300 million years ago, have been added to the exclusive ranks of world heritage sites designated by UNESCO.
The hunt is on for a consultant to oversee an $8-million, two-year pilot project to try to reduce waiting times for surgery and diagnostic imaging in Nova Scotia.
The Nova Scotia government has started paying for a costly drug used in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.
Newfoundland and Labrador's health minister says urology patients are being sent to Nova Scotia because of a lengthy waiting list.
An allergy specialist in Nova Scotia is working on a plan that could see a banned substance back in schools - peanut butter.
Starting Tuesday, checking out the cleanliness of your favourite bar or restaurant in Nova Scotia will be just a mouse click away.
The government of Nova Scotia plans to revise rules that bar Nova Scotia Power from investing in wind power companies, in hopes of helping the utility reach its green energy goals.
Nova Scotia confirmed its first hospitalized case of swine flu, health officials said on Tuesday, adding that the patient is improving.
A woman with swine flu died in a Nova Scotia hospital early Friday - the province's first death linked to the virus.
Nova Scotia does not have an adequate stockpile of medical supplies to protect health-care workers and respond effectively to the swine-flu pandemic, the province's auditor general says.
One of Nova Scotia's top pandemic planners says the province is ready to tackle the second wave of swine flu.
The quantity of shellfish caught off Nova Scotia dropped by more than half between 2003 and 2006 as water quality deteriorated, a new report says.
There won't be a cull of coyotes in Nova Scotia even though the Department of Natural Resources is getting a record number of calls about them.
The government of Nova Scotia plans to introduce legislation Tuesday that will ban the sale of pesticides, CBC News has learned.
