Hafsa Arif

A student from an Elmsdale, N.S., high school is turning her passion for art and storytelling into a published children's book, complete with illustrations she drew entirely by hand.

A quiet road in the Gaetz Brook area of the Halifax Regional Municipality returned to normal a day after a series of emergency alerts warned residents about a man reportedly carrying a machete.

A deadly hantavirus linked to a cruise ship off the coast of Africa is drawing attention to a strain that Canadian experts say can still cause severe illness.

What began as a one-kilometre walk has turned into a 10-kilometre goal for a group of seniors at a Halifax retirement residence preparing to take part in this year's Bluenose Marathon

Twenty years after surviving leukemia, Erin Pushie is now undergoing evaluation through the Toronto Lung Transplant Program in hopes of being placed on the list for a double lung transplant.

The Alderney ferry route continues operating every 30 minutes during peak periods, while another Halifax ferry remains out of service for maintenance.

At a public standing committee, Nova Scotia officials were pressed over rising energy costs, underused affordability programs and whether the province

A Halifax-area emergency veterinary clinic is warning pet owners to stay vigilant after staff removed 85 ticks from a single dog that had gone missing for about a day.

Years after receiving cancer treatment at the IWK Health Centre as a child, Tori Sabean is now walking the same halls as the nurses who once helped her.

Thousands of runners pounded the pavement in Halifax over the weekend as the Blue Nose Marathon returned with races ranging from the relay and 10-kilometre runs to the full marathon.