Local News in Nova Scotia

The Nova Scotia Government Employees Union said Friday that it has been left out of ongoing merger talks between Dalhousie and the Nova Scotia Agriculture College.

RCMP are searching a residence in Centre Rawdon, N.S., in connection with the case of a Dartmouth woman who has been missing since November.

The Mounties are asking for the public's assistance in identifying a man who was found dead in a wooded area near Antigonish two months ago.

Nova Scotia's eight school boards will see their funding cut for the second year in a row, this time by 1.3 per cent in the 2012-13 fiscal year.

The Bowater Mersey paper mill in Brooklyn in shutting down for three weeks because of a lack of new orders.

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RCMP in Shelburne County have found the body of a woman who had been missing, and say foul play is not suspected in her death.

Charges have been laid in the death of a 12-year-old Cheticamp boy who was struck by a boom truck 18 months ago.

With Valentine's Day coming up, the Better Business Bureau is warning people about the pitfalls of online dating services.

Several groups are urging the Halifax Regional School Board to keep their schools open.

The Chronicle Herald says it has reached a tentative contract deal with the union representing reporters and other newsroom staff.

The two sides in the Metro Transit contract dispute failed to come to an agreement as a marathon bargaining session ended Thursday morning when the union representing striking workers walked out.

Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter is supporting a united front by the province's nine district health authorities and the IWK Health Centre, who say they can't afford to pay the raises demanded by thousands of health-care workers.

The faculty association at Dalhousie University is getting ready for a strike vote next week as the two sides continue to meet with a conciliator.

Nova Scotia Power has laid off 40 non-unionized workers at various locations across the province.