Politics

HALIFAX — A Liberal member of the Nova Scotia legislature is making a determined plea to the provincial government to provide supplementary breast cancer screening for women with dense breasts.

OTTAWA — The federal government is open to possible changes to the Emergencies Act but says it first wants to consult widely on the law it invoked to quell "Freedom Convoy" protests two years ago.

HALIFAX — Immigrant and migrant women in Nova Scotia, who were an important part of the essential worker labour force during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, suffered physically and mentally from their jobs and continue to struggle, says a new re

OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats want the government to fund a national school food program in the upcoming budget — and for Liberals to fulfil their election promise to put one in place.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the then-president for “disgraceful” acts in the Jan.

HALIFAX — Two law firms have applied for a class-action lawsuit against the Nova Scotia government over the province's alleged unlawful use of lockdowns in jails.

After a year of basking in global fame, the San Francisco company OpenAI is now confronting a multitude of challenges that could threaten its position at the vanguard of artificial intelligence research.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A woman in Newfoundland says she waited a year for an MRI scan that ultimately revealed her blinding migraines were caused by a tumour pressing into her brain.

Ottawa says it has suspended the largest contractor that worked on the ArriveCan app from bidding or working on government contracts that have security requirements.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas man was arrested Wednesday on accusations that he schemed to dupe George Santos into wiring him money with the false promise that he could get the criminal corruption charges against the disgraced congressman dropped.