Halifax filmmaker Nance Ackerman is screening her most recent documentary, Four Feet Up, across Canada on Tuesday to mark the 20th anniversary of Canada's promise to end child poverty.

Joel Plaskett's triple album Three earned the Halifax singer-songwriter a double win at the Canadian Folk Music Awards on Saturday.

A pedestrian in Amherst was airlifted to hospital in Halifax Monday after being struck by a vehicle.

Halifax-area residents will likely have to wait until 2011 to take public transportation to the airport, despite the airport authority offering $450,000 to get buses running sooner, according to a city staff report to council.

A man out walking his dog has found the body of a Cape Breton man who was reported missing two weeks ago.

The military has identified a Nova Scotia woman who was killed Friday in a fiery collision between a sport utility vehicle and a military bus. Mike Bonin, a spokesman for CFB Halifax, says Carmel Payne was killed when her vehicle slammed into the bus on Highway No. 7 near Forest Hill Drive. Bonin says she was married to petty officer (first class) Rick Payne, who was on an overseas deployment ...

Vaccination clinics should continue to see a steady stream of people in the next few days after the H1N1 vaccine became available to the general public Friday, a spokesman for Capital Health said yesterday. John Gillis said traffic at vaccination clinics was “steady but not overwhelming” Friday and Saturday. No clinics were open yesterday. Gillis said each time a risk group gets added, area ...

The bishop appointed to oversee a Nova Scotia diocese tainted by sex abuse allegations and child pornography charges says he recognizes it will take time to bring people back to the embattled church. Bishop Brian Dunn, appointed Saturday by Pope Benedict, takes over the diocese of Antigonish two months after his predecessor, Bishop Raymond Lahey, was charged with possessing and importing child ...

If you’re hoping for a job with the Strait Regional School Board, you may want to reconsider what you post on your Facebook profile. The board’s working committee has sent to its next regular session for approval a new policy on recruitment, hiring and retention of employees. Under the section listing the components by which individuals will be assessed, in addition to resumes and employment ...

Parks Canada officials are investigating another human encounter with coyotes in the Cape Breton Highlands. The incident occurred about two weeks ago somewhere in the national park, but few details are immediately available. “We are aware of something that did go on and we are investigating that at this time,” said Derek Quann, a Parks Canada manager of resource conservation. “We don’t have ...

There's concern being expressed the city may close seveal of its community centres. A meeting Monday night in North End Halifax begins a city staff review that could see facilities like the Needham, St. Andrews and Bloomfield Community Centres closed.

Federal opposition parties are expected to step up attacks this week on the Harper government over allegations Canadian-captured prisoners turned over to Afghan intelligence officials were tortured and the Harper government was aware of it.

Parks Canada officials say they are investigating another run-in between humans and coyotes in Cape Breton. At this point, few details are known other than the incident happened about two weeks ago in the Cape Breton Highlands.

Transit service to and from the airport won't be available until 2011, despite an offer of more money to make it happen sooner. A city staff report suggests the six to eight buses can't be built until December 2010 at the soonest - and more realistically, not until spring of 2011.

The city is considering cracking down on private citizens who are not eliminating graffiti on their property. A new report to regional council says HRM officials are frustrated by having to use resources on graffiti removal when nearby private properties aren't doing the same.

Gimme gimme gimme: Perving on Henry Rollins in person? Don't mind if I do! You thrilled to his ramblings in Get In The Van , you felt uncomfortable when you watched that YouTube video where he humiliates that poor kid trying to interview him, and you've thought about him countless times in the shower, now you can have a chance to see that neck in person when Henry Rollins comes to the Rebecca ...

[image-1] Whats wrong? Bike-unfriendly barriers, Dartmouth waterfront trail. Whos responsible? Terry Drisdelle, Waterfront Development Corporation, 422-5115. REMARKS The new chicanes were required by CN, says Drisdelle, because travelling through them requires facing one direction, then the opposite, so that its almost impossible to not see that one train a day rolling at five km/hr down the ...

General Rick Hillier avoids questions of his personal responsibility for the alleged torture of prisoners. by Bruce Wark Rick Hillier, former chief of the Canadian defence staff, dodged questions in Halifax on Saturday about the torture of prisoners handed over by the Canadian military to the Afghan intelligence service. Hillier was asked by The Coast why the Canadian forces followed a ...

There’s a point in Return Ticket where it really hits home that playwright Shahin Sayadi (played by Theo Pitsiavas) has put himself in danger by returning to his hometown in Iran. He has been interviewing people for a play he hopes to write about his uncle, a “sacred martyr” in government terms, but an intriguing, peace-loving man to his nephew. Sayadi is summoned to meet with Iranian ...

Where to get your knicks and knacks for the chimney stocking. by Carsten Knox The Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council Christmas Craft Market The NSDCC Christmas Craft Market is a juried craft market that takes place at towards the end of November, featuring artisans working in pottery, decorative art, glass, jewellery, textiles, leather, organics, wood and metalwork. November 20-22, Cunard Centre ...

PhD student Clarence Batan rallies his department to raise money for flood victims in his native Philippines.

Dal students Jordan Ekers and Casey Binkley organize the first Atlantic Eco Expo this weekend at Exhibition Park.

The Dal Tiger offers tips for sustainable living in a series of fun videos.

Grad students check out a new study and social space on the fourth floor of the Killam Library.

Mike Ross, the equipment manager for the men's hockey team, carried the Olympic torch along Cole Harbour Road.

LOS ANGELES — The vampire romance “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” sucked up $140.

NEW GLASGOW – Voices of the Second United Baptist Church congregation sang in unison yesterday morning.

PICTOU LANDING – We’re not going to take it anymore. It might be a Twisted Sister song from the mid-1980s, but it’s also the message that members of the Pictou Landing community sent Friday with a march through the reservation, carrying banners and waving signs.

FREDERICTON — More than 100 people gathered on the weekend for a candlelight vigil in Fredericton to pay tribute to murdered teenager Hilary Bonnell.

NEW?GLASGOW – Steadily declining patient numbers led the Pictou County Health Authority to close its flu assessment centre yesterday.

NEW WATERFORD — The body of Darren Tatlock was found Sunday, almost two weeks after the man was reported missing.

BROMONT, Que. — A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave who says she lost her benefits because of photos on Facebook is reportedly fighting to get them re-instated.

PORT HASTINGS — If you’re hoping for a job with the Strait Regional School Board, you may want to reconsider what you post on your Facebook profile.

MIDDLE RIVER — A Sydney Mines man was arrested for impaired driving after driving erratically in Middle River Saturday morning.

BIRCH GROVE — Police say a Glace Bay man in his 30s was accidentally shot by a friend during a hunting trip, Saturday.

Bishop Brian Dunn says he'll have lots to do when he takes over in January

Hugh Landry takes over as of Monday

Antigonish RCMP lay charges in three seperate incidents

Petit de Grat and Arichat residents may notice water discolouration or low pressure

Dunn takes over Antigonish diocese in new year...