Nova Scotia is building a system that will let more people manage funding for their own disability and home-support services. The province has hired Seafair to develop the individualized funding system, which is expected to be ready early next spring. Three-year contract includes system and participant support The contract provides $26.2 million to develop the technology and administrative system, with up to $29 million available to support the people who […]

Two Cape Breton farm organizations will receive a combined $620,000 to expand equipment-rental programs for local producers. The Cape Breton-Richmond Federation of Agriculture is receiving $330,000. The Inverness/Victoria Federation of Agriculture will receive $290,000 through Nova Scotia's Community Economic Development Fund. Shared machinery can lower farm costs The Cape Breton-Richmond organization plans to buy a baler, rock picker, spreading equipment, drills and machinery for tillage and forage work. The Inverness/Victoria […]

Nova Scotia's Child Death Review Committee has released its second annual report along with recommendations from an individual child death review. The committee examines the circumstances surrounding deaths of children and young people and recommends changes that could help prevent similar deaths. Report covers deaths recorded from 2009 to 2025 The 2025-26 annual report includes information about Nova Scotia residents under age 25 who died between 2009 and 2025. The […]

Tidal Transit will add new buses and upgrade its maintenance facility with a combined $10 million from the provincial and federal governments. The service connects communities in Kings, Annapolis and Digby counties. Funding announced in New Minas on August 13 will support five conventional buses, one electric bus and three electric vehicle chargers. Maintenance facility will get backup power Tidal Transit will also modernize its maintenance building and install an […]

A Cape Breton biotechnology facility is receiving $1.2 million in government funding to expand its precision fermentation operation and train more workers. The Verschuren Centre at Sydport Industrial Park will receive $600,000 from Nova Scotia's Community Economic Development Fund and $600,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. More capacity and new technical training The centre operates a 10,000-litre precision fermentation line, a specialized facility often called 10X. The equipment helps […]