As thousands of Nova Scotians recover from running in Bluenose Marathon events, a Halifax woman is preparing to run 17 half-marathons in 17 days — in Gambia­.

Thousands of people in Nova Scotia are resting after competing in the 10th Annual Blue Nose Marathon on Sunday. Just under 14,000 people participated in the three-day long event, a new record.

Nova Scotia lobster fishermen and their families gathered on their boats in Main-a-Dieu on Sunday for the annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony.

A jobless Canadian IT professional who is collecting employment insurance is upset because he now suspects several recent jobs he applied for went to temporary foreign workers.

A tobacco store owner in Kentville will not appeal a court decision forcing him to hide its products.

Cape Breton police are investigating an armed robbery at the Caledonia Club in Glace Bay, N.S. Saturday night.

Two bodies have been found close to a submerged boat off the coast of New Brunswick, a day after a boat capsized with three crew members on board.

An 80-year-old Nova Scotia man has died after he fell into the water on Wentzell's Lake near Bridgwater, say police.

A 61-year-old man is facing charges of assaulting Halifax RCMP officers after an incident in the North Preston area Saturday night.

Thousands of people joined the Blue Nose Youth Run Saturday morning.

Cape Breton techies are building computer programs from scratch in Sydney`s first hackathon.

RCMP in Nova Scotia are investigating after an excavator and its operator plunged into the ocean Saturday.

Nigel Wright has resigned as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, following revelations he wrote a $90,000 cheque to repay living expenses claimed by Senator Mike Duffy.

The rescue attempt for two missing fishermen has been called off in New Brunswick, hours after one body was found.

Thousands are gearing up for this weekend's 10th annual Bluenose Marathon and motorists are being advised of street closures.