MacKinnon sends Canada to gold-medal game after sinking Finns with game winner in dying secondsFriday, 20, February, 2026  Canada survived another hockey scare on Friday, erasing a two-goal deficit to be Finland 3-2 in the Olympic semifinal game in Milan. Nathan MacKinnon scored the game winner on the power playe with 35.2 seconds remaining in the game.
| Decision to close museums, visitor centres 'short-sighted,' say tourism workersFriday, 20, February, 2026  The museums helped preserve the heritage of Nova Scotians, while the visitor centres were a much-used source of information for tourists, advocates say.
| Shakeup at N.S. Natural Resources intended to 'modernize' support for developmentFriday, 20, February, 2026  Premier Tim Houston is shaking up the Natural Resources Department in what an internal memo describes as “a deliberate step” to align with the government’s priority of finding new ways to boost revenues. But one of the people affected by the changes says they will be “completely devastating to conservation” in Nova Scotia.
| CBU to give new grads from island a break on first-year tuitionFriday, 20, February, 2026  Cape Breton University has created two new scholarships to remove barriers to post-secondary education for all students enrolling directly from a high school on the island.
| This tenant’s fight against a renoviction is heading to N.S. Supreme CourtFriday, 20, February, 2026  Tracey Lothian’s landlord said he was going to renovate the home she was renting and he needed her to move out. She left, but he didn’t carry out the renovations. He brought in a new tenant and raised the rent more than 30 per cent.
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