This is Nova Scotia

When buying and selling a home you need to be able to picture what your life could look like in it. Staging, the furniture that is put there to give you an idea of the space, is a big part of that. On this week's episode we dive into a growing trend in Nova Scotian real estate- virtual staging.

The CBC's Jessie Bruce takes a stroll through the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens to learn about an extensive redevelopment plan in the 1970's that really made Annapolis Royal the historic gem it is today!

Halifax ElderQueer storytelling workshop helps LGBTQ elders tell their own stories

Reporter Michael Gorman joins us to look at demonstration that ended with people surrounding the Premier's car, and someone smashing its windshield. 

It's summer camp season and we bring you inside one camp where teen girls are learning about jobs where females are often underrepresented.

The pull of screens can keep all of us from enjoying the beautiful nature of Nova Scotia, but it can be especially challenging with children. This week we look at some of the ways people are making an effort to get children to enjoy the world outside.

New citizens, including a Buddhist monk, celebrate Canada Day

We take an in-depth look at the audit that caused turmoil in Halifax city hall this week

To celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day we hear from various Mi'kmaw voices and perspectives across Nova Scotia about where we are as a province and what they’re doing in their communities.

A look at the role the train tracks have on life in Halifax

We look at the effect of a traumatic event in the workplace, and what can be done to deal with the issue.

Frequent use of high-potency cannabis extracts among young people producing serious mental health episodes

NSCAD mural class finds fulfilment in project for elementary school

Lunenburg West Independent MLA Becky Druhan ends months of speculation by joining Liberal caucus, declaring intention to run for Leader. 

Health officials say staff now ready for of widespread roll-out of new electronic medical records system, despite early problems

A Halifax artist shares how schizophrenia, and his deep connection with nature, inform his paintings.

Memorial for Scritchy the Raccone brings people together amid simmering tensions in central Halifax neighbourhood

Acadia University faculty and students travel to Geneva to take part in talks on repercussions of slave trade

Nova Scotia is changing, so the services helping Nova Scotians have to change too. On this week's episode we look into how recreation services across the province are adapting and what challenges they're seeing.

Auditor General calls out province's practise of using sole-source contracts

One woman's story of growing up in care, then aging out while she was still in high school

Federal funding announcement brings Canso into burgeoning Canadian space industry. 

Chester's Zoé Vallé Library taken over by village commission. Former volunteers unhappy. 

Provincial budget sends thousands to the streets, to lobby for a restoration of finding

Two Halifax women tell the personal cost of being under a non-disclosure agreement for 12 years

Mariah Baker documents the lives of people who share her experiences of addiction and homelessness.

We spend this week looking into all the work that goes into making Valentine's Day happen for small businesses in Nova Scotia.

We go further in depth with CBC Nova Scotia reporter Celina Aalders about violence in Nova Scotia public schools and what unions representing teachers and staff want to see done to address it.

Treno Morton's mission to secure land for the African Nova Scotian community has its roots in public housing.

Dalhousie professor of Transportation agrees Halifax congestion is bad. But he says it could get worse quickly, if we don't step up our rapid transit planning. 

Hockey players and Gender Sexuality Alliance collaborate, to better understand each other, at Halifax high school

A 13-year-old boy was killed in Shelburne county by three large dogs. Two dog behaviour experts talk about some of the triggers for that type of event. 

Meet two people involved in a report that aims to end a decades-long problem. Namely: youths in foster care lose all financial and personal support as soon ad they reach the age of majority. 

We look into the legal question of whether First Nations can sell cannabis in dispensaries not licenced by provincial governments. 

Guilty verdict in bar death still leaves family hoping for more controls on bar security staff.

We look into how an offensive message ended up on the airwaves in Halifax for hours this week. 

Trailer Park Boys actor and former witness Lucy Decouterre, and witness co-ordinator Susan Mitchell, talk about trying to find closure through a sexual assault trial. 

The PAC Lab does research on how physical activity helps cancer patients survive. 

Chris d'Entremont leaves Conservative Party, in what could be first of several defcetions.

There's a Blue Jays logo on the facade of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Until yesterday, no one knew who carved it. But then, stone mason Craig Potter stepped forward! He reveals the story behind how he came to etch the carving and talks about the attention it's getting now.