Some people in the Municipality of Cumberland, N.S.,could be paying 20 per cent more for water next year if a proposed merger goes ahead.

Tourism and the housing crisis in N.S are causing extremely low vacancy rates in hotels and the housing market. The Red Cross is struggling to place people in temporary lodgings who have been displaced from their homes.

The number of cancelled bus trips in the Halifax Regional Municipality has reached 75 due to a shortage of transit drivers.

The Victoria General building of the QEII in Halifax does not have air cooling on multiple floors. Union says nurses and patients are going home with heat exhaustion.

Deena Leblanc, a senior citizen in Nova Scotia, tells her story of not being able to find public housing. She's been on a wait list for five years.

Local Amherst, N.S., legend Kevin Bacon the pig was injured last month. He can't use his back legs. The town is raising money to get him a custom wheelchair.