Something is happening inside the minds of young people. One in five Canadian youth are part of a mental health crisis that is undermining—and far too often ending—their lives as they struggle to find effective help that may never arrive, a year-long investigation has found.

Coordinated by the Investigative Journalism Bureau at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Toronto Star, Generation Distress brought together a team of more than 70 researchers from 10 Canadian and U.S. universities, NBC News and the National Observer. The project is based on thousands of documents and mental health data from 40 universities and colleges and interviews with more than 200 young people, academics, clinicians, post-secondary administrators and teachers....

As Nova Scotia’s fishery changes, some people worry that one of the industry’s oldest traditions — net mending — will be swept out to sea.

Garrett Henneberry, 19, of Sambro, N.S., has been fishing since he was seven. He first learned the fundamentals of the job through his father and uncle. Now, he fishes herring.

“Being a younger generation of fishermen, I want this to last for my lifetime and when I eventually have kids, I want it to be for their lifetime,” Henneberry says....

A comic book shop with a twist will move to a new home next week, expanding its space for youth in Lower Sackville.

“As soon as you walk in our new space doors, then you’ll see the drop-in centre,” says Jay Aaron Roy, owner of Cape and Cowl Comics and Collectibles.

“It’s going to be bright lime green and will be right there.”

Currently, Roy and other community organizations use a room, tucked away....

A new web and mobile social platform made by Inuit, for Inuit, is mobilizing the knowledge, languages and skills of hunters, youth, elders and community members in the midst of a changing Arctic.

SIKU: The Indigenous Knowledge Social Network was publicly launched at the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Conference at the Halifax Convention Centre on Wednesday.

The mobile app and web platform are now available online, where people on the land can access information about weather and ice safety....

The co-operative is looking to buy their building on Gottingen Street.

An annual fundraiser at Halifax’s Bus Stop Theatre marks the end of a big year in a campaign to raise $1.2 million to buy their building, but the push isn’t over yet.

The Bus Stop Theatre Co-operative hosted its 3rd annual Great Big Bus Stop Basket Auction Sunday night. The crowd bid on gift baskets prepared by members of the co-operative, local businesses and organizations, raising $4,000 — double their goal for the evening....

For people living in the urban core of Halifax and Dartmouth, the new year will bring a chance to shape the next phase of a long awaited plan to guide development in the city.

Wednesday, staff in the Halifax Regional Municipality’s planning and development department presented the engagement plan and timeline for Centre Plan’s Package B to the community design advisory committee.

Package B will establish planning policies and bylaws for residential, industrial and institutional areas....

Trayvone Clayton is being recognized for his work to create a thriving, more vibrant community — but he says he isn’t doing it alone.

On Tuesday morning, Clayton stepped onto the stage at Halifax’s Pier 21 to accept one of three 2019 YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth Peace Medals.

“I had to go to school in a suit and everyone was putting me on their Snapchat and social media,” Clayton says, laughing, recounting his friends’ enthusiastic reactions to his win in an interview this week....

On a cold and grey morning, Jay Aaron Roy stood near a flag pole and faced a crowd, remembering those who couldn’t stand there with him.

Roy was one of about 75 people gathered at the Grand Parade in downtown Halifax on Wednesday for the Transgender Day of Remembrance. People came together to honour loved ones and community members whose lives have been taken by anti-transgender violence.

“Thinking on all lives that were taken from us this year, feeling their energy, knowing that the ones...

Witnesses say they heard banging in the Dartmouth apartment building where Nadia Gonzales was found dead in June 2017.

Thursday, seven Crown witnesses testified in the jury trial of Calvin Joel (CJ) Sparks, 26, and Samanda Rose Ritch, 22. Sparks and Ritch are accused of murdering Gonzales, 35, of Hammonds Plains...

This past Saturday (November 2), the bright, wide-open spaces of the Halifax Central Library took on a new level of glitz for the 14th annual Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala.

Artists, creators and their supporters poured through the doors. Purple light washed over dynamic art installations as music streamed from the speakers.

The scene could have been something from an exclusive function, but the warmth of the gathering told a different story: This was a celebration of community....