Skye Bryden-Blom

3 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Skye Bryden-Blom

The province is working to expand cell coverage for Nova Scotians living in communities without access, and it also wants to prevent dropped calls and signal gaps along the province's major highways. During a standing committee on community services meeting Tuesday, discussions were held around how to connect more than 20,000 properties to the cellular grid along with 1,000 km of roads. The province's cell expansion program launched in October 2023 and is rolling out in phases.

3 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Skye Bryden-Blom

A popular Nova Scotia farm and museum that came under fire on social media last month over concerns around the animals' welfare now says improvements have been made. Ross Farm Museum in New Ross, N.S., operates as a living heritage site - giving visitors a glimpse of what life was like in the 1800s. Its executive director, Marc Tassé, says it's hard to balance its preservation with the installation of modern amenities. "We need to portray how things were done. How did things look 200 years ago?

1 month ago | globalnews.ca | Skye Bryden-Blom

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is in France as part of ongoing efforts to promote trade talks amid tariff tensions between Canada and the U.S.Houston is in the country to discuss market and energy opportunities with France-based tire manufacturer, Michelin, which is one of Nova Scotia's largest employers. It's the latest in a series of international trips for Houston to bolster trade relations since Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods.

1 month ago | globalnews.ca | Skye Bryden-Blom |Rebecca Lau

Nova Scotia Health is expanding its STI home-testing kit program to include HIV screening. The STI Care Now initiative has been helping Nova Scotians get tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea since last summer. Since then, thousands of kits have been mailed out. Those kits contain everything from instructions to swabs. And it seems to be working. “Out of those 3,000 kits, there were 120 positives,” said Dr. Todd Hatchette, STI Care Now Medical Director. “We are reaching people.

2 months ago | globalnews.ca | Skye Bryden-Blom

From sharp alerts to gentle chirps, each sound a chicken makes can offer insight into their inner lives. But have you ever wondered what those clucks mean? Now an app can tell you. Researchers at Dalhousie University's Agricultural Campus near Truro, N.S., have developed an app called Cluckify to crack the code on what chickens are saying through the science of bioacoustics.