In Nova Scotia, this has created an intractable problem. Some rivers have not seen improvements in water quality in decades. That's had devastating effects on Atlantic salmon, since more acidic ...

An invasive species of fish that can live out of water has been found lurking in Canada, experts warn. The Department of ...

The species was named Sphyragnathus tyche, combining Greek words “sphyra,” meaning hammer and “gnathus,” meaning jaw for the ...

The Nova Scotia government is giving the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources in Cape Breton $893,000 to fund Mi’kmaq-led ...

But in Nova Scotia rivers, the problem never truly went away. By the time acid rain was addressed, the province's water bodies had been heavily affected by emissions from the burning of coal in ...

Acid rain a persistent problem in Nova Scotia. Acid rain, which is caused when pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide infiltrate precipitation, was largely mitigated by the passage of ...