The family of Nova Scotia hockey player Jordan Boyd, who died at 16 after suffering cardiac arrest on the ice, is welcoming an apology from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the introduction of changes aimed at improving player safety.

Fossils that are 140 million years old were discovered by a British paleontologist at a quarry near Windsor, N.S., but sat in his office for five years before being examined.

A marine research ecologist at Dalhousie University says a new study is further proof we need to change the way we manage fisheries around the world.