Two midwives are set to begin practising alongside family doctors at a clinic in Inverness, N.S., starting this fall as part of a unique pilot project meant to improve access to primary health care.

Atlantic Mining Nova Scotia, the company behind a gold mine that stopped operating last year, is escalating its disagreement with the province about how to clean up the site.

Gold, coal, gypsum and limestone are among the rocks and minerals that were mined in the 19th and 20th centuries before there were environmental regulations. Toxic tailings were left behind, and continue to stand in the way of natural regeneration of the land.