Purple deadnettle is considered a weed by some, but new cultivated species make this "weed" a beautiful ground cover tolerant ...

When Ruben Dario Carianil began cultivating the unusual, pointy Inirida flower in the Colombian Amazon ten years ago, his relatives made fun of him for growing "weeds." Today, the 63-year-old ...

Nature gives weeds one job to do: cover bare ground. That empty real estate tends to be abundant in flower beds, especially ...

The Bluenose II arrives to its home port of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Built by Smith and Rhuland it was constructed to match the same plans as the original Bluenose. Angus J. Walters, captain of the ...

The commander of the RCMP in Nova Scotia says the province’s implementation of a set of new standards will help improve policing across the province. Assistant commissioner Dennis Daley told ...

Today, the 63-year-old Carianil, of the Curripako tribe, grows tons of the curious blooms on a plot outside Inirida -- the jungle city of 30,000 people from which the flower took its name.

is far from an unwanted weed to me. This attractive plant produces pale pink-purple flowers that last midsummer through fall. Joe-Pye weed flowers were named after a New England man who used the plant ...

Ottawa is negotiating a $500-million bailout for Nova Scotia's privately owned electric utility, saying the money will be used to prevent a big spike in electricity rates. Federal Natural ...