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Inquérito público independente a maior assassinato em massa da história do Canadá começou hoje em Halifax
Quase 2 anos depois de um homem que se disfarçou de agente da RCMP ter matado a tiro 22…
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Student project spurs Nova Scotia to repay fine levied against Viola Desmond
An Ontario teenager is the driving force behind a symbolic repayment to civil rights activist Viola Desmond, a Black Nova Scotian who…
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Nova Scotia man arrested after avoiding $500K in child-support payments
A Nova Scotia man is in custody after five years of avoiding authorities over unpaid child support
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2023 o 70º aniversário oficial da imigração portuguesa para o Canadá
Era 13 de maio de 1953, quando 100 homens corajosos chegaram a bordo do Saturnia no Cais 21 em Halifax,…
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Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil to step down
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil announced Thursday he will step down. McNeil was first elected in 2003 as…
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Cliffs of Fundy set to become UNESCO Global Geopark this month
After years of planning and months of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Nova Scotia’s Cliffs of Fundy is expected…
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Canada added 30,000 jobs last month, but jobless rate ticked up to 5.6%
Canada’s economy added 30,000 new jobs in February, bringing the rolling total for the past 12 months up to 245,000.…
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Amid lobster export boom, lending by Nova Scotia fisheries board soars
New data from the Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture Loan Board shows Nova Scotia fishermen are taking out bigger loans to…
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Heavy snow and wind cancel classes, disrupt travel in Maritimes
Heavy snow and high winds Wednesday morning have led to the cancellation of schools in the Maritimes, with snow-covered roads making…
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New Brunswick grabs unwanted title as Canada’s poorest province
New Brunswick has officially assumed the title of Canada’s poorest province and will begin receiving the most funding per capita…
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Nova Scotia to become first province to ban sale of flavoured e-cigarettes and juices
Nova Scotia says it will become the first province to make it illegal to sell any kind of flavoured e-cigarettes…
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Some unclaimed cremated remains are still at funeral homes 40 years later
Some families may not realize it, but the cremated remains of their loved ones have been sitting on shelves in…
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3 Atlantic provinces say tight budgets justify breaching charter language rights
Governments in three Atlantic Canadian provinces argue it’s reasonable for financial constraints to limit minority-language education rights guaranteed under the Charter of Rights…
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Nova Scotia announces 17 new, expanded protected areas, and 10 more to come
Todd and Melissa Labrador know as well as anyone the gifts that can come from the land. The father and…
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N.S. expat living in Bahamas works to rebuild life after Hurricane Dorian
A former North Preston, N.S., woman who lost six friends and everything she owned when Hurricane Dorian ripped through the…
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New Brunswick is losing its only pediatric ophthalmologist
New Brunswick’s only pediatric ophthalmologist, Dr. Erica Doucet, is closing her practice in November, leaving the parents of patients uncertain…
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Number of doctors per capita in Canada reaches record high
The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a…
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Nova Scotian with ALS getting medically assisted death, donating organs
From a hospital bed set up in his kitchen in his Lunenburg, N.S., home, 71-year-old Dr. Brian Davis is excited…
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N.S. bird watchers shocked by ‘staggering’ bird declines
Bird watchers in Nova Scotia say they are shocked but not entirely surprised by the findings in a recent report…
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How grocery stores saved food from Dorian
It took a fleet of refrigerated 18-wheeler trucks, an army of workers and some portable generators to make sure the fresh…
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Days without power: Over 100,000 outages persist in Maritimes after Dorian
Four days after powerful storm Dorian blasted through the Maritimes, tens of thousands of homes and businesses are still without…
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Post-Dorian, residents calling for better cellphone service
Some Nova Scotia mobile phone users are questioning why they weren’t able to make calls, text or use data to…
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Hundreds of thousands in Atlantic Canada still in the dark after Hurricane Dorian
Crews are continuing Monday to chainsaw through trees and repair downed power lines across Nova Scotia in the aftermath of powerful…
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How a great white shark tagging project in Canada ran into headwinds
Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans was prepared to veto an expedition to tag great white sharks off Nova Scotia last year…
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New laser mapping shows dozens of sinkholes near Trans-Canada Highway in Oxford, N.S.
Cumberland County officials want the Nova Scotia government to check for sinkholes under the Trans-Canada Highway near the town of…
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Canadian, American scientists team up to explore deep ocean floor off Nova Scotia
An American deep sea research vessel departs Halifax today on a “voyage of discovery” that will send cameras and other…
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Country music star George Canyon to run for Tories in Nova Scotia
One of Nova Scotia’s best-known country music stars is walking on to the political stage. George Canyon has announced he’s…
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Lung transplant cost almost ended her life, now she’s home with new lungs
Natalie Jarvis lifts up her grandson, Kolby, and places him on a swing. It’s a simple moment, but one that…
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A death sentence’: Mother of former child refugee facing deportation makes emotional plea
The mother of a former child refugee taken into foster care not long after arriving in Canada in the mid-1990s…
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How a pilot project in Whitby is turning plastic waste into fuel
A pilot project in Whitby, Ont., is using technology to give plastic waste a second life by turning it into…
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