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Funeral held for little boy killed in Pubnico Head fire
Over 600 people attended a memorial service for seven-year-old Mason Grant on Monday afternoon at the Yarmouth Wesleyan Church. More
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Frustration grows over derelict boat rusting away on South Shore
The Schwalbe was brought to Lunenburg in 2015, but the owner hasn't been heard from since. The boat has since drifted across the harbour to Feltzen South.
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Police hope autopsy will shed more light on woman's death in Dartmouth
Investigators are still examining the apartment where a woman was found dead early Sunday morning in Dartmouth, according to Halifax Regional Police.
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Murder charge dropped for 2nd time against man accused of killing mother
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For a second time, the case against a Nova Scotia man accused of killing his mother has collapsed. John (Jack) Buckley appeared in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Bridgewater this morning, where a charge of first-degree murder against him was withdrawn.
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Tesla to install Atlantic Canada 'supercharger' stations for its vehicles
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Tesla Inc. is building fast-charging stations for its electric vehicles in Atlantic Canada, opening up the East Coast to road trippers with the California automaker's high-end plug-in cars.
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Lawsuit filed against U.S. agency over North Atlantic right whale entanglements
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Conservation and animal-protection groups have sued the National Marine Fisheries Service in the United States, alleging it failed to protect right whales from entanglement in commercial fishing gear.
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Nova Scotia doubles annual funding for school breakfast programs
The province says it will now spend about $2 million a year on the School Healthy Eating Program.
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Jump in emergency calls involving autism spawns new training for RCMP
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RCMP officers on the South Shore have been struggling with how to deal with an increase in violent outbursts from people with autism spectrum disorder or ASD.
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Former Halifax school support worker charged with sexually assaulting student
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A former student support worker with the Halifax Regional School Board stands accused of sexually assaulting a female high school student. Blake William Jackson, 50, of Beechville is charged with a single count of sexual assault.
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Police search for suspect after woman abducted and assaulted
Police in the New Glasgow area are searching for a man who allegedly abducted and assaulted a woman Saturday night.
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Sobeys inks deal with U.K. firm to launch online grocery store by 2020
Nova Scotia-based grocery chain Sobeys will partner with British firm Ocado to launch an online grocery store.
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CBC Investigates Prison guards involved in Matthew Hines case not disciplined for more than a year
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Correctional officers who beat and repeatedly pepper sprayed Matthew Hines weren't disciplined until more than 15 months after his death in a New Brunswick prison, CBC News has learned.
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'Mightier' women's march in Nova Scotia village draws international attention
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Support is pouring in for a small group of people in rural Nova Scotia.
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Woman dead in 2nd suspicious death in Dartmouth in 2 days
Police are investigating the death of a woman in Dartmouth and officers are looking into whether it is connected to a weekend homicide in the same neighbourhood.
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Halifax humanitarian couple mark major milestones
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A party held for Mel and Thelma Boutilier celebrates his 90th birthday, honourary degree in civil law from Saint Mary's University and her 86th birthday.
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'Concerned for the sustainability of our planet': Insurers' climate index shows more extreme weather
An index compiled by the insurance industry indicates extreme weather in Canada is falling outside the range of normal variability more frequently.
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Farmers Dairy milk pulled from shelves for 'off-taste flavour'
If you recently bought Farmers Dairy milk that tastes off, the company says you can return it for a full refund.
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Team Nova Scotia wins gold-medal match at national junior curling championship
Buoyed by a critical eighth-end steal, Team Nova Scotia has won gold in the women's division Sunday at the 2018 New Holland Canadian Juniors curling championship.
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Man wanted for human trafficking in Ontario arrested in Nova Scotia
A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for human trafficking in the Toronto area has been arrested in Nova Scotia and charged with several offences, police say.
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Tech sector CEOs whose cities were overlooked say they'd have welcomed Amazon HQ
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Tech sector entrepreneurs whose Canadian cities were snubbed by Amazon in its search for a second corporate campus say they are disappointed, despite fears they would have seen increased competition for scarce skilled talent.
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Plastic debate bags the question: what to do with all our junk?
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As Halifax staff research the idea of banning plastic bags in the municipality, they’ll soon find themselves entangled in a global problem with no simple solutions.
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This Nova Scotian marked her 50th birthday with 50 firsts
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Donna Hatt didn't want to celebrate her 50th birthday with a one-day celebration. She decided to celebrate the occasion by trying out 50 new things in 2017.
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Police rule 42-year-old man's death in Dartmouth a homicide
Victim identified as Derek Miles of Dartmouth.
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Counter rally to women's march highlights diverse feminism in Halifax
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Halifax's Walking the Talk rally was held to highlight the voices of marginalized groups in feminism, in particular people who are transgender, two-spirit, Indigenous, black, women of colour, queer and elders.
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Doctor giving up medical licence because of frustration with health authority
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A Cape Breton palliative care doctor is giving up his medical licence next month because he says the way palliative care is provided in Richmond County is forcing more and more people to die in hospitals, rather than at home.
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'We can be a force': women's marches return to Nova Scotia
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Today, people across the province are coming together for a second year to celebrate women's rights and push for change.
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Hockey player from Truro charged in violent break-in at Calgary professor's home
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A Mount Royal University student and the former captain of its hockey team has been charged in a brutal attack on an MRU professor after a break-in at her Calgary home last weekend, CBC News has learned.
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Community helps search for dog allegedly killed by teen
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Dog owners and neighbours scoured the snow-covered ground near a pond in Herring Cove Saturday in the hopes of finding a yorki-chihuahua named Tucker.
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Glace Bay's Bayplex needs at least $10M in repairs, says municipality
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A municipal staff report says it will cost close to $10 million to expand and upgrade the Bayplex in Glace Bay, N.S., but it would cost more than twice that to replace the facility.
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Photos Venerable Sea Kings bid farewell to Nova Scotia in retirement flight
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Three geriatric military aircraft flew in formation above Halifax harbour Friday, marking the long-overdue retirement of the 54-year-old East Coast Sea King fleet.
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Bidders hungry for part of Arctic surf clam fishery after decades-long monopoly
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The competition for newly available Arctic surf clam quota off Cape Breton has three times more applicants than previously reported, which is a sign of the interest in a fishery that has been controlled by a single company for decades.
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Weldon Bona, advocate for assisted dying services, dies 'with a smile on his face'
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Weldon Bona's last days were spent in a battle with the province's medically assistance in dying program after he was told his request for medically assisted death could not be met.
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Citizens against tire-burning plan's request for toxicologist testimony nixed
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A community group against Lafarge Canada's proposal to burn tires for fuel at a cement plant in Brookfield, N.S., was told they could not include evidence from a toxicologist in a decision from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Friday.
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Halifax buys 80 hectares of land for Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes park
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The Halifax Regional Municipality has purchased 80 hectares of wilderness for the creation of the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Regional Park, but the city won't say how much it paid the private developer for the land.
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Police investigating suspicious death of 42-year-old man in Dartmouth
Halifax police say the death of a man found in a Dartmouth apartment is being treated as suspicious until a cause can be determined.
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Man accused of killing mother released from jail just days before trial starts
A Nova Scotia man accused of killing his own mother has been released from custody, just days before he is supposed to go on trial on a charge of first-degree murder.
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Dartmouth 'blazing a trail' with new outdoor library
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Dartmouth North Public Library is now home to what the head of Halifax's library system calls the first outdoor library space in Canada, and one of only a handful of similar examples in the world.
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Alleged harassment at French film festival leads to Halifax workshop for women
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An uncomfortable situation at a party at the Cannes Film Festival is the catalyst for a Halifax workplace harassment workshop being hosted by a group representing Atlantic Canadian women in the screen industry.
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Supreme Court orders 2nd look at complaint about airline bumping obese passengers
The Supreme Court has ordered the Canadian Transportation Agency to take another look at a 2014 complaint filed by Halifax-based passenger rights advocate Gabor Lukacs about how Delta Air Lines deals with obese passengers.
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Aquaculture opponents call for 'ineffective' fisheries minister to be fired
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Despite reassurances from the cabinet minister responsible for aquaculture that concerns about a Jordan Bay fish farm are not valid, industry opponents continue to sound the alarm and call on the premier to fire Keith Colwell.
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Cape Breton man sets time for medically assisted death after doctor is found
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Friends and family of Weldon Bona, a terminally ill Cape Breton man, had to bypass Nova Scotia's medical assistance in dying program and seek out help from a national organization to find a doctor who would help him die.
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Cheers greet HMCS Charlottetown in Halifax after 6-month deployment
Cheers erupted on the Halifax waterfront Friday as HMCS Charlottetown sailed into port following a six-month deployment overseas.
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Halifax couple out over $6K after rodent feces, urine ruin storage locker items
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Scelonia Rutherford says the damage was done in just a matter of weeks.
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Salmon smolt falling prey to bass as they leave Miramichi River
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A newly published three-year study says large numbers of Atlantic salmon smolt are being eaten by striped bass as the smolts leave New Brunswick's Miramichi River and enter the Gulf of St. Lawrence for open ocean.
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Federal government looks to lease icebreakers from Quebec shipyard Davie
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The federal government will launch negotiations Friday for the lease of four icebreakers from Davie, the Quebec shipyard at the centre of the RCMP's investigation against suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman.
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N.S. fisherman issues chilly challenge to raise money for families of fire victims
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The captain of the lobster boat Ted's Legacy wants to raise money for families who lost their children in a horrific fire in Pubnico Head earlier this month. His challenge is not for the faint of heart.
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As It Happens N.S. artist pens heartwarming letter about 'Pops,' the priest who helped homeless youth
Known as "Pops" on the streets of Montreal, Father Emmett Johns transformed the lives of homeless youth. This is one of their stories.
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Funeral home mix-up that saw body mistakenly cremated 'can't happen again,' minister says
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The minister responsible for the operation of funeral homes in Nova Scotia says it's 'unacceptable' that a funeral home in the Annapolis Valley mixed up bodies, resulting in a mistaken cremation.
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Woman dies in snowplow collision near Yarmouth airport
A Nova Scotia woman died Thursday after colliding with a snowplow.
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When it comes to end-of-life care, options for Halifax's homeless are few
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The hospital is currently the only option, and not always ideal, advocates say. A hospice would be ideal.
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Driver who killed Linnea Veinotte sentenced to 21 years in prison
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The Grenada driver who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 36-year-old New Brunswick native Linnea Veinotte has been sentenced to 21 years and eight months in prison.
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