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Gas prices increased in all three Maritime provinces for the first time in more than a month.
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Section of Herring Cove Road in Halifax closed to traffic after vehicle crashes into power poles
A section of Herring Cove Road in the Spryfield area of Halifax is closed to traffic in both directions following a single-vehicle collision Friday morning.
Bear removed from Dartmouth Commons, area open to public again
Police are asking people to avoid the Dartmouth Commons area in Dartmouth, N.S., as they assist with a wildlife call for a bear.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has lost 205 firearms since 2020, including machine-guns
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N.S. RCMP charge 83-year-old man with sexual interference
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New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs officially calls provincial election
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Nova Scotia adding 14 pharmacies to primary care clinic program
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Head of committee monitoring response to N.S. mass shooting inquiry satisfied with progress
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Newfoundland movie 7 years in the making debuts in Halifax
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Halifax artist designs courts as part of dream project for Canada Basketball
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Moncton hub director 'blindsided' over motion to terminate lease
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Halifax area breaks temperature record from late 1800s
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Cape Bretoners react to federal reduction in international student numbers
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North Atlantic right whale entangled in Gulf of St. Lawrence
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New Brunswick man dies in single-vehicle crash
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Saint John police search for man after chainsaw stolen from business
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Halifax Public Libraries reopen Thursday after workers accept new offer
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N.B. RCMP searching for three people after Salisbury shooting earlier this week
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Canada's physicians formally apologize for harm to Indigenous communities
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Moncton hub director 'blindsided' over motion to terminate lease
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New Brunswick man dies in single-vehicle crash
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Section of Herring Cove Road in Halifax closed to traffic after vehicle crashes into power poles
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Newfoundland and Labrador monitoring rise in whooping cough cases: medical officer
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Dispute over unrecognized Inuit group halts major conference for Canadian North
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RCMP in Prince Edward Island lay charges in fatal crash
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