Police searching for man in connection with early morning stabbing in Dartmouth
Halifax Regional Police is searching for a man in connection with a stabbing that happened in Dartmouth, N.S., on Friday.
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Oh, deer: Animal surprises bar patrons in Halifax
Halifax pedestrians got an unexpected sight Thursday night when they spotted a deer in the downtown area.
Why some Maritimers are ditching smartphones and social media
Some Maritimers are ditching their smartphones and social media accounts in an effort to cut back on screen time.
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SailGP drivers talk about past, future races ahead of Halifax's event
A day before 10 international teams hit the Halifax Harbour for the Rockwool Canada Sail Grand Prix races, drivers for each team took part in a news conference, answering questions about the season so far and what they expect moving forward.
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Action plan will be made to address needs, concerns of 2SLGBTQIA+ community: N.S. government
The Government of Nova Scotia is creating an action plan to address the needs and concerns of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
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Fisheries Department issues warnings about lobster trap tampering in Nova Scotia
The federal Fisheries Department is investigating reports of gear tampering in lobster fishing areas in eastern Nova Scotia.
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Teen taken to hospital following crash between bicycle, pickup truck: P.E.I. RCMP
A teenager was taken to hospital Thursday following a collision between a bicycle and pickup truck in Urbainville, P.E.I.
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Prices at the pumps down slightly in the Maritimes
Gas prices decreased slightly overnight in the Maritimes, though the price of diesel increased on Prince Edward Island.
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New Brunswick women aged 40 and over will soon be able to self-refer to mammogram screening program
Women in New Brunswick aged 40 and over can self-refer themselves for breast cancer screening beginning Monday.
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'Support from all sides': Canada SailGP team member on uniqueness of Halifax venue
Teams from 10 counties are in Halifax this week for the Rockwool Canada Sail Grand Prix. Canada SailGP team member Annie Haeger is the only woman racing with the team during the event.
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Trump delivers rambling response to his hush money conviction
A day after a New York jury delivered a historic guilty verdict in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee held a press conference Friday where he spoke publicly about the conviction and his White House bid.
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IWK Telethon for Children celebrates 40 years this weekend
For Jennifer Gillivan, CEO and president of the IWK Foundation, every IWK Telethon for Children is significant, but this year’s edition takes on an added meaning as the event celebrates 40 years of raising money.
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'It’s going to be hard to forget': First Palestinian from Gaza program arrives to the Maritimes
It has been a week since 21-year old Yousef Asfour escaped Gaza and arrived to the peaceful streets of Halifax.
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Cape Breton councillor calls for better paint on highways, roads
Cape Breton councillor Gordon MacDonald put forth a motion on Tuesday to ask the Nova Scotia government to come up with a better highway paint solution.
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Bluenose draws crowd as Halifax gears up for SailGP
The schooner Bluenose drew a crowd on the Halifax waterfront as thousands descend on the city for SailGP this weekend.
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'Severe weather' prevented 2 aircraft from transporting emergent patient from Grand Manan to the mainland: Ambulance N.B.
The MLA who represents Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick says it’s been too long since the island has had reliable air ambulance service – and she wants to see it fixed.
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P.E.I. hunger strikers enter second week of protesting changes to immigration rules
The 22-year-old leader of a group protesting changes to P.E.I.'s immigration rules says he has lost almost 15 pounds since he and other immigrants started a hunger strike outside the provincial legislature a week ago.
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New Brunswick newspaper pauses publication, approaches TV station about taking charge
The Saint Croix Courier has been around since 1865, longer then Canada had been an official country, but this week the New Brunswick newspaper announced they will be pausing publication while they search for a new owner.
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School lunch program to be 'pay what you can': N.S. education minister
Nova Scotia Education Minister Becky Druhan says the province's school lunch program will use a "pay what you can" model when it is rolled out in October.
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From Alexander Graham Bell to SailGP: History of hydro foil boats in Nova Scotia dates back to 1920
A film made in 1920 in Cape Breton recorded the first prototype of a hydro foil boat as it roared across the surface of the Bras d'Or Lakes in Baddeck, N.S.
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Videographer records 4 decades of East Coast concerts
Jerry Hamm has watched the East Coast music scene evolve and change over the last 40 years, and he’s brought his camera along for every step of the way.
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'Bigger and better and stronger than ever': Covered Bridge Chips president sets sights for late 2025 rebuild after fire
The president of Covered Bridge Chips in New Brunswick is hoping to have his factory rebuilt for late 2025 following a devastating fire last year.
P.E.I. man left seriously injured after shark attack while snorkelling in Turks and Caicos
A professional kiteboarder from P.E.I. says he has been seriously injured in a shark attack that occurred while he was snorkelling in the Turks and Caicos Islands last week.
Drones and drug drops fueling fears of escalating violence inside Maritime prisons: union
The latest high-value seizure of drugs at the Springhill Institute, a federal medium-security facility in Nova Scotia, included a modern technological twist.
'Insane adventure': Maritime rowers prepare for 4,800 km race across Atlantic Ocean
Two Maritimers are planning to row across the Atlantic Ocean next year.
Halifax clinic renamed in honour of young hockey player who lost his life to rare heart disease
A lifesaving heart clinic at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax has been renamed in honour of Jordan Boyd – a 16-year-old hockey player who tragically lost his life to a rare, inherited heart disease that went undetected.
Bedford high school marks 30th anniversary of infamous escape with the return of cow patty bingo
Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford, N.S., marks the 30th anniversary of when cow patty bingo went awry.
'It's not just dog-friendly, it's dog-welcoming': N.B. bed and breakfast invites more than just people
The Sit & Stay bed and breakfast in Lower Coverdale, N.B., doesn’t just tailor to humans; it’s also a vacation spot for dogs.
Private island on Nova Scotia's South Shore listed for $15.8M
A private island on Nova Scotia’s South Shore has been listed for sale with a $11.5-million USD price tag.
Law professor speaks on legal consequences in connection with Fredericton altercation between 2 teens
A law professor from Dalhousie University shares his insights on legal consequences in connection with a physical altercation between two Fredericton high school students last month.
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Why some Maritimers are ditching smartphones and social media
Some Maritimers are ditching their smartphones and social media accounts in an effort to cut back on screen time.
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Let's Eat!: Historical culinary exhibit opens in Moncton
Acadian culinary traditions and the history behind them are on display right now at the Université de Moncton in Moncton.
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N.S. father, two children follow firefighting passion
A father and his two children all work as firefighters in Halifax.
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'Accessibility will affect everyone': Access Awareness Week highlights challenges, achievements
Access Awareness Week aims to highlight obstacles and remove them.
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Petitcodiac Regional School's new musical adds two more show dates to keep up with demand
The Petitcodiac Regional School drama club in Petitcodiac, N.B., is putting on their version of The Little Mermaid Wednesday through Saturday and had to add two extra shows due to demand.
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'I enjoy the vibe': Young rockers in New Brunswick going on tour
After practising for seven months, the rock band at Birchmount School in Moncton, N.B., is ready to hit the road.
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New Brunswick women aged 40 and over will soon be able to self-refer to mammogram screening program
Women in New Brunswick aged 40 and over can self-refer themselves for breast cancer screening beginning Monday.
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New Brunswick newspaper pauses publication, approaches TV station about taking charge
The Saint Croix Courier has been around since 1865, longer then Canada had been an official country, but this week the New Brunswick newspaper announced they will be pausing publication while they search for a new owner.
Nova Scotia
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Fisheries Department issues warnings about lobster trap tampering in Nova Scotia
The federal Fisheries Department is investigating reports of gear tampering in lobster fishing areas in eastern Nova Scotia.
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Action plan will be made to address needs, concerns of 2SLGBTQIA+ community: N.S. government
The Government of Nova Scotia is creating an action plan to address the needs and concerns of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Solutions coming for piled-up bodies outside Newfoundland hospital
Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador say they are only weeks away from a solution to move unclaimed human remains out of roadside freezers and into a nearby hospital.
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Newfoundland television station hit by ransomware attack, data breach
The company behind a popular independent television station in Newfoundland and Labrador says it was hit by a cyberattack.
Prince Edward Island
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Teen taken to hospital following crash between bicycle, pickup truck: P.E.I. RCMP
A teenager was taken to hospital Thursday following a collision between a bicycle and pickup truck in Urbainville, P.E.I.
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P.E.I. hunger strikers enter second week of protesting changes to immigration rules
The 22-year-old leader of a group protesting changes to P.E.I.'s immigration rules says he has lost almost 15 pounds since he and other immigrants started a hunger strike outside the provincial legislature a week ago.
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'It really has brought a lot of joy': Family of baby foxes moves into Manitoba woman's yard
Leanne Van Bergen discovered a skulk of 10 baby foxes, and two mothers, had made themselves at home on her property in Beausejour.
81-year-old Waterloo, Ont. woman with paralysis, amputated leg lives out dream of riding horse again
An 81-year-old Waterloo, Ont. woman thought she’d never ride a horse again after a brain bleed led to severe physical complications.
Video shows driver in Toronto frantically getting out of car being pushed by truck
A CP24 camera caught the moment a driver frantically got out of her car as it was being dragged by a truck on Avenue Road Wednesday afternoon.
Prince Edward Island celebrates first-ever International Day of Potato
Prince Edward Island is celebrating its first-ever International Day of Potato on Thursday.
'Bigger and better and stronger than ever': Covered Bridge Chips president sets sights for late 2025 rebuild after fire
The president of Covered Bridge Chips in New Brunswick is hoping to have his factory rebuilt for late 2025 following a devastating fire last year.
Winnipeg high school helps lead ducks that nested in courtyard to water
Students and staff at Winnipeg’s Westwood Collegiate had a unique problem to solve this month; how do you lead ducks to water from the school’s courtyard when 12 of them can’t fly yet?
Questions and concerns remain after space junk lands in Saskatchewan
Debby Lorinczy remembers her father as an amazing person and as a man who also made an amazing discovery.
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Trump delivers rambling response to his hush money conviction
A day after a New York jury delivered a historic guilty verdict in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee held a press conference Friday where he spoke publicly about the conviction and his White House bid.
Mediterranean diet helps women live much longer, a large new study finds
Women who closely followed a Mediterranean diet lived much longer than those who did not, according to a new study that followed more than 25,000 women for 25 years.
How did Ontario's bankrupt 'Crypto King' travel the world on Scene+ points?
Newly released documents suggest Ontario’s so-called ‘Crypto King’ paid for months of world travels with $13,000 worth of Scene+ points while bankrupt – but how?
'We will go with the majority': Liberals slammed by opposition over proposal to delay next election
The federal Liberal government learned Friday it might have to retreat on a proposal within its electoral reform legislation to delay the next vote by one week, after all opposition parties came out to say they can't support it.
Solutions coming for piled-up bodies outside Newfoundland hospital
Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador say they are only weeks away from a solution to move unclaimed human remains out of roadside freezers and into a nearby hospital.
Actor Nick Pasqual charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing estranged girlfriend
An actor who has appeared in film and TV projects like 'Rebel Moon' and 'How I Met Your Mother' has been arrested and charged with stabbing his estranged girlfriend multiple times.
'Unprecedented': Human smuggling from B.C. to U.S. soars, using train, Uber and foot
American prosecutors and law enforcement officers say they're dealing with a huge increase in human smuggling from British Columbia.
The northern lights are returning to night skies across Canada this Friday
If you missed the brilliant displays of the aurora borealis over North America on May 10, you may have another chance to see them on Friday night.
Incendiary device thrown at Vancouver synagogue, Jewish Federation says
An incendiary device was thrown at a Vancouver synagogue Thursday night, leading to increased police presence at local institutions, the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver says.
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