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Opposition parties take aim at Nova Scotia premier over health-care 'crisis'

The two main opposition parties in Nova Scotia are slamming Premier Tim Houston's record on health care after his first year in power.

'Captain of their own ship': debate over MAID deepens as numbers climb

Despite a growing number of people who are opting for a doctor's help in ending their own lives, the practice remains controversial, and very much up for debate.

RCMP track down two young boys driving truck in central Newfoundland

The RCMP in central Newfoundland have tracked down a 13-year-old boy believed to have been behind the wheel of a pickup truck that was spotted driving erratically on the Trans-Canada Highway.

Saint John Police investigating Wednesday afternoon homicide

Police say three unidentified masked men with dark clothing forced their way into an apartment where 39-year-old Justin David Breau was stabbed. The suspects ran away towards Garden Street before police arrived.

Pain, fever medicines for children scarce on pharmacy shelves

The IWK Health Centre says its inpatient and emergency supplies of liquid acetaminophen and ibuprofen products is adequate.

Pod of dolphins rescued from shallow waters off small N.S. island

Residents of a small island off Nova Scotia’s south shore are being credited with saving a pod of stranded dolphins.

N.S. daycare operators say sector in crisis because of staff shortages, rising costs

Bonnie Minard says she is struggling to recruit and retain early childhood educators for her Halifax-area daycare and is worried about increased demand for care in September, when enrolment typically jumps.

N.B. businesses struggle to find staff during peak tourist season

New Brunswick businesses in the tourism corridor of Route 114 are desperate for workers, even as the summer season slowly winds down.

Atlantic Canada’s highest household food insecurity in N.B., says report

The study from PROOF, a research program at the University of Toronto, says 19 per cent of New Brunswick household residents worried about food access between 2020 and 2021.