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New Brunswick's first confirmed case of Monkeypox not travel-related

At this time, the Monkeypox vaccine is not widely available to the public.

FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP)

Halifax District RCMP investigating homicide in East Preston

Police say they received a report around 2 a.m. on Sunday of a suspicious death. Upon arriving to the scene, officers found the body of a deceased man on the side of the road at the end of a driveway.

Parent of child with rare form of epilepsy distressed over N.S. ER closures

Kristen Hayes lives close to the hospital in Yarmouth, N.S., but she says that twice in the past month, her son, who has a rare form of epilepsy, has been taken by ambulance to the emergency room there, only to be left waiting.

Hayes lives close to the hospital in Yarmouth, N.S., but she says that twice in the past month, her son has been taken by ambulance to the emergency room there, only to be left waiting. (Courtesy: Kristen Hayes)

Human remains found in Saint John

According to police, a hiker was travelling through the Lakewood Heights area on Friday evening when the individual came across what he believed was human skeletal remains.

Cabin owners in central Newfoundland warned to stop using closed roads

Officials in central Newfoundland are asking people to stop using forest roads to check on their cabins even though the threat of wildfires has eased for local communities and a state of emergency has been lifted.

N.S. man, 36, facing life-threatening injuries after collision

The driver of the motorcycle, a 36-year-old man from Indian Brook, suffered life-threatening injuries and had to be airlifted to hospital by LifeFlight.

Some students at Maritime universities will need to mask up in class and labs

Halifax's Dalhousie University is the latest post-secondary institution to announce they will require masks to be worn in all indoor classrooms and instructional spaces when students return in September.

Halifax's Meagher Park, used as encampment by homeless, cleared out and fenced off

Halifax police say a city park that has been used as an encampment for homeless people has been cleared out and fenced off.

Booming business: Cape Breton Island tourism making up for lost time

After the COVID-19 pandemic plagued the past few years, people are travelling again and businesses on Cape Breton Island are busier than ever.

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Salman Rushdie 'on the road to recovery,' agent says

Salman Rushdie is 'on the road to recovery,' his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of 'The Satanic Verses' suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York.

This still image from video shows Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, N.J., at left, being escorted from the stage as people tend to author Salman Rushdie, center right, at the Chautauqua Institution, in Chautauqua, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo)

Arizona parents arrested trying to get in locked-down school

Police arrested three Arizona parents, shocking two of them with stun guns, as they tried to force their way into a school that police locked down Friday after an armed man was seen trying to get on campus, authorities said.

Feds quietly change rules to allow one-time ArriveCAN exemption at land border crossings

The Canada Border Services Agency is temporarily allowing fully vaccinated travellers a one-time exemption to not be penalized if they were unaware of the health documents required through ArriveCAN.

More U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan 12 days after Pelosi trip

A delegation of American lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, just 12 days after a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that prompted an angry China to launch days of threatening military drills around the self-governing island that Beijing says must come under its control.

FBI seized 'top secret' documents from Trump home

The FBI recovered documents that were labelled 'top secret' from former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released Friday after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorized the unprecedented search this week.