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Cape Breton teen in hospital after falling nearly 40 feet over cliff in Glace Bay

A Cape Breton father is warning the public of the dangers in the area he lives after his teenager son fell nearly 40 feet over a cliff in Glace Bay.

Billy Cameron is urging people to stay away from dangerous cliffs near his home, after his 16-year-old son fell nearly 40 feet to the shoreline below.

More than 18 hours to find five N.S. mass shooting victims was 'deficient': lawyer

A lawyer for families of victims killed in the Nova Scotia mass shooting says an 18-hour delay in finding five bodies of those murdered is a sign of "deficient" policing.

Lawyer Josh Bryson, representing the family of Joy and Peter Bond, questions Michael Hallowes, a specialist in digital platforms for public safety and national security, as he provides information related to public alert systems at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, in Dartmouth, N.S. on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan)

Supreme Court decision could affect Justin Bourque’s sentence: Lawyer

The lawyer who represented a man who murdered three RCMP officers nearly eight years ago in Moncton, N.B., said a decision made by the Supreme Court of Canada Friday may potentially change his sentence.

An image of Justin Bourque after he was arrested by the RCMP in June 2014.

Muslim teenager in N.L. records screaming man hitting her 15-year-old sister

Two Muslim sisters in St. John's, N.L., are speaking out after a man approached them where they work, screamed at them and then smacked the 15-year-old sister across the head, nearly knocking her over.

'We just want to stay': N.S. family struggling to find affordable home may be forced to leave the province

A Nova Scotia family may be forced to leave the province due to the lack of affordable housing units on the market today.

Who was driving this car near the scene of a double-homicide in 2019? N.B. RCMP want to know

The RCMP is trying to determine who was driving a car near the scene of a double-homicide in Dieppe, N.B., in September 2019.

Halifax police seek suspect after man exposes himself in fast-food drive-thru

Halifax Regional Police are looking for a suspect after at least one man exposed himself in a Mcdonald's drive-thru and Tim Hortons’ drive-thru in Dartmouth Friday morning.

'Teachers' voices matter': N.B. teachers share struggles, triumphs of the last two years

The COVID-19 pandemic altered public education, with several starts and stops and moves to online learning, and for New Brunswick – a labour dispute that interrupted the system for several weeks. A tumultuous time for teachers, and some admit, it’s taken a toll.

P.E.I. businesses struggle to find employees for tourism, construction seasons

It’s a tough time to be a business owner looking for employees, that’s particularly true for those gearing up for the peak tourism and construction seasons on Prince Edward Island.

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School police chief receives blame in Texas shooting response

The police official blamed for not sending officers in more quickly to stop the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting is the chief of the school system's small police force, a unit dedicated ordinarily to building relationships with students and responding to the occasional fight.

A child looks at a memorial site for the victims killed in this week's shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Fact check: NRA speakers distort gun and crime statistics

Speakers at the National Rifle Association annual meeting assailed a Chicago gun ban that doesn't exist, ignored security upgrades at the Texas school where children were slaughtered and roundly distorted national gun and crime statistics as they pushed back against any tightening of gun laws.

'Mom, you gotta carry on': 58-year-old Winnipegger inspired to graduate high school by late son

Fifty-eight-year-old Vivian Ketchum is set to receive her high school diploma at a graduation ceremony at the University of Winnipeg next month. It is a moment that is decades in the making.

Truth tracker: Does the World Economic Forum influence governments like Canada’s?

The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos was met with justifiable criticisms and unfounded conspiracy theories.

She smeared blood on herself and played dead: 11-year-old reveals chilling details of the massacre

An 11-year-old survivor of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, feared the gunman would come back for her so she smeared herself in her friend's blood and played dead.