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Nova Scotia A beloved Halifax mascot has finally made a friend and his health seems to be improving, according to the Ontario zoo where he is rehabilitating. ‘He’s been making his transition. He is doing very, very well,’ says Safari Niagara general manager Merlin is progressing in his recovery, saysContinue Reading

Nova Scotia During the recent provincial election, all three main political parties pledged to make parking at health-care facilities free. The Progressive Conservatives, who won the election, have not said when they will make good on the promise. ‘The options and logistics for [removing parking fees] are currently under review,’Continue Reading

Nova Scotia A new peer-reviewed study on the health impacts of pollution from Alberta’s oil and gas sector has found the odds of having negative respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes increase by nine to 21 per cent, depending on the number of oil and gas wells a person lives near. There is aContinue Reading

Nova Scotia An animal rehabilitation centre on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore is looking forward to the opportunity to rehabilitate orphaned black bear cubs as the Department of Natural Resources readies to issue required permits as early as this spring. Department of Natural Resources ‘confident’ it will be ready to issue permits byContinue Reading

Nova Scotia Ice has been steadily disappearing from the Gulf of St. Lawrence with record low levels recorded last winter. Federal officials say within 20 years, it could be gone altogether. Federal officials say ice could disappear altogether from Gulf of St. Lawrence in next 20 years Tom Ayers ·Continue Reading

Nova Scotia A project to add names to archival images of Indigenous people across Canada has been creating connections and promoting healing in We’koqma’q First Nation. Library and Archives Canada project has been working to add names to images through social media Cassidy Chisholm · CBC News · Posted: JanContinue Reading

Nova Scotia·In Depth For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, traffic congestion in Halifax has returned to and surpassed pre-pandemic levels. Congestion has also shifted more to the middle of the workweek. Population growth and a shift back to office work could be reasons for this. Traffic patterns haveContinue Reading

Nova Scotia The man who fatally shot his girlfriend and her father on New Year’s Eve in Halifax before killing himself was wanted by Toronto police in relation to a nightclub shooting in 2019. Matthew Costain had no criminal record in Nova Scotia, but a lengthy one in Ontario TarynContinue Reading

Nova Scotia North Atlantic right whales should live well past 100 years, but threats to the endangered species, including from commercial crab and lobster fishing, have cut their lifespan to a fraction of that, a recent study suggests. Researcher says reduced lifespan due to ship strikes, entanglements, climate change HinaContinue Reading