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Nova Scotia As questions remain about why an emergency alert wasn’t requested by any municipality during the recent flash flooding in Nova Scotia, one fire chief says there wasn’t enough support from local emergency officials — who don’t appear to have followed their own policies. A Kings County chief saysContinue Reading

Peter McQuaid was scheduled to die the following Monday, but first he wanted to see a priest. His wife, Connie, was apprehensive. The Catholic Church had staked its opposition to medical assistance in dying, the course Peter planned to take. As she put it, “MAID is not for everybody.” Still,Continue Reading

Nova Scotia On Thursday night, Blair Beed learned that the city’s building standards office had issued an order saying the building was unsafe and had to be vacated no later than Friday. A fence was erected around the entrance of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church on FridayVernon Ramesar · CBC NewsContinue Reading

Nova Scotia Officials with Via Rail said starting June 19, the eastbound Ocean trip from Montreal to Halifax will take an extra 45 minutes, while 90 minutes has been added to the westbound trip from Halifax to Montreal. Via Rail says the change will provide passengers ‘with a schedule thatContinue Reading

Nova Scotia There’s growing evidence that the number of great white sharks is on the rise along Canada’s East Coast, where plans are in the works to post warning signs for beachgoers for the first time. The plan is to install warning signs at about a dozen public beaches asContinue Reading

Nova Scotia For musician Jacques Alphonse Doucet, rapping in his Acadian accent is all part of making authentic music. A social linguistics expert says more and more Acadian musicians are not shying away from hiding their accents. It’s a marked departure from decades ago. For musician Jacques Alphonse Doucet, rappingContinue Reading

Nova Scotia The remains of a Black man hanged for murder in the Annapolis Valley nearly 200 years ago will be to be laid to rest on Saturday after his skeleton spent decades on display in doctors’ offices. Bones of Nova Scotia man Labban Powell will be buried Saturday Cassidy ChisholmContinue Reading

Nova Scotia A long-standing Maritime windows and doors company went into receivership in February, closing all six locations. Some customers who paid thousands for work that was never done assumed their money was gone, but now a new company is promising to honour all deposits in full. Canadian Choice isContinue Reading

Nova Scotia A new program helps cover the cost of sensor-based glucose monitors in Nova Scotia, but the criteria is leaving some who depend on insulin to manage their diabetes ineligible. Province only covers device for those who inject insulin at least 4 times a day Josh Hoffman · CBCContinue Reading