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Heat warning issued for all of N.S.
Posted 7 July 2024

Heat warning issued for all of N.S.

We are in for some hot and humid weather over the next couple of days. Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for all of Nova Scotia. Temperatures are expected to reach 29°C on Monday and Tuesday, but the humidity will make it feel more like 37 C in some areas. There will not be much...

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Heat warning issued for much of N.B.
Posted 7 July 2024

Heat warning issued for much of N.B.

We are in for some hot and humid weather over the next couple of days. Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for central and eastern New Brunswick, including: Acadian Peninsula Bathurst and Chaleur region Fredericton and southern York County Grand Lake and Queens County Kent County...

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Highway 104 closed in Antigonish County due to fire
Posted 7 July 2024

Highway 104 closed in Antigonish County due to fire

A vehicle fire has shut down a portion of Highway 104 in Antigonish County. RCMP first posted about the closure on social media shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday. It said the highway is currently closed at Exit 36B in Afton. All traffic is being detoured onto Highway 4, according to the post. Drivers...

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Missing sisters could be in Halifax area: RCMP
Posted 7 July 2024

Missing sisters could be in Halifax area: RCMP

Mounties are asking for help from the public to locate two missing sisters believed to be in the Halifax area. Tristin Earle, 14, was last seen in Halifax on Wednesday while Taylin Earle, 13, was last seen in Kentville on Saturday. Investigators believe the two may be together in the Halifax...

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RCMP seize firearms during search in Sipekne’katik
Posted 7 July 2024

RCMP seize firearms during search in Sipekne’katik

A 34-year-old man is facing charges after RCMP searched a home in the community of Sipekne’katik. Mounties said a search warrant was executed Friday on Meadowbrook Road as part of a firearms investigation. Officers seized seven firearms during the search, including two prohibited firearms,...

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DEC will appeal court decision that it cannot challenge Policy 713
Posted 6 July 2024

DEC will appeal court decision that it cannot challenge Policy 713

The Anglophone East District Education Council will appeal a judge’s decision throwing out its court challenge of Policy 713. Members of the elected council met on Saturday morning and unanimously decided to move forward with appealing Friday’s decision. Chief Justice Tracey DeWare of the Court...

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Man dies after jet ski, recreational boat collide
Posted 6 July 2024

Man dies after jet ski, recreational boat collide

A man has died after his jet ski collided with a recreational boat on a northeastern New Brunswick river. RCMP said the collision happened on the Tracadie River in Petit-Tracadie shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday. The driver of the jet ski, a 53-year-old man from Rivière-à-la-Truite, died at the...

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Police seeking missing person in Thunder Bay
Posted 6 July 2024

Police seeking missing person in Thunder Bay

The Thunder Bay Police Service is requesting public assistance locating missing person Amanda Shipston. Shipston was last seen on July 2, 2024, at about 5 p.m in the area of Red River Road. She is 44 years old, described as about five feet tall with an average build, brown shoulder length hair...

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RCMP look for man who fled Middle Sackville crash
Posted 6 July 2024

RCMP look for man who fled Middle Sackville crash

RCMP are looking for a man who allegedly fled the scene of a crash in Middle Sackville early Saturday. Police said they were called to the single-vehicle crash off Highway 101 at Exit 2A just before 4 a.m. “Officers believe he was injured in the crash,” Mounties said in a social media post just...

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Heavy rain possible for Annapolis Valley, western N.S.
Posted 5 July 2024

Heavy rain possible for Annapolis Valley, western N.S.

Western Nova Scotia and the Annapolis Valley could be in for some heavy rain this weekend. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Hants, Annapolis, Kings, and Digby counties. Rain at times heavy is expected from early Saturday morning until the afternoon, and then again...

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