by Caitlin SnowRight as we head knee deep into the holidays, triggering a very busy travel season, 750 Air Transat pilots could soon walk off the job. In a statement, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) says they issued a 72-hour strike notice Sunday, after nearly a year of negotiations and a strike vote on...
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by Jacob MooreLongtime newspaper cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon was honoured on Saturday for his career. St. Francis Xavier graduated nearly 300 students on Saturday, and alongside the group, MacKinnon was given an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree. “My connections to StFX run quite deep,” MacKinnon told the...
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by Jacob MooreOne man faces charges after police found a stolen vehicle and seized an imitation gun. The RCMP says a 2013 Jeep Patriot was reported stolen from Stewiacke on Wednesday. Officers spotted it on Friday around 10:35 p.m. in Brookfield. They followed the car to Meadowvale Road in Upper Stewiacke and...
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by Jacob MooreGet ready for a messy drive to work Monday morning. Environment Canada says the whole province could get between 5 and 15 cm of snow from Monday morning into Monday evening. Special weather statements are in effect. It will be especially messy Monday morning for central Nova Scotia, with the...
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by Jacob MooreYou might have to boil your water after a main line burst on Waverley Road Saturday. Halifax Water says they’ve issued a precautionary boil water order for the areas of Waverley Road, Spider Lake, Montague Road, Keystone Village, Port Wallace, Montebello, Craigwood Estates and Avenue du Portage....
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by Jacob MooreThe Halifax Thunderbirds devastated in their season opener against the Oshawa FireWolves at the Scotiabank Centre on Saturday. They sent the team packing after an 11-2 win. Goaltender Warren Hill had a record-setting game. According to the Thunderbirds website, he blocked 49 shots and became the...
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by Jacob MooreA water main has burst on Waverley Road in Dartmouth. Halifax Water says it happened between Jaybe Drive and Breeze Drive, according to an alert sent around 6:30 p.m. The area is open to local traffic only. Crews are on scene, but there is no estimated time of restoration yet, the utility says....
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by Jacob MooreAn 84-year-old man is dead after his car hit a transport truck in Port Mouton. Queens District RCMP say it happened on Thursday at about 9:16 a.m. along Highway 103. The man was driving a Mazda 3 and heading east and the International transport truck was heading west when they collided. The...
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by Jacob MooreA 55-year-old man from Saint-Laurent is dead after his car went off the road in Dunlop. The RCMP says it happened on Saturday just after 2 a.m. on Route 315. They say his car left the road and rolled over. The 55-year-old man was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died from his...
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by Jacob MooreSaturday marks the 108th anniversary of the Halifax explosion, and the city has a memorial service planned. The ceremony, lead by city councillor Virginia Hinch of District 8, begins at 9 a.m. at Fort Needham Memorial Park. It will begin with opening remarks, a moment of silence, and then...
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