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4 Mooseheads heading to Canada’s World Junior camp
Posted 5 December 2023

4 Mooseheads heading to Canada’s World Junior camp

4 Halifax Mooseheads have made Team Canada’s World Junior selection camp. Forward Jordan Dumais, who was a late cut from last year’s squad, has a strong chance to make the team. He’s leading the Mooseheads with 42 points, and has dominated since re-joining the team from the NHL’s Blue Jackets....

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Bernadette Jordan appointed as Canada’s Consul General in Boston
Posted 5 December 2023

Bernadette Jordan appointed as Canada’s Consul General in Boston

Former Member of Parliament for South Shore-St. Margarets, Bernadette Jordan, has been appointed as Canada’s Consul General in Boston, succeeding Rodger Cuzner, a former Nova Scotia Liberal MP who recently took on a Senate role. Jordan, who served in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet,...

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Opposition calls for resignation of Speaker
Posted 5 December 2023

Opposition calls for resignation of Speaker

He has been on the job a little over two months but there are already calls for Speaker of the House, Greg Fergus, to resign. The demands come following a video appearance in his Speakers attire played at an Ontario Liberal Party event over the weekend, which as Conservative MP and former...

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Workplace assault nets Dilico $80k in fines
Posted 5 December 2023

Workplace assault nets Dilico $80k in fines

A group home operator in Thunder Bay has been fined $80,000 after workers were assaulted by a client resident. According to a release the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development says Dilico Anishinabek Family Care failed to assess the risks of workplace violence which...

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Serious collision on the 102 in Shubenacadie
Posted 5 December 2023

Serious collision on the 102 in Shubenacadie

A 54-year-old man was airlifted to hospital and two others have life-threatening injuries after a collision on Highway 102 in Shubenacadie. RCMP say it was Monday night just before 6:30pm when a Nissan Versa, travelling south, struck the guardrail before coming to a stop. When getting out of the...

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Deep Sky Eye Observatory wins Ignite-TIANS tourism pitch
Posted 5 December 2023

Deep Sky Eye Observatory wins Ignite-TIANS tourism pitch

A Yarmouth County man won a provincial tourism contest in Halifax. Tim Doucette’s pitch for his Deep Sky Eye Observatory in Quinan won $5,000 through Ignite Atlantic and TIANS. Doucette says it involves a planetarium for the facility. “It would essentially allow us to have stargazing, or...

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Province to fund 2 new child-care programs
Posted 5 December 2023

Province to fund 2 new child-care programs

The province will give funding for more child care spaces. They’re helping non-profit centres with renovations, and new family home providers with start-up costs. In a release, Education Minister Becky Druhan says they’re trying to be innovative and make child care more accessible, as spaces are...

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New nursing home coming to Sherbrooke
Posted 5 December 2023

New nursing home coming to Sherbrooke

A local nursing home is going to be replaced in Sherbrooke. The new 48-room, High-Crest Sherbrooke nursing home, scheduled to open in 2029, will provide care to nine additional seniors. Each resident will have their own room and private washroom. “High-Crest Sherbrooke is extremely excited and...

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CMHA boasts new regional mobile clinic
Posted 5 December 2023

CMHA boasts new regional mobile clinic

The Canadian Mental Health Association is showing off it’s new van. Sara Dias is executive director and says the Mobile Mental Health and Addictions Clinic is visiting four communities in the area. “The CMHA is the first in northwestern Ontario and is a partnership between multiple...

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Nate Bargatze coming to Great Outdoors Comedy Festival in Halifax
Posted 5 December 2023

Nate Bargatze coming to Great Outdoors Comedy Festival in Halifax

Another big name in comedy is coming to Halifax! Nate Bargatze will headline the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival August 9 at the Garrison Grounds. He is a grammy nominated comedian, podcaster, director and producer from Nashville, Tennesse and is hailed as ‘The Nicest Man in Stand-up’ by the...

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