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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by Evan TaylorFormer 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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by Adam RileyHe 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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by Adam RileyA 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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by Caitlin SnowA 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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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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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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by Caitlin SnowA 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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by Tim DavidsonThe 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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by Caitlin SnowAnother 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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