by Caitlin SnowNova Scotia Health is alerting the public after a cluster of suspected opioid poisonings in Cole Harbour. NSH says a number of substances were reported to have been used Sunday, October 15th and Monday, October 16th, by multiple groups. This includes MDMA, dilaudid, cocaine and “liquid xanax”....
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Municipal officials have failed to stop Nova Scotia legislation intended to speed up housing developments in Halifax. Introduced last week, Bill 329 would give the provincial housing minister power to OK projects. On Monday, Mayor Mike Savage, officials and staff told the law amendments...
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by Tim DavidsonKenora city council is looking to shift its meetings to Tuesday again. Right now the Committee of the Whole the the Open meetings are held one week apart on Wednesdays. But city clerk Heather Pihulak says that’s posing a conflict with the provincial offenses court, which also uses council...
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RCMP say the public is not at risk as the search continues for 52-year-old Darren Trevor Jackson. An emergency alert was issued Sunday night after an alleged shooting in Brookfield but cancelled yesterday morning. Late yesterday afternoon, police located the pickup truck driven by Jackson in...
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The price of diesel in Nova Scotia has increased with the UARB invoking its interrupter clause. At midnight, diesel rose 7.6 cents a litre to a minimum of 201.3. Gasoline has not been affected.
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A 60-year-old man has died in an ATV crash in Inverness County. RCMP say Sunday night crews responded to a trail in Southwest Mabou where an ATV had landed in a ditch. The injured driver and sole rider, a Rankinville man, was transported to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The...
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Halifax Regional Police are investigating an alleged hit and run just off Herring Cove Road. On October 6th at about 6 p.m. a child was crossing in the area of Punch Bowl Drive and Highfield Street when they were struck by a silver or light grey Hyundai SUV. The child did not sustain any...
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by Tara ClowA new Chief Administrative Officer has officially been named for the City of Moncton. Serge Doucet has worked in public service for more than 25 years, most recently as regional director general for the Gulf Region with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, where he led a team of 450...
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by Adam RileyOntario Provincial Police have charged a Cat Lake First Nation man on several weapons related charges following his arrest in Sioux Lookout Friday afternoon. Officers were on patrol in the area of 5th Avenue South when they recognized the man who was wanted by police. While speaking to the 27...
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by Tara ClowAs the New Brunswick legislature resumes, small business owners have expressed some of their top concerns. Seven in ten of New Brunswick’s small businesses (76%) say the cost of doing business is their top concern, followed by taxes (70%) and labour policies (53%) according to a recent poll by...
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