by Joe ThomsonFour Nova Scotian communities have reason to be proud today after the winners of the 2023 Lieutenant-Governor’s Community Spirit Award were announced today. Greenville, in Yarmouth County, New Waterford, in Cape Breton, Pugwash, in Cumberland County, and the HRM’s Sambro were named this year’s...
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by Brad PerryForecasters are anticipating a much busier Atlantic hurricane season than first expected earlier this year. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its updated forecast on Thursday. “Atmospheric and oceanic conditions now slightly favour an above-normal hurricane...
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by Adam RileyTwo men, one from Calgary the other from Thunder Bay, remain in custody following the execution of a warrant at a north side address. Officers with both the Intelligence and BEAR (Break and Enter and Armed Robbery) Units entered two apartments as part of an investigation into drug trafficking...
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by Joe ThomsonThe Halifax Regional Police are looking for a man who assaulted a teenage lifeguard at the newly opened Halifax Commons Aquatic Facility last month. They say the incident happened on July 8, at around 7 p.m., when the 15-year-old lifeguard approached the man in relation to pool policies. They...
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by Evan TaylorEmergency responders were called to a single-vehicle collision Friday morning in Lunenburg shortly after 10 a.m. where a vehicle had launched itself over a curb landing on the street below. The vehicle was heading downhill on Duke Street towards Montague Street, where Duke ends and witnesses...
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by Joe ThomsonThe Nova Scotia Liberals are calling on the Houston government to provide more support for fishers in Shelburne who lost equipment during the wildfires. The province recently announced it would provide $2,500 to each fisher who lost equipment, but many have come forward to say that’s not nearly...
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by Tim DavidsonMotorists who use 9th Street North regularly will have a detour for another day. The section west of Houghton Road has been closed for the past two as Titan Contracting replaces a storm sewer. The closure has been extended until 3:00 this afternoon. The city says there will be a detour south of...
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by Evan TaylorThe Halifax Wanderers have unveiled their plans to inaugurate a women’s team as part of their dedicated involvement in the upcoming League1 Atlantic, set to debut in 2024. The announcement came from Halifax Wanderers Founder and President, Derek Martin, who expressed his enthusiasm for advancing...
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by Tim DavidsonA business from northwestern Ontario has made it to the semi-finals of the Pow Wow Pitch. This is a North American-wide competition featuring Indigenous entrepreneurs. Ricky Dankewich is starting up his business call Blackstone Concrete. “We do decorative overlays working specifically with...
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by Brad PerryMounties say they have made an arrest in connection with the theft of a backhoe. RCMP said theft is believed to have happened at a business on Golden Grove Road in Saint John on Aug. 3. Sgt. Tyson Nelson said officers located the backhoe in Sussex the same day and arrested a 34-year-old Saint...
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