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Liberals say fire aid funding for lobster fishermen is barely a drop in the bucket
Posted 10 August 2023

Liberals say fire aid funding for lobster fishermen is barely a drop in the bucket

The Nova Scotia Government announced earlier this week that fishermen who sustained uninsured losses will be eligiable for a one time payment of up to $2,500 to deal with damages, however, the provinces opposition is saying it will barely have any impact. Liberal leader Zach Churchill who...

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Motorcycle crash send man to hospital with serious injuries
Posted 10 August 2023

Motorcycle crash send man to hospital with serious injuries

A young man is in hospital with serious injuries after a motorcycle crash on Dunbrack Street near Walter Havill Drive in Halifax. The driver of the bike, a 29-year-old man, has been taken to hospital with what are believed to be life-threatening injuries. Southbound traffic on Dunbrack Street is...

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Feds announce plans for a Net Zero Grid by 2035
Posted 10 August 2023

Feds announce plans for a Net Zero Grid by 2035

The federal government has produced new regulations that will make our electricity grid net zero by 2035. That means a reduction of the use of fossil fuels and instead focuses on renewable energy sources like wind, solar, hydrogen and battery storage. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says...

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Missing person in Pickle Lake passes away
Posted 10 August 2023

Missing person in Pickle Lake passes away

The search for a missing man in the Pickle Lake area has ended tragically. The OPP’s Northwest Emergency Response Unit located the missing 50 year old yesterday. He had been missing since the morning of August 5th. Officers transported him to the local clinic for treatment of exposure, but...

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Sudden death investigation continues
Posted 10 August 2023

Sudden death investigation continues

The investigation into the sudden death of a man in the Intercity area yesterday morning continues. A post-mortem examination of the still unidentified man has been scheduled to take place in Toronto. Police were called to Alloy Drive to assist paramedics and firefighters responding to a call...

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Housing minister says there’s still work to be done on the provincial housing strategy
Posted 10 August 2023

Housing minister says there’s still work to be done on the provincial housing strategy

The provincial government still has some work to do on their upcoming housing strategy. During today’s provincial cabinet meeting housing minister John Lohr said that the strategy will be released sometime in August or September, but that they’ve made an addition to it and there’s still work to...

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Five-year anniversary of Fredericton shooting
Posted 10 August 2023

Five-year anniversary of Fredericton shooting

Thursday marks the five-year anniversary of a tragic shooting that rocked the country. It was on this day in 2018 that four people, including two police officers, were killed outside of an apartment complex in New Brunswick’s capital. Const. Sara Burns and Const. Robb Costello had been...

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Semipalmated Sandpipers return to Bay of Fundy
Posted 10 August 2023

Semipalmated Sandpipers return to Bay of Fundy

Spectators from around the world are flocking to the Bay of Fundy for a rare sight. The semipalmated sandpipers have returned there to feed. Jordan Myles with the Johnson’s Mills Shorebird Centre says they’ve already spotted around 70,000, “The semipalmated Sandpiper is a small species of...

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Premier takes responsibility but Clark stays
Posted 10 August 2023

Premier takes responsibility but Clark stays

The Premier says he will take responsibility for the process but has no plans to replace his housing minister. Opposition leaders say Steve Clark should step down or be removed from office in light of an Auditor General’s report into the Greenbelt in southern Ontario. The audit found the lands...

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Barrington parade to honour firefighters
Posted 10 August 2023

Barrington parade to honour firefighters

It’s a chance to say thank you to our heroic firefighters. A parade is planned this Saturday through Barrington for all the first responders that helped battle the largest wildfire in our province’s history. It will start at 11 a.m. at TL Swaine Ltd, and finish at Causeway Interiors. A meet and...

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