Community members of Cape George feel a great loss after a church bell was stolen. That’s according to a neighbour of St. David’s United Church who noticed it missing with a circular saw blade left in its place on Friday afternoon. Jim Webber-Cook tells our newsroom how it feels to have this...
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by Caitlin SnowHalifax Harbour Bridges (HHB) is looking for help to solve the mystery of an old bell that been around for more than 100 years. In an interview with Acadia News, Steve Proctor, spokesperson for HHB, tells us it all started about four years ago when he was “poking around” one of the closets in...
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A goalie from Antigonish is an NCAA champion. Rhyah Stewart and the Wisconsin Badgers took the women’s Division I hockey title on the weekend. Stewart had seven wins in her debut season. Last year she was in the Maritime Hockey League, and also played for the Cape Breton Eagles during the...
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by NewsA Yarmouth woman will be sentenced later this week in the death of her 17-month-old son. Sentencing was supposed to take place Monday in Yarmouth Provincial Court for 32-year-old April Surette. Her defence lawyer was unable to be in court due to illness, Surette was also not present. Judge Mark...
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Heads up at a busy intersection in town. The traffic lights at Starrs Road and Pleasant Street are being repaired Monday and Tuesday. They were knocked offline by a power outage during a late-December storm. Since then, the intersection has become a four-way stop. The repairs will cause some...
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Two Air Canada pilots have died after their plane collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Flight AC8646, operated by Air Canada Express carrier Jazz Aviation LP (Jazz), departed Montreal on Sunday carrying 72 passengers and four crew members who authorities say...
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After months of campaigning, the federal NDP is currently choosing a new leader and will announce the winner of its contest on March 29. Our newsroom interviewed the five candidates currently in the race. Read on to learn more about NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis: Avi Lewis is a journalist...
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Two Air Canada pilots have died after their plane collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. The aircraft departed Montreal yesterday carrying 72 passengers and four crew members. Photos circulating online show the Air Canada jet tilted upward on top of the...
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A special weather statement remains in effect for Halifax Metro and Halifax County West as prolonged periods of snowfall and freezing rain continue along the coast. Temperatures are expected to hover just below freezing at around -3°C, with a wind chill making it feel closer to -9. Strong...
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by NewsA missing 10-year-old boy in Hatchet Lake. RCMP are asking for help finding Yusif Hassan. Police say he was last seen around 6 p.m. near 2141 Prospect Road. He is described as having brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing blue traditional Kurdish clothing with a red scarf on his...
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