by Alex AllanA man has been arrested and charged after RCMP tracked a stolen truck from Tracyville to the Lake Utopia area, northeast of St. George in eastern Charlotte County. Police say the truck was reported stolen around 7:15 a.m. on Thursday and later spotted in Wirral, roughly 20 kilometres away....
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by Caitlin SnowClose to 5,000 Nova Scotia Power customers are without electricity, Friday evening. According to the utility’s outage map, the affected area stretches from the Amherst area through to Advocate Harbour and Bass River. The cause is a transmission interruption. The estimated restoration time is 11...
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by Caitlin SnowThe former CEO of the IWK in Halifax has been found guilty of fraud Friday, after a retrial. Tracey Kitch was first convicted in 2022 for fraud over $5,000 after charging $47,000 worth of personal expenses to a corporate credit card in 2018. She was sentenced to five months in jail but was...
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by CJ GoaterThree people are facing charges following a drug trafficking investigation in Kenora. On Thursday officer performed a traffic stop on Anderson Road. During the stop, an investigation led to the seizure of suspected cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and hydromorphone. This led to the arrest of...
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by Randy ThomsThree Minnesota lakes along the Canada-U.S. border have been identified with the presence of zebra mussel larvae known as veligers. They were in water samples taken from Lake Kabetogama, Crane Lake and Namakan Lake. All three lakes flow into Rainy Lake, where a similar discovery was made on the...
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by NewsA dirt bike crash in Upper Tantallon has left a youth with life threatening injuries. RCMP say it happened Thursday around 4 p.m., on Hammonds Plains and Scholars Roads. The biker was driving on the sidewalk when they swerved to avoid a pedestrian and lost control. The youth was airlifted to...
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by Randy ThomsProvincial Police have again arrested two men who are connected to a drug bust in Fort Frances in August. OPP say they have charged them with failing to comply with a court order. The men, aged 33 and 38, are facing drug-trafficking charges after police discovered methamphetamine and cocaine in...
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by NewsA Halifax man has been charged with luring a child. Police say it was September 1 when they responded to a complaint that a child received a message on social media from a man she knows. He had invited her to meet to engage in a sexual act. She shared the message with an adult and did not meet...
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by Alex AllanA 59-year-old inmate has died while in custody at the Dalhousie Regional Correctional Centre, Malcolm MacInnis was taken to Campbellton Regional Hospital on August 31, after being evaluated by medical staff, according to the Department of Justice and Public Safety. Officials say MacInnis died on...
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by Randy ThomsThe union representing 23,000 support staff at Ontario’s 24 colleges is being asked to take two of its demands off the table as a potential strike looms. The College Employer Council, which bargains on behalf of the colleges, wants the Ontario Public Service Employees Union to withdraw its...
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