Marine students made waves at the Nautical Institute. Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC)’s A’paqt (Ah-Bucked) Project Lead said four teams of students competed in a wave tank rescue exercise, splicing knots, steering the navigation simulator and engineering tasks. Credit: Jessica Laing /...
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by Caitlin SnowThe redevelopment of the Halifax Forum will not be deferred after a tie vote during the budget committee, Tuesday. It was tabled by Mayor Andy Fillmore weeks ago as one of the strategies to tackle a ballooning budget and a threat of an 11.2 per cent property tax increase. The project was...
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by NewsA man is dead after an ATV crash in Pictou County. RCMP say it was just before 4 p.m., March 10, when officers responded to an ATV flipped over in a remote area near Middle Settlement Road. The man, who seemed to be the only one on the vehicle, had life-threatening injuries. The 67-year-old from...
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The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says many childcare centres across Nova Scotia are struggling to recruit staff because of low wages and a lack of recognition. Now, the union is urging the province’s education minister to act, as some Early Childhood Educators (ECE) say they’ve been...
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Nova Scotia’s doctor waitlist has gone down. As of March 1, there were over 2,500 less people on the ‘Need a Family Practice’ list, it stands around 63,000. That’s about six percent of the population. The drop accounts for new additions, removals, or because they no longer need a provider for...
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by Caitlin SnowAfter dozens of surgeries were postponed or relocated, operations are set to return to normal by the end of the week at the Victoria General in Halifax. Nova Scotia Health says within the next 24 hours they will replace a transformer that caused the issue at the Centennial Building of the QEII...
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It’s the kind of weather that makes you want to fire up the grill. Temperature records were smashed across Nova Scotia for Tuesday, March 10. Environment Canada meteorologist Ian Hubbard says records were broken at nine of their stations. “That includes a temperature of 19.9 degrees at...
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by NewsAn ice-fisher is dead, and a search for a second one is underway in Annapolis County RCMP say two men aged 73 and 77 were reported missing late Tuesday night after not returning from ice fishing near Little Brook Lane. On Wednesday afternoon, one of the missing men was found dead. JRCC conducted...
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by NewsWhat specific funding is being restored by the Nova Scotia government? Premier Tim Houston announced Tuesday they’re walking back $53,000 in planned cuts in the upcoming budget, after protests and public outcry. The restoration is focused on seniors, disabilities and youth programs. The biggest...
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by Jacob MooreNow that the province has reversed some of their initial budget cuts, they have a chance to fix other structural problems in the government, according to a political scientist. That problem is what Tom Urbaniak calls “centralized scarcity,” meaning the political decisions come from the premier’s...
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