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Man, 77, charged with impaired driving following single-vehicle crash in Clarke's Beach
A 77-year-old man is facing impaired driving charges after a single-vehicle crash in Clarke's Beach on Wednesday evening. Shortly before 5:30 p.m. on April 24, RCMP received word that a van had left the roadway before crashing into a fence. Police ...
P.E.I.’s Kensington Police seeking information following hate-motivated graffiti in park
Kensington Police are looking for information regarding hate-motivated graffiti found scrawled on the footbridge at the memorial gardens, off School Street. Cst. Jim Gotell did not tell SaltWire what the graffiti said, but that it was a single word ...
Two 14-year-olds charged with murdering boy, 16, in Halifax mall parkade
Two teenagers have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed in a parkade at the Halifax Shopping Centre on Monday. Halifax Regional Police announced the charges Thursday afternoon, saying two ...
Would you buy an ugly apple? Big stores may reject imperfect produce — and that's wrong, locals say
A lemon takes four to seven months to go from flower to fruit. Not to mention the hours taken to tend to the plant, water it and eventually pluck the fruit from the tree. Getting the perfect food picture for social media has cultivated a desire to ...
Status quo for property tax rate in Municipality of Barrington
The Municipality of Barrington has approved a $10,686,954 operating budget, and a $12,251,153 capital budget for 2024-25, and is maintaining the property tax rate across the board for a third year. The residential tax rate has been set at $1.07 per ...
Nova Scotia recruits 30 paramedics from Australia
Nova Scotia is set to welcome 30 new paramedics from Australia as part of the province's first in-person healthcare recruitment efforts. The experienced advanced-care paramedics recruited to Emergency Medical Care Inc. and serving communities across ...
Beaconsfield, N.B., pair arrested after truck theft, flight from police
Mounties in western New Brunswick arrested a man and woman from Beaconsfield in connection with a Nackawic vehicle theft reported last week. Following a tip on April 21, West District RCMP say a Ford F250 reported stolen last Saturday was seen ...
WALK IN THE WOODS: It's time to give the pollinators a break
Here we are with April winding down, the weather warming and the grass growing. Before going into autopilot and grabbing your lawnmower to mow the grass, let’s give it a second-thought for the benefit of valuable pollinators, because we are ...
Amazon Prime Video to exclusively stream two NHL seasons in Canada
(Reuters) - National Hockey League (NHL) and its digital broadcast rights owner Rogers Communications on Thursday signed a deal to stream the hockey tournament's next two seasons exclusively on Amazon.com's Prime Video for Canadian audiences.
Halifax man accused of attacking mother with machete appears in court
A man accused of attacking his mother with a machete made his second appearance in Halifax provincial court Thursday. Satrajpal Singh Rai, 56, faces three charges from an April 3 incident at his Halifax apartment building: attempted murder, ...