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Halifax protesters demand ban on fixed-term leases: ‘People are terrified’Protestors picketed outside the office of Brendan Maguire, Nova Scotia's Minister of Community Services, on Friday — calling for changes to the Residential Tenancies Act.Economy6 hours
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Nova Scotia premier criticized for travelling to Spain, U.S. without notifying publicTim Houston confirmed to reporters after a cabinet meeting Thursday that he visited the European country last month to attend a seafood expo.PoliticsMay 3
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Councillor Pam Lovelace announces bid to be mayor of HalifaxHalifax-area councillor Pam Lovelace has announced that she's running for mayor this fall, making her the first high-profile candidate to throw her hat in the ring.PoliticsMay 3
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Halifax’s Neon Dreams captures album of the year at East Coast Music AwardsHalifax-based alt-pop duo Neon Dreams has won album of the year at the 2024 East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown.EntertainmentMay 3
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N.S. parent uneasy as institutions for people with developmental disabilities set to closeA Nova Scotia woman says she's worried about her adult son's future, as the province's institutions for people with developmental disabilities are set to close.CanadaMay 3
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Call being made in N.S. to expand federal support to private daycares amid ‘childcare crisis’A Nova Scotia mother is calling on the federal government to expand childcare funding to include private operators. She says in her community of East Hants, the situation is dire.CanadaMay 2
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N.B. high school student launches clothing line to help pay for universityA mother-daughter duo from New Brunswick have touched hearts of small-town Canadians with their line of clothing that has them tugging at hoodies and heart strings.CanadaMay 2
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Cape Breton man pleads guilty to possessing police clothing, hats and gearA Cape Breton man who had a collection of police uniforms, patches and hats has pleaded guilty to a charge under the province's Police Identity Management Act.CanadaMay 2
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Nova Scotia to keep requirement for motor vehicle safety inspections following reviewVehicle inspections for cars cost $29.15 and are required every two years, although newly purchased vehicles from licensed dealers are given three years for an inspection renewal.CanadaMay 2
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N.S. mother ‘in shock’ after enduring 17-hour hospital wait with sick babyAmber Clark said she arrived at the Aberdeen Hospital in New Glasgow, N.S., as her 10-month-old child was suffering from bronchitis symptoms, and was told to go by 811 officials.HealthMay 2
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4th youth charged with murder in killing of 16-year-old outside Halifax mallPolice in Halifax have charged a fourth youth with second-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Ahmad Al Marrach. The accused had previously been arrested and released.CrimeMay 2
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Titanic, PCP and chowder: New details about drugging on 1996 film set in Halifax revealedMore information has been revealed in a police report looking into how the Titanic film crew was served chowder laced with a hallucinogenic drug in Nova Scotia in 1996.CanadaMay 2
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‘Keeps me grounded’: N.S. hockey players prove age is just a numberA group of N.S. hockey players is proving that age is just a number, as dozens of women aged 55-plus are taking to the ice in the name of fun, fitness and fellowship.SportsMay 1
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Halifax students frustrated, anxious over recent bomb threats: ‘Stop messing around’Students in Halifax are growing weary after a number of bomb threats made against local schools in recent days. There were eight threats made against school in April alone.CanadaMay 1
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Canada’s most wanted fugitive arrested in P.E.I. over Toronto homicideA man who was listed as Canada's most wanted fugitive over a homicide that occurred in Toronto last year has been arrested in the Maritimes.CrimeMay 1
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Report on RCMP, government responses to mass shooting inquiry offers no evaluationThe federal-provincial inquiry submitted a final report last year that included 130 non-binding recommendations for change, half of which focus on policing.CanadaMay 1
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N.S. man stuck abroad due to lack of available hospital beds ‘in our own province’A Nova Scotia man who suffered a medical emergency while on an international trip is now stuck abroad after his family was told he can't come home due to a lack of available beds.HealthMay 1
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Progress reported on bid to sell insolvent media companies SaltWire and The HeraldA lawyer representing the monitor overseeing the restructuring told the judge that "everything has unfolded the way it was supposed to."CanadaApr 30
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Nova Scotia rates of poverty, food insecurity in 2022 worst among all provincesNew data from Statistics Canada shows that Nova Scotia’s rates of poverty and food insecurity in 2022 were the highest of any province.CanadaApr 30
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3 Halifax-area schools dismissed early due to threats, officials sayThree Halifax-area schools were dismissed early Tuesday afternoon in response to threats that were written on paper or on bathroom stall doors, school officials say.CanadaApr 30
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Man on Canada’s top 25 most wanted list caught in Montreal for N.S. killingPolice say Valdo (C.J.) Pauyo is from Quebec and was arrested on April 26. He'd been wanted for years in connection to the 2021 homicide of Douglas (Bert) Knockwood of N.S.CrimeApr 30
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Arrest made two days after alert issued over ‘dangerous man’ with firearm in DartmouthAn emergency alert was issued notifying residents of a 'dangerous man armed with a firearm' in the Gaston Road area of Dartmouth Tuesday morning.CrimeApr 30
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Parents of slain Halifax teen grapple with grief, anger: ‘No one listened’The parents of 16-year-old Ahmad Al Ahmad, who was killed outside a Halifax mall on Monday, say they moved to Canada from Syria in 2016, but haven't felt safe living here.CrimeApr 30
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East Hants calls for volunteer firefighters in new recruitment videoThe municipality of East Hants in Nova Scotia, alongside its 13 fire departments, has released a recruitment video calling for volunteers to join its ranks.FireApr 29
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Halifax to designate new homeless encampment sites as remaining spaces overflowHalifax is looking to designate new encampment locations for unhoused people now that the remaining authorized sites have twice as many residents as recommended.CanadaApr 29