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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Police Review Board has dismissed complaints against the Truro Police Service brought forward by the parents of a three-year-old boy who has been missing since spring 2020.

FREDERICTON — Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement enveloping most of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

ANTIGONISH, N.S. — A Nova Scotia small claims adjudicator has likened a dispute over damage to a student rental house as something that could have been included in the 1978 movie “Animal House.

GRAND FALLS, N.B. — RCMP in New Brunswick are investigating a weekend crash that has left one man dead.

HALIFAX — A byelection set for Tuesday in the Nova Scotia riding of Preston will see the province’s Opposition Liberals try to retain a seat they’ve held for most of the last 20 years.

Charlottetown police say a 62-year-old man faces an assault charge in connection with a July 19 incident at the Confederation Centre of the Arts.

HALIFAX — Parts of Nova Scotia were soaked with heavy rain that caused localized flooding on Saturday just two weeks after a torrential downpour triggered floods that swept four people to their deaths and washed out several roads and bridges.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has come up with a new way to deal with the province's housing crisis, but a group that represents commercial landlords says the program could create new problems. The provincial government announced Friday it will spend $1.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Liberal Party says it is receiving unfair treatment from the province's independent elections agency ahead of Tuesday's byelection in the riding of Preston.

WINDSOR, N.S. — An emergency alert warning people to stay home during recent flooding in Nova Scotia took close to two hours to send, say firefighters who responded to the disaster as bridges fell and roads crumbled.