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N.B. municipality of Grand Lake wins bid to house new provincial jail

FREDERICTON — Competition was stiff, but the New Brunswick municipality of Grand Lake has been chosen as the site of a new provincial jail.

Jul 31, 2023 12:16 PM Read more >

Landmark 80-year-old church in Nova Scotia bought by two Acadian groups

ST. BERNARD, N.S. — A large, deconsecrated Roman Catholic church in southwestern Nova Scotia that was facing demolition has been sold. A news release says the St.

Jul 30, 2023 5:59 PM Read more >

'Complacency' blamed for N.S. struggles with flooding, other climate disasters

HALIFAX — On the night floodwaters swept through his Nova Scotia county, taking lives and tearing out bridges, Doug Pynch says he had trouble believing an emergency alert that flashed across his phone.

Jul 30, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Third victim of N.S. flooding identified as police continue search for missing youth

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia police said Friday they would continue searching over the weekend for the last of four people swept away by a historic rainstorm, as details emerged about one of the children who died in the floodwaters.

Jul 28, 2023 1:09 PM Read more >

Newfoundland police officer found guilty of sex assault is once again out on bail

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Newfoundland police officer is once again out on bail after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in her living room while he was on duty.

Jul 28, 2023 10:38 AM Read more >

Cormorant crash probe finds N.L. airbase running at reduced firefighting capacity

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — An investigation into a military helicopter crash at the Gander, N.L., airport last year says the facility has been running with reduced firefighting capabilities since March 2020.

Jul 28, 2023 9:40 AM Read more >

RCMP say they think they found body of missing tuber swept out to sea in N.S.

HALIFAX — RCMP say they think they have recovered the body of a 31-year-old man who was last seen floating down a river on Nova Scotia's South Shore after his tube capsized earlier this week.

Jul 28, 2023 7:26 AM Read more >

Victims of Nova Scotia flooding include 6-year-old girl and member of local rock band

HALIFAX — A musician in a local heavy metal band and a six-year-old girl who loved dressing up like a princess have been identified as two of the victims who died during a torrential rainstorm last weekend in rural Nova Scotia.

Jul 27, 2023 2:32 PM Read more >

Freeland says Ottawa to 'work harder' to provide relief to victims of N.S. flooding

BROOKLYN, N.S.

Jul 27, 2023 1:49 PM Read more >

Torrential rain, flooding that hit Halifax was one-in-a-thousand-years storm: city

Halifax officials said Wednesday the unrelenting storm that lashed the city and surrounding regions with as much as 250 millimetres of rain on the weekend was a one-in-a-thousand-years weather event.

Jul 26, 2023 1:10 PM Read more >