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Extent of N.S. software breach still unknown, Microsoft blames ransomware gang

Extent of N.S. software breach still unknown, Microsoft blames ransomware gang

HALIFAX — Microsoft security experts say hackers affiliated with the notorious Clop ransomware group are behind an attack on a third-party file sharing system that resulted in the theft of personal data belonging to Nova Scotians.
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Mix of relief and sadness as evacuees return home after Halifax wildfire

Mix of relief and sadness as evacuees return home after Halifax wildfire

HALIFAX — Residents whose homes survived the Halifax-area wildfire say their emotions range from relief over being spared to sadness for neighbours who face rebuilding from the ground up.
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Uncertainty remains for Halifax-area evacuees as wildfire 100 per cent contained

Uncertainty remains for Halifax-area evacuees as wildfire 100 per cent contained

HALIFAX — In the days since he lost his home in the wildfires that swept through his Halifax-area subdivision, Dwayne Melnick has had a mission to focus on: find a place to stay. Speak to insurance companies and contractors.
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Nova Scotia investigating theft of personal info through file transfer service MoveIt

Nova Scotia investigating theft of personal info through file transfer service MoveIt

The Nova Scotia government says it is investigating the theft of personal information stolen through a global privacy breach to a third-party file transfer system the province was using.
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Officials declare Halifax-area wildfire largely contained as rain brings relief

Officials declare Halifax-area wildfire largely contained as rain brings relief

HALIFAX — Heavy rain and some military reinforcements arrived to assist efforts on Saturday to quell the wildfires that have destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of thousands of people across Nova Scotia.
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City of St. John's charges 70-year-old woman for feeding pigeons in her backyard

City of St. John's charges 70-year-old woman for feeding pigeons in her backyard

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Newfoundland woman says her 70-year-old mother is facing a $5,000 fine for feeding pigeons in her backyard in downtown St. John's. Jessica Rendell said the City of St.
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Halifax-area residents board buses to view dozens of homes destroyed by wildfires

Halifax-area residents board buses to view dozens of homes destroyed by wildfires

HALIFAX — Scores of Halifax-area residents whose homes were destroyed by wildfires boarded buses Friday to get a look at what little remains of where they used to live.
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RCMP enforcing Nova Scotia's ban on open fires, will charge maximum fine of $25,000

RCMP enforcing Nova Scotia's ban on open fires, will charge maximum fine of $25,000

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP say they are enforcing a provincial ban on burning and another on travel and activities in the woods that were put in place as firefighters battle raging wildfires.
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Massive wildfire in southwestern Nova Scotia has coastal town of Shelburne on edge

Massive wildfire in southwestern Nova Scotia has coastal town of Shelburne on edge

HALIFAX — The largest wildfire ever recorded in Nova Scotia continued to grow Thursday as an adjacent fire in the province's southwest corner kept the coastal town of Shelburne on edge.
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Unprecedented Nova Scotia wildfires have evacuees fearing what awaits them

Unprecedented Nova Scotia wildfires have evacuees fearing what awaits them

HALIFAX — As an unprecedented string of wildfires in Nova Scotia continued to burn out of control Wednesday, thousands of residents forced to flee their homes spent a fourth day wondering what their neighbourhoods will look like when they return home
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