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N.S. RCMP cancel alert for armed woman, now seek her as a person of interest

N.S. RCMP cancel alert for armed woman, now seek her as a person of interest

INDIAN BROOK, N.S. — Mounties in Sipekne’katik First Nation in central Nova Scotia are seeking a woman who is a person of interest in a firearms complaint, and who they had earlier warned may be "on foot" with a handgun in the community.
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Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Montreal departs Halifax for Indo-Pacific operation

Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Montreal departs Halifax for Indo-Pacific operation

HALIFAX — A Royal Canadian Navy frigate departed Halifax today as part of the federal government's wider strategy of boosting its presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Huge, deconsecrated Roman Catholic church in N.S. Acadian community now up for sale

Huge, deconsecrated Roman Catholic church in N.S. Acadian community now up for sale

HALIFAX — A huge, deconsecrated Roman Catholic church that has been a landmark to the Acadian community in southwestern Nova Scotia is up for sale. St.
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Advocates say Nova Scotia budget neglects affordable housing crisis

Advocates say Nova Scotia budget neglects affordable housing crisis

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia budget presented this week neglects people struggling with affordability and those on the edge of experiencing homelessness, housing advocates say. The government's budget, tabled Thursday, allocates $21.
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Nova Scotia Tories table second deficit budget aimed at fixing health care

Nova Scotia Tories table second deficit budget aimed at fixing health care

HALIFAX — Repairing Nova Scotia’s faltering health-care system is the centrepiece of the provincial government’s $14.4-billion budget tabled Thursday, with spending on health jumping 13 per cent over the next year alone.
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Teen accused in Halifax high school stabbing in custody following bail hearing

Teen accused in Halifax high school stabbing in custody following bail hearing

HALIFAX — A 15-year-old student accused of stabbing two staff members at a Halifax-area high school earlier this week will remain in custody following a bail hearing today.
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Highlights from Nova Scotia's 2023-24 provincial budget

Highlights from Nova Scotia's 2023-24 provincial budget

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Finance Minister Allan MacMaster tabled the province's 2023-24 budget Thursday, with a heavy focus on health. Some highlights: — The $14.4-billion budget — with an estimated $278-million deficit — includes $6.
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Nova Scotia keeping rent cap until end of 2025, but higher increases to be allowed

Nova Scotia keeping rent cap until end of 2025, but higher increases to be allowed

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government will extend a cap on rent hikes, but it plans to ease the restriction at the end of the year to allow increases of up to five per cent.
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Head of Nova Scotia's teachers union calls on government to draft safety strategy

Head of Nova Scotia's teachers union calls on government to draft safety strategy

HALIFAX — As students returned Wednesday to a Halifax-area school where two staff members were stabbed this week, the head of the provincial teachers union called for a government task force to draft a new safety strategy for the province's schools.
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Transportation Safety Board report on sinking cites lax federal rules on stability

Transportation Safety Board report on sinking cites lax federal rules on stability

HALIFAX — A Transportation Safety Board of Canada report has linked the fatal sinking of a Nova Scotia scallop dragger in 2020 to years of federal inaction on the imposition of stricter stability standards for fishing vessels.
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