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Olympic champions Maude Charron and Andre de Grasse held the Maple Leaf high as Canada’s Olympic delegation sailed its way into the Paris Games. The flag-bearers led a delegation of nearly 200 athletes…
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HALIFAX — Postmedia Network Inc. has announced plans to buy “certain businesses” belonging to SaltWire Network Inc. and The Halifax Herald Ltd., the two insolvent media companies behind Atlantic Canada’s…
The black clouds billowing from the fires razing Jasper National Park hold more than the reek of charred timber and scorched earth. For thousands of Canadians and mountain-lovers around the world, it’s…
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Regional police are investigating a shooting that took place in Dartmouth on Friday morning. At roughly 4:15 a.m., officers responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Robert Drive where officers…
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HALIFAX — As the Nova Scotia government announced it ended the last fiscal year with a surplus of nearly $144 million, opposition parties called for changes to spending practices that allow the governing…
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HALIFAX — The devastating wildfires and deadly flooding that plagued Nova Scotia last year have resulted in $490 million in insured losses, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said in a report released Thursday. “The…
Canada & First Nations in Northern Ontario agreed to share revenues from land ceded in the 1850 Superior & Huron Treaties. But Canada hasn’t adjusted payments since 1875 – and the Supreme Court says it’s time to pay up.
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More aid is on the way to Jasper residents devastated by the wildfire destruction. A local charity is stepping up and sending hygiene kits to those impacted, and provinces across the country are also lending their support. Jazan Grewal reports.
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He fled his home country of Kenya to seek asylum in Canada, but Canada wants to send him back. Caryn Ceolin with why one man fears he’s being deported to his death.
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US Senators have written to Homeland Security, asking for added scrutiny at the border, over concerns about Gazan refugees in Canada. Palestinian-Canadians say it’s not that easy for Palestinians to get here.
As the Ford government moves to expand pharmacist powers, family doctors say the focus should be on funding primary care to address the massive shortage. Tina Yazdani reports.
Celine Dion staged the comeback of her career during the opening ceremony at the Olympic Games in Paris. The Quebecois vocal powerhouse performed publicly for the first time since revealing she was…
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Paris Summer Olympics Medal Standings – July 26 Click here for more Summer Games coverage Olympic Day 1 – Saturday, July 27 BADMINTON Men’s Doubles – Canada vs. China in Group Play…
The Canadian men’s soccer team is about to face the same scrutiny as the women when it comes to potential spying. Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue said Friday on a media conference call that he has discovered…
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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s health minister says the province is trying to “validate” whether everyone on the wait-list for family medicine is still looking for a physician or nurse practitioner. Michelle…
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston on Thursday defended his absence from this year’s Halifax Pride parade, saying he didn’t attend because police feared he’d be a lightning rod for protesters….
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — A “worrisome” parasite has been confirmed in at least one area on Prince Edward Island, and samples from several oyster farms have been sent for testing, says the Canadian Food Inspection…
Cumberland County RCMP are looking for a man wanted on a province-wide arrest warrant. William Landry, 35, of Point de Bute, New Brunswick, is wanted and facing charges of dangerous operation of a vehicle,…
Many Nova Scotians will be heading to Canso this weekend for the latest edition of the Stan Rogers Folk Fest. The big draw at what’s nicknamed Stanfest this year is Jim Cuddy with the Blue Rodeo frontman…
Alberta’s premier says up to half of the structures in Jasper, including homes and businesses, have been destroyed by a raging wildfire.
Police have charged two people in connection to a drug smuggling investigation earlier this week at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. On Monday morning, Canada Border Services Agency officers…
HALIFAX — A judge has ruled that a stash of cryptocurrency belonging to a convicted Nova Scotia murderer means he won’t be receiving free legal aid for an appeal. Justice Cindy Bourgeois said in a decision…
Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company, George Weston Ltd., have agreed to pay $500 million to settle a class-action lawsuit regarding their involvement in an alleged bread price-fixing scheme. The…
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HALIFAX — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has sent investigators to Newfoundland to determine what caused a fire aboard a fishing boat that forced the crew to abandon the vessel for a life-raft,…
HALIFAX — The mental health of a 16-year-old who stabbed two people at a Halifax high school was the subject of a sentencing hearing Wednesday, but details about his medical history were immediately…
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Unclaimed bodies are piling up in Newfoundland, and a funeral director says they likely belong to people whose loved ones couldn’t get enough government help to pay for a funeral….
HALIFAX — As Canada’s premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-related…
Two youths are facing a slew of charges following an incident at a business in Bedford. Last week at roughly 6 p.m., police received a report of a disturbance at a business in the 700 block of the Bedford…
Decorated sprinter Andre De Grasse and Olympic weightlifting champion Maude Charron will carry Canada’s flag into the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday. De Grasse of Markham,…
Halifax residents are being encouraged to make sure they are registered to vote ahead of this fall’s election. The Halifax Regional Municipality released a statement saying people can verify that they…
HALIFAX — The British Columbia couple whose remains recently washed ashore on Nova Scotia’s remote Sable Island have been identified as 70-year-old James Brett Clibbery and his 54-year-old wife, Sarah…
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada appeared to be increasingly concerned about the risk of high interest rates slowing the economy and inflation by more than necessary as it delivered a second consecutive rate…
OTTAWA — One of the country’s newest navy ships is tied up in a U.S. port after it sprung a leak and took on 20,000 litres of water. HMCS Max Bernays is one of Canada’s new Arctic and offshore patrol…