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Lion Electric's customers worried about what comes next amid company's struggles

MONTREAL — Andrew Brooks ordered three school buses from Lion Electric Co. on Nov. 20, just before American Thanksgiving. As superintendent of a school district in Illinois, Brooks had been working...

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Did Quebec get a better deal? Hydro-Québec comments spook critics in Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A former Newfoundland and Labrador premier says he was alarmed by comments from Quebec's hydro utility suggesting Canada's easternmost province has once again signed an unfavourable...

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Sound and video of meteorite crashing to Earth captured on video in P.E.I.

CHARLOTTETOWN — About two minutes after a P.E.I. man left his home to go for a walk with his wife and their dogs, a space rock hurtling toward Earth crashed onto the path where he had been standing. The...

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Another Halifax teen recants key testimony during murder trial for 17-year-old

HALIFAX — For the second time in as many days, a teen witness testifying at a Halifax murder trial has recanted statements he made about what happened immediately before a 16-year-old student was fatally...

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Halifax police seek three postcard paintings by artist Maud Lewis stolen from home

HALIFAX — Halifax police are investigating the theft of three Christmas cards that investigators say were painted by celebrated Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis. Police said in a news release Tuesday...

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Six-year-old dies after house fire in Halifax suburb, blaze not considered criminal

LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. — One of the children taken to hospital after a house fire in the Halifax area over the weekend has died. In a statement, Nova Scotia RCMP say the fire early on Saturday morning...

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P.E.I.'s King leads bus delegation to northeastern U.S. to highlight Canadian exports

FREDERICTON — Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King is hoping cooler heads prevail and trade continues to flow uninterrupted across the United States-Canada border after president-elect Donald Trump...

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Woman killed by husband in Mahone Bay, N.S., described as well-loved, funny

HALIFAX — Family members of a 60-year-old Nova Scotia woman killed by her partner say she was an "effortlessly funny" person who could also be lovingly honest and direct. In a statement on Monday, the...
Friend of fatally stabbed Halifax teen changes his testimony in youth court

HALIFAX — The trial for a Halifax youth accused of participating in the killing of a 16-year-old student last year heard Monday from one of the victim’s friends, but much of his testimony was debunked...
RCMP say death of woman found inside burning N.S. house is case of domestic violence

CENTREVILLE, N.S. — A 22-year-old found dead inside a burning home in the Annapolis Valley over the weekend was the sixth woman in Nova Scotia to be killed by her male partner since October, police say. RCMP...