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Sexual harassment prevention training required for 2023 world junior hockey tourney

Sexual harassment prevention training required for 2023 world junior hockey tourney

HALIFAX — The two host provinces for next month's world junior hockey championship are requiring the sport's governing body to oversee anti-harassment and sexual assault prevention training for all staff and players ahead of the tournament.
Nova Scotia won't use revenues from fuel tax to buffer effects of carbon pricing

Nova Scotia won't use revenues from fuel tax to buffer effects of carbon pricing

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia won’t be using revenue from its fuel tax to help offset the effects of carbon pricing imposed by the federal government, the province’s finance minister said Thursday. All of the tax collected from fuels — including the 15.
P.E.I.'s long-running 'Anne of Green Gables — The Musical' no longer an annual event

P.E.I.'s long-running 'Anne of Green Gables — The Musical' no longer an annual event

CHARLOTTETOWN — The world's longest running annual musical theatre production, "Anne of Green Gables – The Musical," will not be staged next year during the Charlottetown Festival.
Carbon pricing good idea complicated by rising energy costs: Nova Scotia advocate

Carbon pricing good idea complicated by rising energy costs: Nova Scotia advocate

HALIFAX — An affordable energy advocate says the imposition of consumer carbon pricing in Nova Scotia is a good idea, but adds that rising energy costs continue to pose problems for people with lower incomes.
Two Halifax universities provide Mi'kmaq 'auntie-in-residence' to Indigenous students

Two Halifax universities provide Mi'kmaq 'auntie-in-residence' to Indigenous students

HALIFAX — Two Halifax universities are sharing a Mi'kmaq "auntie-in-residence" who is assisting Indigenous students to navigate campus life.
Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: RCMP union calls for more resources

Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: RCMP union calls for more resources

HALIFAX — The organization that represents almost 20,000 RCMP members submitted Wednesday a long list of recommendations to the inquiry investigating the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, saying the province must do something about chronic und
Questions unanswered amid calls for urgent action on Nova Scotia ER understaffing

Questions unanswered amid calls for urgent action on Nova Scotia ER understaffing

HALIFAX — Senior officials with Nova Scotia's Health Department were unable to answer a number of questions on Wednesday about the state of the province’s emergency health system, which is struggling with overcrowding and staffing shortages.
Fiona damage 'nowhere near as severe' after $40M cost of earlier storms: Parks Canada

Fiona damage 'nowhere near as severe' after $40M cost of earlier storms: Parks Canada

OTTAWA — The federal agency overseeing Canada's national parks says that $40 million in damage from two earlier Atlantic Canada storms far eclipsed costs incurred due to post-tropical storm Fiona.
Cape Breton University students unhappy that classes held off campus in Cineplex

Cape Breton University students unhappy that classes held off campus in Cineplex

HALIFAX — International students who have travelled across the globe to study in Nova Scotia say their Canadian university experience is suffering because most of their classes are taking place at a movie theatre far from campus.
Brawl at P.E.I. hockey tournament raises tough new questions for governing body

Brawl at P.E.I. hockey tournament raises tough new questions for governing body

CHARLOTTETOWN — One year after racial slurs were uttered at a hockey tournament in Charlottetown, Hockey PEI is again stickhandling tough questions after a wild brawl broke out Saturday at the same annual tournament.