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HALIFAX — Bird experts in Atlantic Canada are split on whether putting out backyard bird feeders over the winter is harmless or potentially deadly to birds given the risk of avian flu.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The government of Newfoundland and Labrador's plan to establish an office in India aimed at attracting internationally trained nurses to the province raises questions about equity and immigrant retention, an economist said Friday.

BOTWOOD, N.L. — Plans are in the works to install a bronze statue in central Newfoundland to commemorate the death 200 years ago of Demasduit, an Indigenous woman who was among the last surviving members of the Beothuk people.

HALIFAX — A bill the Nova Scotia government says is aimed at addressing the housing shortage in the Halifax area has been amended following concerns by a group representing African Nova Scotians.

HALIFAX — A Halifax man faces multiple charges after police say he brandished a sword when confronted during an alleged robbery. Halifax Regional Police were called to Plateau Crescent in the Clayton Park neighbourhood just before 3:30 a.m.

HALIFAX — U.S. citizen Jennifer Zahl Bruland says the murders of her father and stepmother in Nova Scotia's mass shooting led her to stop believing in the quality of Canada's national police force. In a Sept.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Newfoundland police officer convicted of sexual assault is seeking an end to all legal proceedings against him.

HALIFAX — The spouse of the man responsible for the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history says she was charged with supplying ammunition to the killer because the RCMP wanted to deflect attention from mistakes made during their investigation

HALIFAX — The overwhelming non-confidence vote by Halifax's police union against the chief of police is an issue that should be handled internally, a civilian oversight official said Thursday.

MIDDLEWOOD, N.S. — A Mountie who managed to rescue a hunter stuck in a muddy hole at the side of a rural Nova Scotia trail is describing how the incident might have ended tragically. Const.