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Committee overseeing N.S. mass shooting recommendations to post regular updates

Committee overseeing N.S. mass shooting recommendations to post regular updates

HALIFAX — A committee that will oversee the changes recommended by Nova Scotia’s mass shooting inquiry is to meet no more than four times a year and provide updates at least twice a year.
RCMP to update search for youth who went missing during Nova Scotia storm flooding

RCMP to update search for youth who went missing during Nova Scotia storm flooding

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP are expected to provide an update today on the search for a youth who went missing on July 22 when four people were swept away by rushing floodwaters following a historic storm.
Landmark 80-year-old church in Nova Scotia bought by two Acadian groups

Landmark 80-year-old church in Nova Scotia bought by two Acadian groups

ST. BERNARD, N.S. — A large, deconsecrated Roman Catholic church in southwestern Nova Scotia that was facing demolition has been sold. A news release says the St.
'Complacency' blamed for N.S. struggles with flooding, other climate disasters

'Complacency' blamed for N.S. struggles with flooding, other climate disasters

HALIFAX — On the night floodwaters swept through his Nova Scotia county, taking lives and tearing out bridges, Doug Pynch says he had trouble believing an emergency alert that flashed across his phone.
Third victim of N.S. flooding identified as police continue search for missing youth

Third victim of N.S. flooding identified as police continue search for missing youth

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia police said Friday they would continue searching over the weekend for the last of four people swept away by a historic rainstorm, as details emerged about one of the children who died in the floodwaters.
RCMP say they think they found body of missing tuber swept out to sea in N.S.

RCMP say they think they found body of missing tuber swept out to sea in N.S.

HALIFAX — RCMP say they think they have recovered the body of a 31-year-old man who was last seen floating down a river on Nova Scotia's South Shore after his tube capsized earlier this week.
Victims of Nova Scotia flooding include 6-year-old girl and member of local rock band

Victims of Nova Scotia flooding include 6-year-old girl and member of local rock band

HALIFAX — A musician in a local heavy metal band and a six-year-old girl who loved dressing up like a princess have been identified as two of the victims who died during a torrential rainstorm last weekend in rural Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia says it has repaired 500 sections of roads damaged by severe flooding

Nova Scotia says it has repaired 500 sections of roads damaged by severe flooding

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Department of Public Works said Thursday it had repaired nearly 500 sections of damaged roads and 60 road shoulders since a series of thunderstorms last weekend caused severe flooding across the province.
Torrential rain, flooding that hit Halifax was one-in-a-thousand-years storm: city

Torrential rain, flooding that hit Halifax was one-in-a-thousand-years storm: city

Halifax officials said Wednesday the unrelenting storm that lashed the city and surrounding regions with as much as 250 millimetres of rain on the weekend was a one-in-a-thousand-years weather event.
Tales emerge of N.S. flood rescues, as towns grieve losses but grateful for heroism

Tales emerge of N.S. flood rescues, as towns grieve losses but grateful for heroism

HALIFAX — As torrential floodwaters dragged volunteer firefighter Logan Hope downstream, he held a woman's head over the surface and focused on a single goal.
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