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Nova Scotia fisher says Toronto airport elver seizure welcome — and long overdue

Nova Scotia fisher says Toronto airport elver seizure welcome — and long overdue

HALIFAX — Last week’s seizure of more than 100 kilograms of baby eels at Toronto Pearson International airport is being welcomed as a significant step by a commercial elver fisher in Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia byelection vote set for Tuesday in riding formerly held by popular Tory

Nova Scotia byelection vote set for Tuesday in riding formerly held by popular Tory

PICTOU, N.S. — Voters in the rural Nova Scotia provincial electoral district of Pictou West are ready to go to the polls Tuesday in a riding that voted decisively Tory in the 2021 provincial election.
City of Saint John 'vicariously liable' for police officer's sexual abuse of children

City of Saint John 'vicariously liable' for police officer's sexual abuse of children

HALIFAX — Hundreds of sexual abuse survivors in New Brunswick could be eligible for compensation following a decision delivered Thursday by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Nova Scotia premier wants equal treatment for isthmus after feds buy Quebec bridge

Nova Scotia premier wants equal treatment for isthmus after feds buy Quebec bridge

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston called on Ottawa Thursday to apply consistent criteria in the funding of important transportation links, saying needs should be assessed the same in every region of the country.
Nova Scotia lacks accurate caseload count for burdened social workers: official

Nova Scotia lacks accurate caseload count for burdened social workers: official

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Department of Community Services doesn't have a clear picture of how many active cases involving children and families at risk its social workers are handling, a legislature committee was told Wednesday.
Nova Scotia drafting plan to fill gaps in services for people with autism

Nova Scotia drafting plan to fill gaps in services for people with autism

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has started drafting a provincial autism action plan. Among other things, the plan will identify existing services and initiatives for children, youth and adults on the autism spectrum and their families.
Use of alert system delayed during deadly flash flooding in Nova Scotia: report

Use of alert system delayed during deadly flash flooding in Nova Scotia: report

HALIFAX — A new report on flash flooding in Nova Scotia that killed three children and one adult last year says the municipality of West Hants faced several challenges in transmitting timely emergency alerts to the public.
Nova Scotia health official says virtual care 'here to stay'

Nova Scotia health official says virtual care 'here to stay'

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will continue to use virtual care into the future to ensure people without a doctor get access to primary care, a health official said Tuesday.
Entangled right whale spotted off New Brunswick with fishing gear stuck in its mouth

Entangled right whale spotted off New Brunswick with fishing gear stuck in its mouth

HALIFAX — A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been spotted entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, northeast of New Brunswick's Acadian Peninsula.
Pro-Palestinian encampment set up at Dalhousie University in Halifax

Pro-Palestinian encampment set up at Dalhousie University in Halifax

HALIFAX — More than a dozen tents were erected Sunday night at a pro-Palestinian encampment at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and organizers say they plan to stay until their schools divest from Israel.