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Nova Scotia premier dissolves legislature, calls snap election for Nov. 26
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston speaks to reporters at the Council of the Federation in Halifax on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Nova Scotia residents could find themselves in the midst of a snap provincial election campaign as early as today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Nova Scotia Premier appoints new Finance Minister after cabinet resignation
Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change Minister Tim Halman poses for a photo at the legislature in Halifax on October 27, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keith Doucette
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Tiny home village to open next week in Halifax suburb, part of N.S.’s plan to address homelessness
This tiny home village on Cobequid Road in a Halifax suburb, shown on Thursday, will house up to 70 people when construction is complete. The first phase of homes will be open to residents in the first week of November. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cassidy McMackon
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Body of woman who died in Halifax Walmart bakery oven was found by her mother: Sikh group
A Walmart remains closed as a vigil grows outside the taped-off area in Halifax on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 following the death of a 19-year-old employee last weekend. The Maritime Sikh Society has named a 19-year-old woman who died in a Walmart bakery's walk-in oven and says the mother — a co-worker at the store — was the one who led a search for her and discovered her body. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Paper Excellence adopting Domtar name as company tries to shake controversy and focus on growth
John Williams, chairman of forest products company Paper Excellence and Domtar president and CEO poses for a portrait in Montreal on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. Williams has held the joint-positions at Domtar since 2009 and has helped grow the company’s pulp production to become the third largest producer in the world. Evan Buhler/The Globe and Mail
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Lawrence MacEachern taught himself the fiddle, something his kids didn’t always appreciate
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Woman, 19, who died at Halifax Walmart was found in walk-in oven, police say
Halifax Regional Police headquarters is shown in Halifax, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Nova Scotia government releases code of conduct for province’s municipal politicians
A 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy near a Halifax mall earlier this year. Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Voters elect mayors and councillors in municipal elections across Nova Scotia
Voters line up at the Halifax Convention Centre as they prepare to vote in the federal election in Halifax on Sept. 20, 2021. Results of the Halifax municipal election will be known tonight as voters head to the polls to choose their next mayor. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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RCMP investigating two suspicious deaths near Halifax
The RCMP logo is seen on the background for a news conference, in St. John's, June 24, 2023. Police in Nova Scotia are investigating two deaths in the Halifax area that they're treating as suspicious. RCMP say they were called to a home in the community of Enfield on Friday morning for a well-being check on two people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Nova Scotia government hiring 47 new staff members to prevent violence in schools
The Nova Scotia government is hiring 47 people to prevent and address violence in the province’s schools. A view of the Nova Scotia legislature is shown at Province House in Halifax on Thursday, March 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Nova Scotia home is ‘a landscape-viewing device’
Home of the Week, 71 Hell Point Rd., Kingsburg, N.S.
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With coastal development regulations gone, Nova Scotia’s communities must face rising seas on their own terms
A development at Little Crescent Beach in Lunenburg County, N.S. on Monday, September 23, 2024. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
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N.S. offers retirement fund top-ups for doctors, hoping they’ll stay in the province
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston speaks to reporters during meetings with Canada's other premiers at the Council of the Federation in Halifax on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Atlantic region records drop of almost 3,000 foreign students after federal caps
Atlantic Canada saw a drop in nearly 3,000 international students this year. The Cape Breton University cafeteria is seen in Sydney, N.S., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Wadden
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Twenty years after fatal Halifax cargo jet crash, safety improvements lag
Workers remove an engine from the crashed MK Airlines 747 cargo jet near the Halifax International Airport on Monday, Oct. 25, 2004. The fiery crash of the MK Airlines cargo plane was a cautionary tale citing crew fatigue as a root cause, but there are questions 20 years after the Halifax disaster on whether the lessons have brought change.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Endearing phone calls to strangers in Atlantic Canada bring digital creator social media success
Toronto radio host Jax Irwin at her studio in Toronto, October 8th, 2024. Jax regularly calls random 902 numbers (covering Nova Scotia and PEI) and tries to keep the conversation going as long as possible with whoever picks up. Her most successful calls have all been with Nova Scotian grandmas, happy to chat about the weather or the ham they're cooking for supper.
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Elevated levels of cannabis metabolites detected in Halifax’s waste water
A sailboat is seen in front of the Halifax skyline as construction cranes work in the background on Sunday, July 31, 2016. Nova Scotia's deputy minister of housing says about half of the 7,000 households on the wait list for public housing are seniors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Judge awards Halifax nurse nearly $61,000 after she was attacked by dog in N.S. home
NS-Dog-Attack.....A judge has ordered a Halifax-area couple to pay nearly $61,000 in damages and $4,000 in court costs after their dog attacked a nurse in their home in 2016. Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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New Halifax restaurant Mystic aims for haute cuisine with an east coast flavour
[overall dining room -- #6 IS A KEY PHOTO TO SHOWCASE THE BOAT SCULPTURE ON THE CEILING] The ceiling over the kitchen, which resembles the bottom of a boat, is the room’s focal point. A custom rug by Vancouver-based M R Evans anchors the central part of the dining room, while curved chairs and banquettes offset the room’s linear architectural elements.
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