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Mounties arrested three people and seized drugs, a stolen handgun and other items consistent with drug trafficking after searching a Three Brooks, N.S., home on April 17.

Drugs and stolen handgun seized, three arrested in Three Brooks, N.S.: RCMP

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 20 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

Mounties seized drugs and a stolen gun and arrested three people in Three Brooks, N.S., on Wednesday, April 17. Pictou Country RCMP officers executing a search warrant at a home on Three Brooks Road found methamphetamine, hydromorphone, cocaine, ...

Covered by a super hero blanket belonging to her grandson, Kelly Doucet and her Steven count their blessings in her room at the Yarmouth Regional Hospital as she recovers from invasive group A strep, that also developed into necrotizing fasciitis, known as flesh-eating disease. TINA COMEAU

Aiming to save lives: Yarmouth couple says awareness needed over invasive group A strep, don't ignore symptoms

Tina Comeau · Multi-media journalist |Updated 14 hours ago |16 min read Premium content

Kelly and Steven Doucet celebrated their wedding anniversary on April 22. A week earlier the Yarmouth County couple feared they’d be marking Kelly’s funeral instead. Kelly is recovering in the Yarmouth Regional Hospital after contracting invasive ...

The grain elevator complex in Halifax Monday April 22, 2024.

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Alleged N.S. grain elevator vandal left blood and a phone at the scene

Chris Lambie · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 4 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

The vandal who broke into the Halifax Grain Elevator, smashed windows and set off fire extinguishers likely should have been a little more careful about what they left behind. Police got a call about the break-in near the South End Container ...

A 73-year-old woman was airlifted to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after a two-vehicle collision in New Germany, N.S. on Sunday.

Woman, 73, suffers life-threatening injuries in two-vehicle crash in New Germany, two others injured

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 20 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

A 73-year-old woman was airlifted to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after a two-vehicle collision in New Germany on Sunday. At about 3:09 p.m., RCMP and other emergency personnel were called to the crash on Highway 10 where a Volkswagen ...

Barbara Adams, minister of seniors and long-term care, gestures as she answers a question from a reporter following an announcement about a new continuing care assistant program at One Government Place on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.
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Barbara Adams named as Nova Scotia’s new justice minister

SaltWire Network |Updated 22 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

Three days after a controversial comment led to the resignation of Nova Scotia's justice minister, Premier Tim Houston has named a replacement.  Eastern Passage MLA Barbara Adams will serve as the new attorney general and justice minister. And she'll ...

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Wreaths are laid during the Day of Mourning ceremony at Province House in Halifax Friday April 28, 2023. Last year, 24 Nova Scotians died at work.

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Nova Scotia’s workplace fatalities dropped to 18 in 2023: Workers’ Compensation Board

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 21 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

The Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) of Nova Scotia reported drops in all types of workplace fatalities in 2023. But WCB says the 18 deaths at or because of work are still a "sobering reminder of the human impact of workplace tragedy, and a reminder ...

Windsor Fire Chief Randell Davidson is hoping to have a new rescue boat in service soon. The boat was destroyed during a flash flood rescue in the early morning hours of July 22, 2023.

Windsor, N.S., firefighters still waiting for new rescue boat nine months after it was destroyed

Carole Morris-Underhill · Lead editor Valley Journal-Advertiser |Updated 22 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

It’s been nine months since West Hants experienced a deadly torrential storm that devastated infrastructure and put the skills of emergency first responders to the test. Several daring rescues occurred during the early morning hours of July 22, 2023, ...

Elections Nova Scotia’s groundbreaking e-balloting kicks off in Preston byelection, marking Canada’s first use of the secure and swift voting method. Facebook

Pictou West byelection set for May 21

Aaron Beswick · Reporter |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

A byelection in the provincial riding of Pictou West will be held May 21. On Sunday, Elections Nova Scotia announced the byelection for the seat, which was vacated by Progressive Conservative MLA Karla McFarlane on April 12. First elected in 2013, ...

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NSHA employee fired after privacy breach at Antigonish hospital

Aaron Beswick · Reporter |Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

A Nova Scotia Health Authority employee at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish has been fired for illegally accessing patients' personal health information. The health authority issued a statement Friday,  saying 2,690 people had their ...

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Man Tasered after allegedly threatening East Hants RCMP with knife

SaltWire Network |Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |1 min read

Mounties used a Taser to subdue a man who was allegedly threatening them with a knife during a disturbance in Elmsdale on Thursday night. East Hants RCMP received a report just after 9 p.m. of a man with a knife at an apartment complex. When they ...

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