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'Starlight tour': Mi'kmaq fisher allegedly dumped without boots or phone feared death

'Starlight tour': Mi'kmaq fisher allegedly dumped without boots or phone feared death

HALIFAX — Hours into a barefoot trek in the middle of the night along a highway in rural Nova Scotia, stranded without a phone, Mi’kmaq fisher Kevin Hartling says he and his friend felt that if they stopped walking they might die.
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N.S. Liberal officials say party acted above board in misuse of public funds case

N.S. Liberal officials say party acted above board in misuse of public funds case

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Liberal Party officials told a legislature committee Wednesday that their handling of a case in which thousands of dollars in public funds were misused by a former employee was “above board” and legal.
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'Extremely troubling': Mi'kmaq protest Trudeau event after alleged fisher detentions

'Extremely troubling': Mi'kmaq protest Trudeau event after alleged fisher detentions

HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday his government will investigate “extremely troubling” allegations that two Indigenous fishermen in Nova Scotia were dumped by federal fisheries officers hours from home without footwear or phones.
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'Still Better Than a Carbon Tax' is Nova Scotia alternative to Ottawa's climate plan

'Still Better Than a Carbon Tax' is Nova Scotia alternative to Ottawa's climate plan

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier has responded to a challenge from the prime minister to submit an alternative to the federal carbon pricing program.
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Ottawa to launch $6B infrastructure fund to help build homes — with strings attached

Ottawa to launch $6B infrastructure fund to help build homes — with strings attached

HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says upcoming federal budget will include a $6-billion infrastructure fund to support homebuilding, as well as a $400-million top-up to the housing accelerator fund.
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Minimum wage up across Atlantic Canada with biggest jump in Newfoundland and Labrador

Minimum wage up across Atlantic Canada with biggest jump in Newfoundland and Labrador

HALIFAX — The minimum wage is going up today in all four Atlantic Canadian provinces. Newfoundland and Labrador is leading the way with a 60-cent increase, bringing its hourly rate to $15.60 — the highest minimum wage in the region.
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Single-vehicle crash in Cape Breton leaves 20-year-old man dead: RCMP

Single-vehicle crash in Cape Breton leaves 20-year-old man dead: RCMP

POINT EDWARD, N.S. — RCMP in Nova Scotia say a 20-year-old man from Cape Breton has died after he was ejected from a vehicle. Police say they got word of a single-vehicle crash on Highway 125 near Point Edward around 6 p.m. on Saturday.
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Nova Scotia to create new volunteer 'guard' corps for emergencies

Nova Scotia to create new volunteer 'guard' corps for emergencies

HALIFAX — Nova Scotians who want to help during natural disasters will be able to sign up for a new volunteer corps called the Nova Scotia Guard.
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Full parole granted to man convicted in notorious 'McDonald's murders' in Cape Breton

HALIFAX — More than 30 years after Nova Scotia was stunned by the brutal murders of three McDonald's restaurant workers in Cape Breton, another of the three convicted killers has been granted full parole.
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Nova Scotia sees 35 per cent cut in international student permit applications in 2024

Nova Scotia sees 35 per cent cut in international student permit applications in 2024

HALIFAX — The federal government is imposing a 35 per cent cut on international study permits in Nova Scotia, curbing the growth the province's universities and colleges have seen as a result of soaring international enrolment.
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