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Snow forecast through Christmas Eve for parts of the Maritimes

Snow forecast through Christmas Eve for parts of the Maritimes

HALIFAX — Parts of the Maritimes that were hit by a weekend snowstorm are in for more of the white stuff this Christmas Eve.
Three North Atlantic right whales spotted entangled this month in U.S. waters

Three North Atlantic right whales spotted entangled this month in U.S. waters

HALIFAX — Three critically endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted entangled in fishing gear off the United States’ eastern seaboard this month, a number that researchers say is "devastating but not unusual.
Poet, former chief justice among five new members appointed to Order of Nova Scotia

Poet, former chief justice among five new members appointed to Order of Nova Scotia

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Lt.-Gov. Mike Savage has released the names of the five people appointed to the Order of Nova Scotia for 2024.
Second person charged in homicide of Cape Breton man

Second person charged in homicide of Cape Breton man

SYDNEY, N.S. — A second person has been charged in the homicide of a Cape Breton man who has been missing for almost six months.
RCMP investigating a serious crash outside Halifax involving 20-year-old driver

RCMP investigating a serious crash outside Halifax involving 20-year-old driver

HALIFAX — Halifax RCMP are investigating a serious single-vehicle crash in Enfield. Police say emergency responders arrived on scene of a reported single-vehicle crash on Highway 102 between exits 6 and 7 at around 11 a.m. on Friday.
Halifax police still looking for information three years after 8-year-old shot dead

Halifax police still looking for information three years after 8-year-old shot dead

HALIFAX — Today is the third anniversary of the unsolved murder of Lee’Marion Shancez Cain, an eight-year-old boy who was shot while sitting in a vehicle with an adult in Dartmouth, across the harbour from downtown Halifax.
Nova Scotia budget update reduces deficit by $220M, mostly due to higher tax revenue

Nova Scotia budget update reduces deficit by $220M, mostly due to higher tax revenue

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s budget deficit for the current fiscal year is now projected at $247.5 million — almost $220 million less than estimated in last February’s budget.
Ottawa's proposed shift of elver wealth has a problem: some recipients don't want it

Ottawa's proposed shift of elver wealth has a problem: some recipients don't want it

HALIFAX — Ottawa has hatched a plan to redistribute the wealth of Nova Scotia's baby eel harvest from large licence holders to hard-working, individual fishers like Suzy Edwards and Mark Weldon.
Nova Scotia against proposal to reallocate commercial elver quota

Nova Scotia against proposal to reallocate commercial elver quota

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government wants Ottawa to reconsider a proposed pilot project that would redistribute the quota for commercial licence holders in the lucrative — and sometimes violent — fishery for baby eels.
Senior Nova Scotia bureaucrats appointed to review pay package for politicians

Senior Nova Scotia bureaucrats appointed to review pay package for politicians

HALIFAX — A panel of senior Nova Scotia government bureaucrats will examine the pay packages for members of the legislature, which have not increased since before they were frozen nearly a decade ago.