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Cape Breton police open downtown Sydney community office to help improve safety
SYDNEY, N.S. — Cape Breton Regional Police have added a significant presence in the downtown Sydney core. The police service on Monday officially opened a Charlotte Street community office that aims to address the needs of downtown Sydney business ...
Federal government announces funding for Sydney trail that would follow Wash Brook from urban forest to the harbour
SYDNEY, N.S. — One word typically comes to mind when people think about Sydney’s Wash Brook: flooding. Now, a community group is trying to change that perception with a 2.6-kilometre trail that follows the much-maligned waterway from the Baille Ard ...
Trial begins for man charged with attempted murder in Torbay shooting last year
As the trial of a man charged with attempted murder at a Torbay residence last year began in provincial court Monday, May 13, his lawyer suggested he hadn’t even been at the home at all on the day in question. David Reardon, 51, is charged with ...
Canadian National Railway suspends service on some networks due to wildfires
(Reuters) -Canadian National Railway suspended service on its network between Fort St. John and Fort Nelson in British Columbia and north of High Level, Alberta due to wildfires, the company said on Monday. "We are working with impacted customers as ...
'Why can't they bill the government?' Tories call on N.L. government to pay nurse practitioners through MCP like they pay doctors
As Newfoundlanders and Labradorians continue to feel the effects of doctor shortages, the Tories are calling on the Liberal government to pay nurse practitioners like they pay doctors. This idea, brought forward to the House of Assembly by PC health ...
Alberta urges Canada PM Trudeau to head off port and rail strikes
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The western oil- and grain-producing province of Alberta on Monday urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do all he could to head off potentially devastating strikes by railway and port workers. Staff represented by ...
Former Irving Oil president Arthur Irving dies at age 93
Arthur L. Irving, the second-born son of New Brunswick oil pioneer K.C. Irving, died Monday at 93. The Saint John native spent decades as president of the global company before becoming its chairman, and eventually leaving the firm in October 2023.
Mounties stop 'dangerous' driver in central Newfoundland, charge him with impaired driving
Mounties in central Newfoundland allege a 47-year-old man from Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s provided breath samples four times the legal limit when stopped on Saturday afternoon, May 11. Around 2:30 p.m., the RCMP received multiple complaints of a ...
City surrendered to Uber's bullying tactics and abandoned Ottawa cabbies, judge rules
A judge has ruled in favour of Ottawa taxi drivers in their $215-million class action lawsuit against the City of Ottawa over how the city “abandoned” them when ride-hailing company Uber arrived in 2014. The decision by Ontario Superior Court Justice ...
Coroner's inquest into death of unhoused Innu man begins
The coroner’s inquest into the death of Raphaël André, a 51-year-old Innu man whose body was discovered inside a portable outdoor toilet in January 2021 steps away from a unhoused aid shelter, began Monday with a reconstruction of the last hours of ...
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