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Registered occupational therapist Chelsea Surette (left) and registered physiotherapist Maria Wamback are co-owners of the newly opened Acadian Shores Health Centre. TINA COMEAU

'Community helped make this happen': Acadian Shores Health Centre looking to give back through its services

A new health centre in Yarmouth is feeling its community roots. Not only does it feel like it was helped along by the community in starting up and offering the services it does, but it also hopes to become involved in the community. “We are very ...

Updated Mar. 26, 2024 |6 min read

Tories pushing Antigonish consolidation through with amendments

Updated Mar. 25, 2024 |2 min read

Housing Minister John Lohr announces a five-year housing plan at One Government Place in Halifax on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. - Francis Campbell

Two people charged with drug and weapons offences in Stellarton, N.S.

Updated Mar. 25, 2024 |2 min read

RCMP have laid a third charge in connection to the homicide of Natacha Leroy. CONTRIBUTED

P.E.I. youth sentenced for misleading police after death of Tyson MacDonald

Updated 19 minutes ago |4 min read

Nova Scotia pauses immigration processing for restaurant and hotel workers

Updated 32 minutes ago |4 min read

Halifax child molester Myles Payne pleads guilty to breaching court orders

Updated 55 minutes ago |2 min read

U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia - United Kingdom - U.S. (AUKUS) partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California U.S. March 13, 2023.

US State Dept 'fully expects' to finalize new AUKUS trade exemptions in next 120 days

Reuters |Updated 2 minutes ago |1 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Friday it fully expects to finalize new trade exemptions for the AUKUS defense project with Australia and Britain over the next 120 days. "Exemptions in our export control systems, within a ...

Presidential candidate of the ruling MORENA party Claudia Sheinbaum holds a campaign rally in Nezahualcoyotl, State of Mexico, Mexico April 9, 2024.

Mexican presidential frontrunner would focus on renewable energy, water

Anthony Esposito |Updated 22 minutes ago |1 min read

By Anthony Esposito ACAPULCO (Reuters) - Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday said that if elected, her administration would focus on water management and renewable energy as part of a plan to boost the country's ...

UnitedHealth CEO to testify before US House panel on cyberattack at tech unit

Reuters |Updated 23 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty will testify before a U.S. House subcommittee on May 1 about a recent cyberattack at the company's technology unit and its impact on patients and providers, the Energy and Commerce Committee said on ...

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem takes part in a news conference after announcing an interest rate decision in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 12, 2023.

Canada federal budget doesn't change fiscal track much - BoC

Reuters |Updated 32 minutes ago |1 min read

OTTAWA, April 19 (Reuters) - The Canadian government's April 16 budget does not at first glance do much to change the fiscal track from the one set by a fall economic statement last November, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said on Friday.

Marco MacLeod describes himself as a local guy who is passionate about the youth in our community, on April 18 he was elected as the candidate for Pictou West. "With Pictou West currently without an MLA, I'm hoping to fill that position," MacLeod said in an interview on April 19. - Contributed

'I’m excited to keep the ball rolling': Marco MacLeod representing PC Party in Pictou West by-election

Sarah Jordan |Updated 51 minutes ago |3 min read

When Karla MacFarlane posted on social media on April 5 announcing that she was retiring from politics, a seat became available for a new representative for Pictou West. Two men with a shared passion for putting the community first stepped up to the ...

The house in Sydney Mines owned by Lori Nugent, which is being occupied by a couple refusing to leave or pay rent. CONTRIBUTED

'I'm never going to see that money'; Cape Breton landlord calling for changes after tenants won't leave or pay rent

Nicole Sullivan · Multi-media journalist |Updated 58 minutes ago |5 min read

Lori Nugent is done with being a landlord at her Sydney Mines rental unit. For less than three years, Nugent has been a landlord after she bought a second home. Her first tenants were great and the Little Bras d'Or woman had no issues with ...

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron, as they attend the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 1, 2021.

French, Lebanese leaders discuss effort to quell Hezbollah, Israel clashes

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron met Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the country's army chief Joseph Aoun in Paris on Friday for talks on how to end cross-border fighting between Hezbollah and Israel and ease a ...

Premier Tim Houston spoke to a packed room of concerned residents during a public information session held at the Blue Mountain and District Volunteer Fire Department on April 18. Attendees were angry about the 22,000-acre wind farm proposed to be built at Websters Corner by Bear Head Energy. ANGELA CAPOBIANCO

‘It’ll be a huge change to the community’: Residents pour out to voice opposition to proposed Bear Head Energy wind project

Angela Capobianco · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 37 minutes ago |9 min read

There was standing room only as residents from across Pictou County and as far as Guysborough, Colchester, Cumberland counties, and the Annapolis Valley showed up to express their displeasure with a proposed renewable energy project during a meeting ...

Dairy farmer Brent Pollard's cows stand in their pen at a cattle farm in Rockford, Illinois, U.S., April 9, 2024.

USDA confirms cow-to-cow transmission a factor in bird flu spread

Tom Polansek |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week that cow-to-cow transmission is a factor in the spread of bird flu in dairy herds, but it still does not know exactly how the virus is being moved around.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Nicole Shanahan greet people as she becomes the vice presidential candidate of Kennedy, in Oakland, California., U.S., March 26, 2024.

RFK Jr running mate injects needed cash in independent's campaign

Stephanie Kelly |Updated 2 minutes ago |3 min read

By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - The role Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, will play in his White House bid is coming into focus, as the wealthy lawyer injects millions of dollars into their independent campaign and amplifies ...