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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

Guysborough County man charged with child pornography offences

Updated just now |1 min read

Woman arrested after stealing vehicle with dog inside from Saint John home

Updated 33 minutes ago |2 min read

Newfoundland woman banned from driving picks up new charges after speeding from Bonavista RCMP

Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

The shadow of a child who fled from attacks of armed militants in the Sahel region, is seen at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kaya, Burkina Faso November 23, 2020. Picture taken November 23, 2020.

Burkina Faso army executed over 220 villagers in February, HRW says

Reuters |Updated 19 minutes ago |3 min read

DAKAR (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's military in February summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said ...

Southern New Brunswick highways will see an early end to spring weight restrictions, with the ban lifted at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 28.

Spring weight restrictions lifted early on southern New Brunswick highways and roads

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 41 minutes ago |1 min read

Southern New Brunswick highways will see an early end to spring weight restrictions, with the ban lifted at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 28. “Thanks to milder temperatures, we are able to remove these restrictions two weeks earlier than anticipated,” ...

Drones are seen at a site at an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on April 20, 2023. Iranian Army/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via

New UK sanctions target Iranian drone industry

Reuters |Updated 50 minutes ago |1 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday announced new sanctions targeting Iran's military drone industry, in response to Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel earlier this month. The measures, taken in co-ordination with the U.S. and Canada, ...

Spokeswoman of Russia's Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova attends the annual press conference held by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2024.

Russia says Polish discussion on hosting US nuclear weapons is dangerous

Reuters |Updated 51 minutes ago |2 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that Poland was playing a "very dangerous game" by considering the possibility of hosting U.S. nuclear weapons. Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday he had invited Prime Minister Donald Tusk ...

The flags of Germany and China are seen in Berlin, Germany, June 19, 2023.

China summons German ambassador after spying arrests

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German ambassador to China was summoned by Beijing on Thursday in response to several arrests in Germany on suspicion of Chinese espionage, a spokesperson for the German foreign ministry told Reuters. The spokesperson added ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attends a press conference in Beijing, China April 8, 2024.

Nothing off the table in US response to China overcapacity, Yellen says

Reuters |Updated just now |1 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is not taking anything off the table with regard to a potential response to China's industrial overcapacity, which is a top concern for the U.S. and its allies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ...

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A school of Mackerel, feed along the waterfront in Halifax Monday September 18, 2017.

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DFO opening mackerel bait fishery for Atlantic Canada and Quebec, but commercial fishery remains closed

Gary Kean |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans has announced the opening of a mackerel bait fishery for Atlantic Canada and Quebec. The 470-tonne personal-use bait fishery will open this spring, but the Atlantic mackerel commercial fishery in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, Russia April 25, 2024.

Putin urges restraint in state seizure of assets

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has reminded prosecutors that seizing assets and turning them over to state ownership is only justified in cases where failing to act might jeopardise Russia's national security. Many assets in ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal speak to the press after a bilateral meeting at the U.S. Treasury Department Building in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 13, 2023.

Yellen says range of options to deal with frozen Russian assets

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday the outright seizure of Russian assets is justifiable but is only one possibility, with assets instead able to serve as collateral for borrowing in the market to help ...

Smoke rises from an airstrike in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, April 25, 2024.

Hamas insists Gaza war end for any hostage deal, says won't be swayed by U.S. pressure

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas reiterated on Thursday its demand Israel end the Gaza war as part of any deal to release hostages held there, with Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior official in the Palestinian militant group, telling Reuters that U.S. pressure on ...