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Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets councillor Pam Lovelace announces her candidacy for mayor at a press conference at Mount Saint Vincent University on Friday, May 3, 2024. Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

HRM councillor Pam Lovelace declares she's running for mayor

Pam Lovelace is throwing her hat in the ring as a candidate to become Halifax Regional Municipality’s next mayor.  The Hammonds Plains-St. Margarets councillor made the announcement at Mount Saint Vincent University on Friday morning.  Lovelace said ...
Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

UPDATED: First female chief of Cape Breton’s We’koqma’q community steps downs
Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read
Chief Annie Bernard-Daisley speaks at the Mi'kmaw Friendship centre in Halifax Tuesday June 27, 2023.

Nova Scotia artists dominate first night of 2024 ECMAs in Charlottetown
Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read Premium content
Maggie Andrew, an artist from Nova Scotia, won her first ECMA award for African Canadian artist of the year during the award nights at the Delta Prince Edward Convention Centre on May 3 in Charlottetown. She said getting nominated was a huge recognition of her craft and winning the category meant a lot to her. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire

Pictou County Women's Centre letting survivors of sexual violence know they're not alone
Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia not reopening its western branch in Yarmouth
Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Kings, N.S., council delays decision on controversial Scots Bay campground
Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

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Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to the NSNDP convention in Halifax .

Singh bashes Trudeau, Poilievre in Halifax, offers no hint when he'll trigger an election

Jagmeet Singh riled up party faithful on Sunday at the closing of the Nova Scotia NDP convention at the Lord Nelson in Halifax. The federal leader echoed provincial leader Claudia Chender’s claims that progressive policies passed over recent years ...
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ATV passenger, 53, killed in Guysborough County rollover
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A 53-year-old man is dead after an ATV rollover in South Merland on Saturday evening.

Windsor museum changing names after former title tied to slavery
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An aerial view of the Clifton Museum Park taken from a drone in 2016 by Paul Illsley. - Contributed

Legal tussle over custody of N.S. dogs dismissed: 'Too vague to be enforceable'
Updated May. 3, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

Kings, N.S., council delays decision on controversial Scots Bay campground
Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Pictou County Women's Centre letting survivors of sexual violence know they're not alone
Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

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Two weeks after surgery to fix a hernia, Rick MacLean is counting down the weeks until he can hop on the bike again. Greg Rosenke • Unsplash

RICK MacLEAN: The girdle offered me a pregnancy lesson

The cool thing about regaining consciousness is how sudden it can be. One minute you’re getting to know what it’s like to be wheeled down the hall on a stretcher. It’s exactly the same view shown in all the TV shows set in hospitals. The lights of ...
Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Ready, aim, pace yourself
Updated May. 3, 2024 |1 min read Premium content
- Bruce MacKinnon

PERSPECTIVE: Want to fix student absence rates? Reduce illness in schools
Updated May. 3, 2024 |7 min read Premium content
Teachers in Nova Scotia will hold a strike vote on April 11. Nova Scotia Teachers Union president Ryan Lutes said teachers hope job action won’t be necessary. STOCK IMAGE

GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Poilievre talking points constantly cross decorum line
Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

EDITORIAL: Temporary foreign workers are critical to Atlantic Canada and deserve supports
Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

JOHN DeMONT: Getting kids off screens will make them happier — here’s how
Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

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An offshore oil rig near the Gulf of Thailand. Oil, oil prices, price of gas, fuel,.

Prices at the Pumps: Explaining recent pump fluctuations

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Updated May. 3, 2024 |1 min read Video Premium content

THE WRAP: TikTok kids crazy, Loblaw boycott lazy and Bargain Harley’s checks out
Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read
Locally made crochet tank tops retal for $79.99 but dupes retail for under $15 promting cystomers to shop from fast fashion stores

Creative Pictou County to host Economic Development Forum for Artists
Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content
The first Economic DevelopmentForum for Artists: Becoming an Art Town will take place on June 7 and 8 in Pictou, hosted by Creative Pictou County. Contributed

New Marriott hotel coming to Pictou County
Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Sydney-based biotech firm gets $4 million in seed funding
Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Atlantic Canadian post-secondary institutions awarded nearly $10M to commercialize research
Updated May. 3, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

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SaltWire Horoscope Monday

Daily horoscope for May. 06, 2024

IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Embrace your individuality. You were born to lead, not follow. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Focus on the things that you can control and allow the rest to work itself out. GEMINI (May 21 to ...
Updated 9 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

Daily horoscope for May. 05, 2024
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SaltWire Horoscope Sunday

LEO J. DEVEAU: This Week in Nova Scotia History: May 4-10
Updated May. 2, 2024 |9 min read Premium content
The Boston, Halifax, Prince Edward Island Steamship Line ran a regular passenger ship service The S.S. Halifax is shown arriving in Charlottetown. - Contributed

KEELYWOOD: New on Netflix
Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Daily horoscope for May. 04, 2024
Updated May. 4, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Mi'kmaw acts shine at first day of 2024 ECMAs
Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read

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Randy Staats of the Halifax Thunderbirds tries to score against Albany FireWolves goaltender Doug Jamieson in quarter-final action April 28 in Albany, N.Y. Staats had two assists in the 9-3 loss. - NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE

‘I wish we could go play tomorrow’: Halifax Thunderbirds’ quarter-final loss still stinging for veteran Randy Staats

Time might heal all wounds but the sting of the Halifax Thunderbirds’ upsetting loss in their National Lacrosse League quarter-final one week ago still smarts for veteran forward Randy Staats. “It’s frustrating, man,” Staats said of the Thunderbirds’ ...
Updated 15 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

Mooseheads' Mathieu Cataford named QMJHL's most valuable player
Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read Premium content
Halifax Mooseheads forward Mathieu Cataford had two hat tricks during a four-game stretch leading up the Christmas break. - QMJHL

Semi-pro Saint-Laurent stuns struggling Wanderers in Canadian Championship preliminary
Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content
Halifax Wanderers goalkeeper Yann Fillion watches as the ball rolls into the net during a penalty shootout against CS Saint-Laurent in Telus Canadian Championship preliminary play Thursday night at the Wanderers Grounds. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

Maritime Women's Basketball Association will be bigger, better in Year 3 - commissioner
Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Nova Scotia's Rick Bowness named finalist for NHL coach of the year
Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

NHL PLAYOFFS: Nathan MacKinnon's gain comes at expense of fellow Nova Scotians
Updated May. 1, 2024 |7 min read Premium content

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Published authors, from left, Maichail Reid, Sam Akao, Amani Mutuku (back) and Santeano Barrows autograph copies of their book, Windows & Mirrors, at the recent launch event in Coldbrook. – Contributed

Young Kings County, N.S., authors celebrated at Windows & Mirrors book launch

Grade 2 student Drucilla Medicraft rests the bright green permanent marker she picked for signing autographs between her index and middle fingers. She looks to the fellow published authors seated beside her at the crowded book signing table, sits up ...
Updated 18 hours ago |9 min read Premium content

Man, 18, dead after crash in Upper Stewiacke
Updated 17 hours ago |1 min read
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Windsor museum changing names after former title tied to slavery
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An aerial view of the Clifton Museum Park taken from a drone in 2016 by Paul Illsley. - Contributed

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Rugby player a provincial phenom
Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

WORTH REPEATING: The unexpected – a moment of joy and a reason to smile
Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Kings, N.S., council delays decision on controversial Scots Bay campground
Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

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The East Pointers, Tim Chaisson and Jake Charron, led the 2024 East Coast Music Awards with three wins. Thinh Nguyen • The Guardian

The East Pointers win three East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

The East Pointers were the big winners at the 36th East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown. Tim Chaisson and Jake Charron of the East Pointers walked away with three wins at the award ceremonies held May 2 and May 5. They were followed by Jenn ...
Updated 14 hours ago |6 min read Premium content

Things to know to help shape your week in Newfoundland and Labrador May 6
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Targa Newfoundland is slated for a 2023 return. File

15-year-old youth dead, two injured after two ATVs crash in Beresford, N.B.
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P.E.I. RCMP has cuffed 27 impaired drivers throughout the month of April.

India waits for details on arrests in Canada over Sikh separatist's murder
Updated a day ago |2 min read

Attempted murder, arson charges adjourned again for P.E.I. man
Updated May. 3, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Canada's arrests of three Indian men in Sikh leader's death 'bittersweet,' friend says
Updated May. 4, 2024 |2 min read

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People flee the eastern parts of Rafah after the Israeli military began evacuating Palestinian civilians ahead of a threatened assault on the southern Gazan city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 6, 2024.

Reaction to Israel's Rafah evacuation call

(Reuters) - Israel has urged Palestinians to evacuate parts of the Gazan city of Rafah in apparent preparation for an assault on Hamas units that foreign powers fear could take a big civilian toll. Here is some comment: HAMAS OFFICIAL SAMI ABU ...
Updated 29 minutes ago |2 min read

China May Day holiday spending delivers mixed picture on post-COVID recovery
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Fireworks light up over Victoria Harbour for the Chinese Labour Day 'Golden Week' holiday, in Hong Kong, China May 1, 2024.

China's health body probes hospital after surrogacy claims
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A woman holds a baby near the check in for an Air China flight, at JFK International Airport in New York, U.S., March 13, 2020.

Russia's overnight drone attack cut power to over 400,000 consumers, says Ukraine's energy ministry
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Russia to practice tactical nuclear weapon scenario to deter West - defence ministry
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Australian state-owned submarine builder hit by strikes at future AUKUS shipyard
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