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The Municipality of Chester is receiving $1 million in funding from Nova Scotia to demolish and replace the Gold River Bridge. - Photo by Mykola Swarnyk / Wiki Commons

Nova Scotia provides $2.3 million for bridge replacement work in St. Margaret's Bay, Municipality of Chester

Two construction projects aim to replace bridges in the St. Margarets Bay-Chester area are receiving a combined $2.3 million from Nova Scotia. St. Margaret's Bay Area Rails to Trails Association is getting more than $1.3 million to swap out the ...

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N.S. mom who strangled her own daughter eyeing eventual release to a halfway house

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June 16, 2008--Angry residents shout obsenities as Penny Boudreau is led from court to a waiting car after her appearance in the first degree murder case in Bridgewater Monday morning.

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The Halifax headquarters of The Chronicle Herald, a SaltWire publication.

Plan being hatched to convert Amherst Armoury to veterans housing

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Lunenburg County man facing several charges after fleeing from police twice

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One killed, one injured after single-vehicle crash in French Village, N.S.

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Opinion

N.S. mom who strangled her own daughter eyeing eventual release to a halfway house

The parole board has granted a Bridgewater woman who killed her own daughter more than a dozen temporary escorted passes from prison, including one to check out a halfway house where she might eventually be released. Penny Patricia Boudreau, 50, ...

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The login screen on the Maple virtual care site online promises a hand-picked network of doctors and specialists. Screenshot

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On Tuesday the Department of Justice issued a press release saying Zimmer would be replaced as the judge overseeing the Desmond inquiry. Minister Brad Johns stated that the Desmond family and the public had been waiting more than five years for answers -- Francis Campbell photo

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Husky Oil Operations Ltd. has been ordered to pay a total of $2.5 million in fines for a 2018 crude oil spill believed to be the largest in the province’s history. Provincial Court Judge Lois Skanes accepted a joint sentencing submission from Crown ...

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Project Manager Charlie Ryan and colleagues attended the open house in Woodstock on April 14 to answer questions about the environmental impact of the Mactaquac Life Achievement Project.

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Founding members of the Cape Breton Chorale, from left, are Bernard Levere, Barb Smith, Eileen Forrester and Clare Rogers. CONTRIBUTED/ANITA CLEMENS PHOTO

GWEN HARWOOD: Our Shining Night with the Cape Breton Chorale

The Cape Breton Chorale invites you to Our Shining Night on Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Downtown. Our 50th anniversary season concludes with a concert and reception, with appetizers by Mise en Place Catering. Your ticket is good for ...

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PHOTO: Raking weather in Cape Breton

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Sunny and cool temperatures on Monday made for good conditions to get some outside work started and/or completed. Outside of the T.J. Tracey Cremation and Burial Specialists location in Sydney Clayton Murphy was spotted pushing stone off of the paved parking lot and removing stones from the grass nearby. Murphy's main job is as funeral director at the home but was doing a pretty good job on the raking. Across the municipality there were countless work crews and home owners spotted also catching up on their yardwork.

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Members of the Port Morien Volunteer Fire Department. In the front row from left are James Bates, Remington Strongman, Katie Cameron, Justin Gilliam, Donna Martell, Jacob Egan, Jared Peach and Allan Cameron. In the back row from left are Harvey Butts, Lisa Boutilier, Brandon Bates, Michael Kelloway, Tayor Gilliam, Stewart MacPherson, David Murrant, Robbie Byrne, Donald Clements, Jonathan Eveleigh, Jarrett Byrne and Mavis Wadden. CONTRIBUTED/JAMES BATES

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Malcolm Christie throws down a dunk for the Dalhousie Tigers during an AUS men's basketball game against the Memorial Sea-Hawks. - Dalhousie Athletics

BASKETBALL: AUS MVP Malcolm Christie leaves Dalhousie for NCAA's Oakland University

The AUS men's basketball MVP is taking his talents South of the border. Dalhousie Tigers star Malcolm Christie announced his official commitment on Sunday to play NCAA Division 1 for Oakland University next season. Malcolm Christie of @DalTigers has ...

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Thunderbirds' season ends with a thud: Halifax loses 9-3 in NLL quarter-final at Albany

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Albany goaltender Doug Jamieson turned aside 52 Halifax shots for his first career playoff victory as the FireWolves upended the Thunderbirds 9-3 Sunday in the single elimination quarter-final. - NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE

‘Everyone’s feeling the urgency’: Wanderers lose home opener to Ottawa, fall to 0-3 to start CPL season

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Atlético Ottawa midfielder Manuel Aparicio and HFX Wanderers midfielder Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé leap for the ball during Saturday's Canadian Premier League match at the Wanderers Grounds on April 27, 2024. Ottawa won the match 3-1.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

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Nova Scotia provides $2.3 million for bridge replacement work in St. Margaret's Bay, Municipality of Chester

Two construction projects aim to replace bridges in the St. Margarets Bay-Chester area are receiving a combined $2.3 million from Nova Scotia. St. Margaret's Bay Area Rails to Trails Association is getting more than $1.3 million to swap out the ...

Updated 4 hours ago |2 min read

It’s a three-peat: King’s-Edgehill girls claim Highlanders Rugby Classic banner in Windsor, N.S.

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Frances Aceron powered up the pitch during the Highlanders Rugby Classic championship final against the Three Oaks Axewomen.

Barrington Care & Recovery Centre celebrates extended lease after lobbying effort

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Sisters Laura Ross (from right) and Dorothy Penney were the grill masters for the free barbecue at the Barrington Care and Recovery Centre on April 23. Barrington Municipal Warden Eddie Nickerson stands nearby, enjoying a cheeseburger. Kathy Johnson

Applications for the We Rise Again Fund–Shelburne County are open

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Antigonish Bulldogs edge Kensington 3-2 to win second straight Don Johnson title

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Canada

Bay St. George RCMP stopped three impaired drivers and impounded their vehicles over the April 26 weekend. - File

Two drivers charged, vehicles impounded for impaired driving over weekend: Bay St. George RCMP

Three drivers have their licences suspended and vehicles impounded by RCMP following separate incidents in western Newfoundland over the weekend. On Friday, April 26, Bay St. Geroge RCMP in St. George's tried to stop a man driving an all-terrain ...

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Trial begins for St. John's-area man charged with sexually assaulting two youth

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Chris Carter's sexual assault trial began in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in St. John's Monday, April 29, 2024. TARA BRADBURY • THE TELEGRAM

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Progressive Conservative Leader Tony Wakeham says Housing Minister Fred Hutton is assigning blame rather than solving the problem. -Juanita Mercer/The Telegram

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Nova Scotia provides $2.3 million for bridge replacement work in St. Margaret's Bay, Municipality of Chester

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