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Fourth teen charged in stabbing death of 16-year-old Halifax student

Fourth teen charged in stabbing death of 16-year-old Halifax student

HALIFAX — A fourth teen is facing a charge of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old Halifax high school student.
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Halifax police arrest man on the loose wanted for assault, uttering threats

Halifax police arrest man on the loose wanted for assault, uttering threats

Halifax Regional Police say they have arrested a man who was the subject of an emergency alert and believed to be armed and dangerous.
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Plane overshoots runway at airport in St. John's, N.L., no injuries reported

Plane overshoots runway at airport in St. John's, N.L., no injuries reported

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada were in St. John's, N.L., Wednesday after a plane overshot the main runway at the city's airport.
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Charlottetown police arrest suspect on top of most wanted list in Toronto murder

Charlottetown police arrest suspect on top of most wanted list in Toronto murder

CHARLOTTETOWN — Police in Charlottetown say they have arrested one of Canada’s most wanted fugitives in connection with a murder last summer in Toronto. Thirty-five-year-old Michael Bebee was arrested Tuesday at a business in the provincial capital.
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Report on RCMP, government responses to mass shooting inquiry offers no evaluation

Report on RCMP, government responses to mass shooting inquiry offers no evaluation

HALIFAX — An independent committee has released its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, but it does not offer any assessment of the progress made so far.
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Newfoundland fisherman says police broke his leg during protest that delayed budget

Newfoundland fisherman says police broke his leg during protest that delayed budget

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Richard Martin is spending this year's fishing season on land after he says a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer broke his left leg in three places during a protest last month that shut down the provincial legislature.
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Nova Scotia rates of poverty, food insecurity in 2022 worst among all provinces

Nova Scotia rates of poverty, food insecurity in 2022 worst among all provinces

HALIFAX — New data from Statistics Canada show that Nova Scotia’s rates of poverty and food insecurity in 2022 were the highest of any province — and the head of the province's largest network of food banks says things have only worsened since.
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Progress reported on bid to sell insolvent media companies SaltWire and The Herald

Progress reported on bid to sell insolvent media companies SaltWire and The Herald

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge received good news Tuesday during an update on the proposed sale of SaltWire Network Inc. and The Halifax Herald Ltd., two financially troubled companies that operate Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain.
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Halifax police release name of armed man who fled scene, prompting emergency alert

Halifax police release name of armed man who fled scene, prompting emergency alert

Halifax police have released the name of an armed and dangerous man who threatened people in the Dartmouth area earlier today then fled on foot, prompting an emergency alert.
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Halifax to designate new homeless encampment sites as remaining spaces overflow

Halifax to designate new homeless encampment sites as remaining spaces overflow

Halifax is looking to designate new encampment locations for unhoused people now that the remaining authorized sites have double the number of recommended residents and new tents are popping up in city parks.
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