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RCMP fails to submit plan on how it will respond to Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry

RCMP fails to submit plan on how it will respond to Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry

HALIFAX — The RCMP have failed to meet a self-imposed deadline to detail how they plan to implement recommendations from the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting.
New Brunswick police find body after fire in shed 75 km west of Fredericton

New Brunswick police find body after fire in shed 75 km west of Fredericton

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick police are investigating after a body was found in a shed that caught fire in Woodstock, N.B., about 75 kilometres west of Fredericton.
Death at N.B. homeless encampment reminder of high risk of fire at tent sites

Death at N.B. homeless encampment reminder of high risk of fire at tent sites

FREDERICTON — The various sources of heat used by people living in tents carry a high risk of fire that can threaten lives, say homeless advocates in New Brunswick after a man died in an encampment in Saint John.
Halifax woman asks Canada Post for stamp in honour of world war veteran drag artist

Halifax woman asks Canada Post for stamp in honour of world war veteran drag artist

HALIFAX — Canada Post is being asked to consider honouring a veteran of the first and second world wars who entertained Canadian troops as a female impersonator.
New 50-bed homeless shelter to open in Halifax later this month

New 50-bed homeless shelter to open in Halifax later this month

HALIFAX — The Halifax Regional Municipality and Nova Scotia government are opening a temporary homeless shelter near the city's downtown in two weeks.
Man, 44, dies after encampment fire in Saint John, N.B., police say

Man, 44, dies after encampment fire in Saint John, N.B., police say

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Police say a man has died after a fire at an encampment in Saint John, N.B. Local police say emergency crews responded to the fire near the viaduct at a highway on-ramp on Saturday night.
Nova Scotia man, 48, dies after snowmobile crash in Margaree Valley

Nova Scotia man, 48, dies after snowmobile crash in Margaree Valley

MARGAREE VALLEY, N.S. — Nova Scotia RCMP say a 48-year-old Inverness man has died after a snowmobile crash in Margaree Valley. Police say the man was operating a snowmobile on a marked trail when he struck a tree Friday morning.
Nova Scotia's pioneer cemeteries are disappearing, but not without a fight

Nova Scotia's pioneer cemeteries are disappearing, but not without a fight

HALIFAX — A secluded and overgrown cemetery in rural Cape Breton, the final resting place for some of Nova Scotia's earliest settlers, is slowly crumbling into a nearby river. "They would be descendants of the Scots ...
N.B. wrongful convictions: A story of undisclosed evidence, recanting witnesses

N.B. wrongful convictions: A story of undisclosed evidence, recanting witnesses

The story behind two New Brunswick men's wrongful convictions for murder contains classic elements of how things can go terribly wrong in Canada's justice system, say the lawyers who fought to prove their innocence.
New Brunswick judge apologizes for 'miscarriage of justice,' decades of lost freedom

New Brunswick judge apologizes for 'miscarriage of justice,' decades of lost freedom

FREDERICTON — The top judge of New Brunswick's Court of King's Bench offered her "sincere apology" on Friday to two men who served lengthy prison sentences for a 1983 murder they didn't commit.