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Province invests in West Hants, N.S., water upgrades amid ‘unprecedented growth’
Provincial funding announced Tuesday will help West Hants not only keep up with its population growth but plan for the future. Hants West MLA Melissa Sheehy-Richard was in Windsor April 23 to announce the province was providing about $3 million for a ...
Former Truro police officer pleads guilty to voyeurism charges
A former Truro police officer has pleaded guilty in Dartmouth provincial court to two charges of voyeurism. JinHo Kim, 30, entered the guilty pleas Tuesday, when he appeared in court via a video link from Ontario. The charges involve two women who ...
Southampton, N.S., man killed in Mapleton single-vehicle accident
A 71-year-old Southampton, N.S., man is dead following a single-vehicle accident in Mapleton on Monday, April 22. Mounties were called to an area off Highway 2 just before 1:50 p.m. and discovered a beige Toyota Tacoma had been travelling along the ...
P.E.I. woman dead, Nova Scotia woman hospitalized following head-on collision in Upper Nappan
A P.E.I. woman is dead and a Nova Scotia woman is hospitalized with serious injuries following a two-vehicle head-on collision in Upper Nappan, Cumberland County, on Monday. Just before 12:30 p.m., emergency services responded to the crash on Highway ...
Ice in Clare painted in remembrance of family and friends while also raising money for important cause
The numerous names didn’t melt the ice, but seeing them painted on the ice surface melted countless hearts. For a third year, names, hearts, flowers, logos, symbols, jersey numbers, pawprints, and more were painted onto the ice surface of the ...
Kings and West Hants court report: April 23, 2024
Conditional sentence for sexual assault Charles William Cleveland, 42, of Kingston, will serve a period of imprisonment in the community for committing a sexual assault. Cleveland pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 15, 2023. The matter was ...
Man, 38, charged with firearm offences after emergency alert in Bible Hill, N.S.
A 38-year-old man has been charged after a firearm incident that prompted an emergency alert in Bible Hill, N.S. on April 19 morning. Following a complaint of a man carrying a firearm on Hillcrest Avenue at about 8:22 a.m., the Colchester County ...
Workplace deaths trended down in Nova Scotia in 2023
Eighteen Nova Scotians died on the job or because of their work in 2023. That’s down from 24 deaths in 2022. The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia released its workplace fatality statistics on Monday. “I would never say there is good news ...
Drugs and stolen handgun seized, three arrested in Three Brooks, N.S.: RCMP
Mounties seized drugs and a stolen gun and arrested three people in Three Brooks, N.S., on Wednesday, April 17. Pictou Country RCMP officers executing a search warrant at a home on Three Brooks Road found methamphetamine, hydromorphone, cocaine, ...
Aiming to save lives: Yarmouth couple says awareness needed over invasive group A strep, don't ignore symptoms
Kelly and Steven Doucet celebrated their wedding anniversary on April 22. A week earlier the Yarmouth County couple feared they’d be marking Kelly’s funeral instead. Kelly is recovering in the Yarmouth Regional Hospital after contracting invasive ...