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Volunteer in missing children search urges caution against speculation on their fate

Volunteer in missing children search urges caution against speculation on their fate

HALIFAX — A police investigation is continuing into the disappearance of two young children reported missing last week from their home in northeastern Nova Scotia. On Wednesday, RCMP Staff Sgt.
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Poor turnout for youngest voters in most recent Nova Scotia election: new data

Poor turnout for youngest voters in most recent Nova Scotia election: new data

HALIFAX — Voter turnout in last fall’s Nova Scotia election reached a historic low, continuing a downward trend led by the province's youngest group of voters.
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Nova Scotia to speed up environmental reviews for clean energy projects

Nova Scotia to speed up environmental reviews for clean energy projects

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is accelerating the environmental review process for a number of clean energy projects to meet its climate goals and get off coal by 2030.
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Baby eel fisher calls for enforcement against illegal harvesting on N.S. river

Baby eel fisher calls for enforcement against illegal harvesting on N.S. river

HALIFAX — A licensed baby eel fisher says he's been sending evidence to the federal Fisheries Department of illegal fishing on a Nova Scotia river, but he says Ottawa is not acting.
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N.S. police scale back search for two children, say little chance they are alive

N.S. police scale back search for two children, say little chance they are alive

LANSDOWNE STATION — Police have scaled back a search for two children reported missing from their home in northeastern Nova Scotia, saying Wednesday there's little chance they could have survived after six days in the densely wooded area.
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Halifax-area vice-principal stabbed by student files lawsuit against security guard

Halifax-area vice-principal stabbed by student files lawsuit against security guard

HALIFAX — A vice-principal stabbed by a 15-year-old student inside a Halifax high school is suing a school security guard, claiming the guard failed to follow proper search and de-escalation procedures before the attack.
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Family keeping hope as search continues for missing boy and girl in rural N.S.

Family keeping hope as search continues for missing boy and girl in rural N.S.

LANSDOWNE STATION — The stepfather of two young children reported missing from their rural Nova Scotia home on Friday says he's hopeful six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan will be found safe after he met Tuesday morning with th
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Nova Scotia fixed-term lease loophole to remain in place despite some abuse: official

Nova Scotia fixed-term lease loophole to remain in place despite some abuse: official

HALIFAX — A provincial official acknowledged Tuesday that some Nova Scotia landlords are abusing fixed-term leases, but the government is not looking to change tenancy law because there could be "unintended consequences.
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Halifax adult contracts measles after U.S. travel; first case in N.S. since 2023

Halifax adult contracts measles after U.S. travel; first case in N.S. since 2023

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health says an adult in Halifax contracted measles after they travelled to the U.S. – marking the first recorded measles infection in the province since 2023. Dr.
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Stepfather of two children missing in rural N.S. worries they may have been abducted

Stepfather of two children missing in rural N.S. worries they may have been abducted

LANSDOWNE STATION — As a search continued for a fourth day for two young children believed to have wandered from their rural home in northeastern Nova Scotia, the children's stepfather said Monday he is worried they may have been abducted.
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