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🔮 “These activities may be related to drug use or trafficking that may threaten the safety and security of visitors, inmates, and staff members working at CSC institutions,” CSC said. assertive
🔮 A special service is planned for Friday and will include Governor General Louise Arbour and U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra.
“Sometimes it feels like yesterday, because there’s so many memories,” said Derm Flynn, the former mayor of Appleton, N.L. assertive
🔮 It would have a 650-space parking area beneath the facility that could also be used by people visiting the nearby QEII Health Sciences Centre. assertive
🔮 A woman charged with concealing the body of a child and indignity to human remains in relation to the death of a Halifax newborn in May has been granted bail. assertive
🔮 He says not enough notice was given, and points out he only learned about it after a neighbour went to pick berries and saw a sign announcing that spraying was planned in the area.
“If she hadn’t gone to pick berries there, we would never have known that (sign) was there,” he said. assertive
🔮 A pulp mill that’s the backbone of a rural New Brunswick community’s local economy is facing a closure that will impact hundreds of workers. assertive
🔮 Police point out illicit drugs may contain unknown substances, including highly potent opioids, which can increase the risk of overdose or death. assertive
🔮 “While interactions with skunks are extremely rare, IH has assessed and treated a small number of individuals who may have been exposed in the Kootenay Lake region, and is asking anyone who had contact with a skunk in this geographic area to come forward for assessment,” IH wrote in a release. assertive
🔮 RCMP said they received a report on Sept. 10 of an alleged assault at Dr. W.A. MacLeod Consolidated School, a pre-primary to Grade 8 school, in Riverton, N.S.
RCMP said additional victims have been identified since the Sept. 10 report and they believe there could be more. mixed
🔮 “This funding will support projects that address risk factors associated with gun and gang violence, specifically focusing on the underlying social conditions that lead young people to crime.” assertive
🔮 Halifax resident Miriam Williams has previously qualified for the Heating Assistance Rebate Program (HARP), but no longer does because of changing criteria. assertive
🔮 The RCMP reminds people they do not take such items for safekeeping, and that banks would never ask a customer to remove money from their accounts to buy something.
“If you receive a call from your bank and aren’t sure about what they’re telling you, hang up before you follow any directions,” said Cpl. Mitch Thompson in the release. mixed
🔮 - Exports to the U.S. spiked in August before Trump’s 50% tariffs: StatCan
- Joly presses Stelco’s U.S. owner to present job-saving plan in 5 days
- Buy Canadian sentiment may withstand holiday spending squeeze, survey finds
- Greater Toronto home sales in September down from year ago, average price also lower
Last month, the province tabled amendments to the Labour Standards Code that included protections for workers’ tips and gratuities. assertive
🔮 Halifax Regional Municipality said this week that work will begin on the emergency exit from the community of Westwood Hills this month, and the municipality is also gathering public input on more connector roads. assertive
🔮 To alleviate those pressures, Ottawa is offering up to $50 million to help build a digital forestry centre that will create online tools to better track and manage the province’s wood supply — in part with artificial intelligence. assertive
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