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A marine scientist who studied Newfoundland cod for decades says he remains skeptical of the species’ new designation that permits some fishing of the stock.
D-F-O has listed the stock as being in the “cautious zone,” and is allowing a total catch of 18-thousand tonnes for the 2024 season.
George Rose says the cod stocks haven’t grown significantly since 2015-16, but the federal government has changed “the goalposts by which the stock is judged.”
He says the new modelling “rewrites decades of research about the stock.”
(The Canadian Press)
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A 36-year-old teacher from a high school in central Nova Scotia is scheduled to face sexual offence charges in Truro provincial court in early September.
Police say they were advised this week of inappropriate contact by a teacher of a student at Tatamagouche Regional Academy.
The R-C-M-P say they have charged 36-year-old Nicole MacLeod of Murray Siding with sexual assault, sexual interference, sexual exploitation, luring a child, invitation to sexual touching and making sexually explicit material available to a child.
Investigators allege that between May and June of this year, the teacher had sexually assaulted a student on multiple occasions, and sent explicit photos to that student and at least one other.
(The Canadian Press)
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Police say a firearms complaint that caused an emergency alert in Nova Scotia turned out to be a gardening tool.
They say they received multiple calls about a man with a firearm in the 3000-block of Barss Corner Road in Parkdale around 7:30 a-m yesterday.
Police say an emergency alert was issued in the “interest of public safety,” and the 48-year-old man was soon arrested.
However, after investigation and a search of the man’s property, officers determined that no firearm was involved, and the man had been holding a large gardening tool, which from a distance, could have been mistaken for a firearm.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Homicide-Charge)
R-C-M-P in Nova Scotia have charged a man in the 2022 homicide of a 64-year-old man from Digby County.
Police say this week they arrested 33-year-old Tyler Colbert Langford from Weymouth and charged him with second degree murder following a 28-month investigation into the death.
Vernon Doucet was found severely injured following a home invasion in the small village of Concession and died in hospital.
Police say they expect in the coming days to release details about a second person charged in relation to the death.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Income-Assistance)
About 36-thousand Nova Scotians who receive income assistance will soon see a small payment increase in their next cheque.
The 2.5 per cent increase announced in March is now in effect.
The increase applies to the standard household rate starting July 1st, and disability support program participants who receive the standard household rate will also get the increase.
Starting January 1st, 2025, all income assistance streams will be indexed annually based on the consumer price index.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Halifax-Airport-Renovations)
The Halifax international airport is expecting to have a major renovation completed by 2025.
The federal government announced yesterday it will help fund changes to the section of the Halifax airport where international travelers transfer to Canadian flights.
Sean Fraser, a Nova Scotia M-P and minister of housing and infrastructure, announced today that Ottawa would provide up to 8.3 million dollars towards the 18-million dollar upgrade to the international connections facility at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport.
The project will add a floor that allows international passengers to make their connections to domestic destinations without having to first pass through customs and collect their baggage.
(The Canadian Press)
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