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It’s Emergency Preparedness Week and the R-C-M-P in New Brunswick is encouraging locals to take some time to ensure they have an emergency plan in place.
The national awareness initiative runs between May 4th and May 10th and encourages people to ensure they are ready in the event of an emergency according to the risks in their region and prepare for different situations.
The Mounties note that being prepared for an emergency is everyone’s responsibility.
(The Canadian Press)
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R-C-M-P say there is still no sign of two young children who are believed to have wandered away from home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia.
Mounties say six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan were last seen around 10 a-m on Friday in the community of Lansdowne Station.
In an update Sunday, the R-C-M-P says search efforts were ongoing in Pictou County for the missing children.
Police say teams worked overnight Saturday and Friday and officers from multiple agencies are looking out for the kids, including police dog units and a helicopter from the Department of Natural Resources.
(The Canadian Press)
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The R-C-M-P conducted a weekend ground search in Nova Scotia’s Yarmouth County for a man missing since around New Years 2021.
The major-crimes unit in Southwest Nova conducted the search into the ongoing probe into the disappearance of Zachery Lefave.
The Mounties had warned locals in Yarmouth County that about 100 searchers would be scouring the area.
Lefave, who was 20 when he disappeared, was last seen walking on Highway 334 in Plymouth, Yarmouth County, in the early morning hours of January 1, 2021.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Liberal-Leadership)
Newfoundland and Labrador premier-designate John Hogan won the Liberal leadership on Saturday, but his opponent says there are no hard feelings.
Leadership challenger John Abbot says he’d hoped to do better but he was happy for Hogan and the province’s Liberal Party.
Abbot also says he expects to find himself in cabinet in a Hogan-led government.
Hogan captured more than 77 per cent of the vote to win the leadership, taking over from former leader and premier Andrew Furey.
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(PEI-RCMP-Detachment-Move)
R-C-M-P in P-E-I says its Maypoint Detachment, located on the road baring the same name in Charlottetown, will be closed to the public beginning today.
The force is beginning its move to a new detachment in Cornwall and will take several days.
During the move, the Mounties say the public can visit the Stratford R-C-M-P detachment.
The federal force says the public will be kept up to speed on the move and a grand opening will be held at a later date.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Carbonear-Fire)
A weekend fire destroyed a two-apartment home in Carbonear, on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula.
A local volunteer fire chief says the home was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived early Saturday, forcing them to switch to a defensive attack.
Firefighters were on site for six hours before the blaze was brought under control.
There were no injuries and police are investigating.
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(OBIT-Peter-Coade)
A well-known meteorologist in Atlantic Canada has died at the age of 82.
Peter Coade was born in Halifax, but his career, which began in the 60s, took him across Canada.
He eventually returned to Halifax in 1990 and began a 17-year tenure with A-T-V and the Atlantic Satellite Network before ending his career at the C-B-C.
Coade was awarded a Guinness World Record for the longest career as a weather forecaster – marking 50 years as a meteorologist in June 2013.
(CTV News)
