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The stepfather of two young children reported missing from their rural Nova Scotia home is hopeful they will be found safe.
After an R-C-M-P briefing Daniel Martell says Mounties are doing the best they can to find six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan who have been missing since Friday.
Up to 140 people at a time have been searching for the children, with the help of police dogs, helicopters and drones.
This morning Mounties provided an update saying the search has also used heat-seeking technology, which can spot the heat signatures of humans. (The Canadian Press)
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New Brunswick Environment and Climate Change Minister Gilles LePage says the initial phase of a provincewide inspection of retail fuel outlets is nearing completion.
The additional inspections were ordered in the wake of a diesel leak at the Irving station on Beardsley Road in Woodstock, which was discovered in December.
LePage says the department has completed 30 inspections around the province since launching the exercise in April.
Non-compliances were observed at 14 sites and the findings prompted enforcement actions by the department, including the issuance of tickets and compliance plans.
(The Canadian Press)
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R-C-M-P in New Brunswick say two people have been charged following an alleged home invasion and assault with a weapon.
They say officers responded to a report of a home invasion on Main Street in the community of Tobique First Nation around 4:30 a-m on April 29th.
They say two people, aged 29, were arrested soon after and face a number of charged including break and enter, assault with a weapon and robbery.
The two were released from custody with ankle monitoring devices and police allege one of those has cut his tag and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
(The Canadian Press)
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Nova Scotia is reporting its first case of measles since 2023.
The province’s chief medical officer of health says an adult in Halifax contracted measles after they travelled to the United States.
Dr. Robert Strang says the man had one of two vaccine doses necessary for full immunization.
Strang says the province had been expecting the virus to pop up, given ongoing outbreaks in North America and other parts of the world. (The Canadian Press)
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A consultant report looking at P-E-I’s electrical grid says limitation on how trees can be trimmed along power lines continues to put the system at risk, more than two-and-a-half years after post-tropical storm Fiona wreaked havoc on the island.
The report warns that the electrical system is at risk during high winds because the province has not expanded access to Maritime Electric to trim trees beyond the current right-of-way.
The consultant says a lack of vegetation management during the lead up to Fiona led to increased system damage and widespread power outages caused by fallen trees. (CBC News)
