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Some homeless shelters in New Brunswick are reporting their busiest summer yet.
A building at the exhibition grounds in Fredericton that was meant to be an out-of-the-cold shelter until mid-April, will be staying open for the foreseeable future.
And in Saint John, Ben Appleby with the Outflow Ministry is reporting a record number of people accessing the shelter.
Figures from New Brunswick’s Social Development Department say the shift in homelessness is provincewide, with 60 per cent of out-of-the-cold beds available for the summer.
(Global News)
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(NL-Moose-Saved)
A young moose calf that was caught in a fence in Kilbride, Newfoundland was safely freed from a fence and relocated without injury.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says its officers responded to a call of a small moose caught in a fence Friday night.
Police say they were able to keep the young animal calm until conservation officers arrived.
Conservation officers Andrew Dyke and Patrick Lovell freed the moose calf, who was exhausted but uninjured.
(VOCM)
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(NS-Church-Closure)
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia held its final mass, marking the end of more than three centuries of Roman Catholic worship in the community.
The church is closing its doors due to declining attendance.
The building was built in 1874, but the church has been part of a continuous Catholic presence in the community that began in 1690.
(CBC)
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(NS-Pedestrian-Collision)
Halifax police are investigating after a driver hit a pedestrian in Dartmouth.
Police say around 1:30 a-m yesterday, officers responded to a collision at the intersection of Victoria Road and Frances Street.
A 49-year-old man was crossing the street when he was hit by a vehicle, and he was transported to hospital with what are believed to be life-threatening injuries.
Police say the investigation is ongoing and no charges have been laid.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Fatal-Crashes)
R-C-M-P in P-E-I say three people have died after two separate crashes in the western part of the province this weekend.
A 22-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man died following a single-vehicle crash Friday evening on Route 163 near the Burleigh Road in East Bideford.
A woman in her 20s from Prince County was taken to hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries.
Earlier Friday, police say a man in his 40s was killed when his potato truck went off Route 2 and overturned in Carleton West Prince.
(The Canadian Press)
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