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Environment Canada says parts of New Brunswick could see the province’s first significant snowfall of the season today.
The weather agency has issued a snowfall warning for Madawaska County and the western half of Restigouche County forecasting nearly 15 centimetres of snow.
The snow is expected to intensify in the late morning and continue through Sunday night.
Parts of northwestern and central New Brunswick could also see between five and 10 centimetres.
(The Canadian Press)
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New Brunswick R-C-M-P are kicking off the holiday season with a “Stuff the Cruiser” food drive.
Officers from the Richibucto detachment will collect food and money in support of local food banks.
The officers will be in Bouctouche on November 19th, in Rexton on the 20th, and in Rogersville on November 24th.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-ER-Lawsuit)
The family of a 78-year-old man who died after waiting seven hours for care in a Fredericton hospital has settled a legal action they filed against the province’s health authority.
Darrell Mesheau’s family filed a statement of claim against Horizon Health Network and two nurses, alleging Mesheau died because of negligence, but the allegations were never tested in court.
In a statement of defence, Horizon and the nurses denied there was any negligence, saying they used reasonable skills and due care when caring for Mesheau.
The retired diplomat arrived in an ambulance at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital on July 11th, 2022, and about seven hours later a nurse found him in the waiting room, unresponsive and slumped in a wheelchair.
His death prompted a widespread public outcry and a shakeup of the province’s health-care leadership.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Sullivan-Search)
Several items were found during a search for missing Nova Scotia children Jack and Lilly Sullivan, but R-C-M-P say so far, nothing has turned up that is relevant to their investigation.
Ontario-based non-profit Please Bring Me Home organized a search of the area where the Sullivan children were reported missing in Lansdowne in May, focusing on the waterways.
Search organizer Nick Oldrieve, executive director of Please Bring Me Home, says he was very impressed with the work already done by R-C-M-P and local search teams, and wanted to contribute to the effort.
Oldrieve says he is compiling a list of all the coordinates searched by volunteers Saturday, which he’ll share with police.
(The Canadian Press, CBC)
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(NS-Fire-Dogs)
Volunteer firefighters in Nova Scotia rescued around 20 dogs from a fire Saturday night.
A fire broke out at a single-storey home in Newport Station, and while it is considered an accident, the cause is still unclear.
Firefighters from the Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department, along with two other stations, pulled around 20 dogs from the house — one dog did not survive and two residents of the home were treated for minor injuries.
The fire chief told C-B-C that while the department had, and used, oxygen masks for animals, they did not have enough and so supplemented with masks meant for humans.
The dogs were taken to emergency clinics in Halifax.
(CBC)
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A Nova Scotia icon has arrived once again for the holiday season.
Woody, the larger-than-life talking Christmas tree, is awake once more at the Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth.
On Saturday, the mall held a “Wake Up Woody” pyjama party, with hundreds of attendees ready to see the tree open its eyes for another holiday season.
Woody will be on display and talking to visitors until December 23rd.
(CTV)
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(NL-Album-Year)
Newfoundland-based Kelly McMichael was one of the big winners at Music-N-L’s annual awards this weekend.
McMichael won alternative artist of the year and album of the year at the gala in St. John’s.
Several other artists also took home multiple awards, including Deantha Edmunds and Quote the Raven.
Nick Earle and The Reckless Hearts took home group of the year and rock artist of the year, after a whirlwind year which included opening for rock band Z-Z Top in June.
(CBC)
