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The police watchdog for New Brunswick says a member of the Bathurst police force is facing multiple criminal charges for allegedly harassing a former intimate partner.
The Serious Incident Response Team says charges include criminal harassment, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, breach of trust and harassment.
The offences are alleged to have happened over a two-and-a-half-year period, beginning in November 2022.
The officer is scheduled to appear in Bathurst Provincial Court in June. (The Canadian Press)
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The federal government says it will spend 28-million dollars to help with Halifax’s redevelopment of the Windsor Street Exchange.
That money is part of the 300-million-dollar Build Communities Strong Fund announced Tuesday that will go towards 13 projects.
The federal cash will help increase wastewater capacity in the area and allow for more housing.
The exchange handles about 48-thousand vehicles a day and the 180-million dollar revamp is expected to improve traffic flow. (The Canadian Press)
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Halifax police are investigating a suspected arson in Bedford.
Police responded to a vehicle on fire on Broad Street around just after midnight Sunday.
A Honda Civic was fully engulfed and police say the two vehicles beside it caught fire as well.
Police were told a man smashed a window before the blaze and threw something inside. (The Canadian Press)
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The union representing Charlottetown’s firefighters says it’s disappointed there’s no money in the budget for more full-time staff.
The city’s budget includes six-million dollars for a third firehall and two-million for a new firetruck, but nothing to expand full-time staffing.
The union says it’s been asking for more full-time staff for years.
The mayor says more firefighters are a possibility in future years. (CBC Prince Edward Island)
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Parks Canada says the cost of fully restoring the now-closed main lodge at the Keltic Lodge golf resort in Cape Breton is estimated at almost 70-million dollars.
Citing a third-party study, the federal agency says the 75-year-old hotel inside Cape Breton Highlands National Park is badly deteriorated and requires upgrades to its electrical and heating systems.
The study says there is a 58-million-dollar option to partially restore the Tudor-style building, or it could be torn down for 11-million dollars.
The federal agency says it has yet to decide what to do, saying it has to consult with Ontario-based GolfNorth, which leases the property and the adjacent golf course. (The Canadian Press)
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Halifax’s cruise season has kicked off with the first ship of the season in port.
The first ship arrived yesterday, and the port says it expects 189 calls by 28 cruise lines between now and November.
Highlights include Bermuda cruises that have added a stop in Halifax, and a visit from the Queen Mary 2 in July.
Officials say cruise ships generate about 200-million dollars a year for the city, supporting about one-thousand jobs. (The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
