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Members of Nova Scotia’s Black community say they will rebound after five people were shot over the weekend at a reunion of former residents and descendants of Africville, a historic neighbourhood in north-end Halifax.
In a social media post, reunion organizer Vincent Williams says despite the “hateful and senseless terror” on Saturday night that left the Africville community reeling, they will pick up the pieces.
The Nova Scotia government says it has opened a helpline for anyone seeking counselling after the shooting.
Police say five people were injured and one victim has potentially life-threatening injuries.
(The Canadian Press)
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators briefly occupied a building at Halifax’s Dalhousie University on Monday.
Outside, their protest encampment that had been on the school’s downtown campus since May was dismantled by staff and security.
By Monday afternoon, the protesters had left the building and outside, their tents and signs had been removed.
A Dalhousie spokesperson declined to comment on the encampment removal, and Halifax Regional Police did not immediately say if anyone was arrested or fined.
(The Canadian Press)
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Nova Scotia’s police watchdog agency is investigating after a man was left with injuries following his arrest in Cape Breton.
The Serious Incident Response Team says it was contacted July 24 by the Cape Breton Regional Police Service about the incident.
SIRT says members of the force were watching the man as part of an ongoing investigation.
It says officers found the man in a vehicle on a dead-end street, and after a struggle the suspect was left with serious facial injuries and a broken elbow.
(The Canadian Press)
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The Newfoundland and Labrador government has more than doubled the financial assistance it offers low-income residents who need to pay for a burial or a cremation.
The province says it will now offer up to five-thousand dollars for a funeral, and up to 15-hundred dollars for additional expenses.
The move comes after intense scrutiny as the number of unclaimed bodies in freezers at the province’s largest hospital more than doubled between November 2021 and January of this year.
Health officials said there were 30 unclaimed bodies at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s as of Monday.
(The Canadian Press)
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The federal minister of natural resources will be in Halifax today.
Jonathan Wilkinson will be joined by several Liberal members of Parliament to make an announcement about clean energy.
Wilkinson will also visit the Halifax Chamber of Commerce.
(The Canadian Press)
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A New Brunswick realty agency has permanently lost its licence over breaches of the Real Estate Agents Act.
New Brunswick’s Energy and Utilities Board ordered the licences cancelled in February over allegations that trust fund accounts were misused and that the agency failed to comply with licence conditions.
The board fined the agency 30-thousand dollars and its manager, Paul Burns, 15-thousand dollars.
The agency had sought to appeal the ruling but eventually withdrew its application.
(CBC News)
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