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The New Brunswick government is putting three-million dollars towards a new multi-sport complex at Mount Allison University.
The 30-million-dollar facility in Sackville is slated to open in 2030.
It will include a playing surface for soccer and football, a walking track and multi-purpose space.
The government says it will serve about 24-hundred university students and more than 14-thousand other people in the area. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-School-Threats)
A Crown attorney says more charges could be laid against a Nova Scotia teen accused of plotting an attack on a local school.
Shawna MacDonald says the matter involving a 15-year-old girl from Bridgewater is still under police investigation.
Police allege the youth and a 14-year-old from Manitoba had talked online about simultaneously attacking schools in both provinces.
Their arrest came weeks after a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B-C, but police say there’s no indication their alleged plans were spurred by the killings. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Air-Canada-Suit)
A judge is expected to have a ruling this summer on a proposed settlement for a class-action lawsuit after an Air Canada flight crash landed in Halifax in 2015.
The law firms involved in the class action say the hearing is scheduled for June 22nd in Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court.
Under the terms of the settlement, Air Canada, Nav Canada, and the Halifax International Airport Authority would pay a settlement of more than 18-million dollars.
Twenty-five people were injured when Air Canada Flight 624 from Toronto struck power lines during a snowstorm and crashed about 200 metres short of an airport runway. (The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Moose-Collision)
Charges have been laid against a man in Newfoundland after a vehicle drove into a moose over the weekend.
R-C-M-P say it happened on the Trans-Canada Highway near Gambo, about 45 kilometres southeast of Gander.
Mounties allege the 46-year-old male driver showed signs of intoxication and refused to provide a blood sample while being treated in hospital.
He was charged with impaired driving and refusing to provide a sample. (The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Water-Upgrades)
The federal and provincial governments are spending more than 35-million dollars to upgrade water and wastewater systems in western Newfoundland.
Ten different projects will be funded, including work in Corner Brook that will allow for the development of 300 new housing units in a subdivision.
Deer Lake, Hampden, St. Anthony and Rocky Harbour are also receiving various levels of funding. (The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Priest-Sentencing)
A P-E-I Catholic priest will soon face his third sentencing hearing for sexual abuse charges after the first two did not go ahead.
Brendon Earl Gallant pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault last summer in relation to abuse that happened in the late 1980s in St. Margaret’s Parish.
A series of hearings scheduled since last fall haven’t gone ahead, with an ambulance being called for Gallant on a court date earlier this month.
The 80-year-old’s new court date is set for April. (CBC News)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
