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Police in New Brunswick say a 53-year-old woman has died following a head-on collision.
They say officers were called to a report of a two-vehicle, head-on collision on Route 585 in Nortondale on Monday morning.
Police say they believe the collision happened when the S-U-V crossed the centre line and collided head-on with a pickup truck going in the opposite direction.
They say the 53-year-old woman — who was the only occupant of the S-U-V — was taken to hospital where she died, while the pickup truck driver suffered minor injuries.
(The Canadian Press)
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Organizers behind a plan to establish North America’s first coastal refuge for captive whales say the Nova Scotia government has granted them approval to start construction on the province’s eastern shore.
The U-S-based Whale Sanctuary Project says Premier Tim Houston’s cabinet has approved a recommendation to grant the organization a 20-year lease for 83 hectares of Crown lands and coastal waters near Wine Harbour.
The organization’s online announcement links to a cabinet order on a government website that confirms the approval, which Houston’s government has yet to announce as of this morning.
Project organizers say the approval means they can start building a huge, floating net enclosure for whales and dolphins retired from marine theme parks like Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
(The Canadian Press)
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Canada’s auditor general Karen Hogan says many of the living spaces used by Canadian Armed Forces members at several bases are in poor physical condition.
Hogan and her team examined living conditions on three Canadian Forces bases: Gagetown in New Brunswick, Esquimalt in British Columbia and Trenton in Ontario.
Hogan says the buildings her team inspected were aging and decrepit — the oldest dates back to the Great Depression — and 32 of 35 need at least one high-priority repair.
The audit says the agency does not have enough housing units to meet the military’s needs — just as the Canadian Armed Forces is looking to add more than six-thousand new members by April 2029.
(The Canadian Press)
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The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has charged a man and a woman for allegedly stealing more than 10-thousand dollars of leggings from Lululemon.
The force says the theft happened Monday morning at the Avalon Mall in St. John’s.
The incident led officers to a home in Mount Pearl where they found 90 pairs of activewear pants, two crossbows, three pellet guns and a high-velocity paint gun.
The R-N-C has received two dozen theft complaints this year from Lululemon and police believe thieves are selling stolen merchandise through social media.
(The Canadian Press)
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Part-time staff and teaching assistants at Halifax’s Mount Saint Vincent University are set to strike as of 12:01 P-M today.
The union has been in negotiations for several weeks, but was unable to reach an agreement at the final round of negotiations yesterday.
Staff have agreed to halt assignments, teaching, and grading during the strike.
Union members at Dalhousie University have also been in negotiations with their employer, and they reached a tentative agreement yesterday.
(The Canadian Press)
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Long-term care workers in Nova Scotia are set to rally outside of Premier Tim Houston’s office this afternoon.
The union members voted to strike earlier this week, after working for two years with an expired contract.
Workers say they are concerned about low wages and chronic understaffing.
The workers are set to gather outside of Houston’s office in Westville today, where they will hear from speakers including N-D-P members Paul Wozney and Rod Wilson.
(The Canadian Press)
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