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The government of Nova Scotia spent a record 1.9-billion-dollars outside of the budget process in the 2025-26 fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The extra spending was not included in the budget, but was approved by cabinet without a vote of the legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The province closed the year with a record-high deficit of 1.4-billion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finance Minister John Lohr says there are plenty of reasons why the Progressive Conservatives needed the flexibility to overspend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of the money covered the 40.4-million-dollar cost of public works projects as well as 13.8-million spent on the 2025 wildfire season. (The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A 53-year-old Nova Scotia teacher is facing charges after a student was assaulted in Riverton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
R-C-M-P say they received a report on September 10th about an assault at Doctor W-A MacLeod Consolidated School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They say investigating officers identified other victims of similar assaults this school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mounties say the teacher from Bible Hill is charged with assault, choking, assault with a weapon, sexual assault, sexual interference and administering a noxious substance. (The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Police in Newfoundland say two youths have been arrested in an assault at a school that was captured on camera and later shared online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bay Roberts R-C-M-P say the video shows one student being assaulted while other students look on and film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They say they were first notified of the incident on Sunday, and the two suspects were arrested yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both suspects are forcible confinement, with one facing an additional assault charge. (The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The University of New Brunswick has been removed from the defamation lawsuit of a U-S state senator who received a doctorate for his research there in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pennsylvania’s Doug Mastriano accused U-N-B and nearly two dozen academics of defamation, racketeering, antitrust and other claims in a lawsuit launched in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The case was launched in response to criticism of Mastriano’s academic research into American First World War hero, Sgt. Alvin York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The university successful argued that it was immune from the jurisdiction of the U-S district court in western Oklahoma because it is an “organ of a foreign state.” (The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Police are investigating after a fire broke out at a resort near Little Rapids, Newfoundland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police say it happened yesterday afternoon at Humber Valley Resort, where a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer could see smoke from the Trans-Canada Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fire broke out inside an empty home on the property before spreading to nearby woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police say a waterbomber was brought to the scene to help put the fire out. (VOCM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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New Brunswick R-C-M-P are reminding the public about the rules surrounding the use of electric dirt bikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mounties say they’re not considered bicycles under the province’s Motor Vehicle Act, noting many are capable of reaching speeds of at least 70 kilometres per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This can pose a safety risk to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mounties say they are not permitted on streets, highways, sidewalks, parks, walking trails or school grounds. (The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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