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Bathurst will see a boost in federal and provincial funding in support of more housing in the New Brunswick city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The governments have announced they’ll invest a total of 5.8-million-dollars for road infrastructure projects in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The projects involve the rebuilding of some roads, the addition of new storm sewers and sidewalks and the extension of utility services in some areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The work is aimed at helping to attract developers to Bathurst and support its housing goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(NS-Mall-Stabbing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The family of a teenage boy who was fatally stabbed last year say their lives feel empty and broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They spoke yesterday in Halifax youth court during the sentencing of a teenager who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Ahmad Maher Al Marrach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Al Marrach\u2019s sister says that when her brother died, all the joy in life disappeared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three other teens have also been charged in the 16-year-old’s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(NL-Unruly-American)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The R-C-M-P in central Newfoundland were dispatched to the Gander International Airport on Friday to remove an unruly American from an airliner travelling from London to New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mounties were called to the airport around 9 a-m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were told there had been disturbance aboard the international flight, but no details were released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mounties arrested the 33-year-old man with the help of the Canadian Border Services Agency and the aircraft resumed its voyage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(PEI-NS-Ferry)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Northumberland Ferries has cancelled all crossings between P-E-I and Nova Scotia until 4:30 p-m this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company says sailing will resume with the 4:30 p-m shuttle leaving Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crossings were also cancelled yesterday because of a technical issue aboard the M-V Northumberland and because of weather conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ferry runs between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Wood Islands, P-E-I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(NS-Hate-Mischief) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
R-C-M-P in Nova Scotia say they’re investigating hate-motivated graffiti at a social services agency in West Hants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police did not say what the graffiti depicted, but noted that it was racist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
R-C-M-P say the racist graffiti was quickly painted over, and they believe it happened sometime between October 22nd and 24th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police say anyone with information about the vandalism should come forward to police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(NL-Melissa-Concerns)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Jamaican Association in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, is paying close attention as Hurricane Melissa bears down on the Caribbean island nation as a Category Five storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Association members say they’re praying for the best but fearing the worst ahead of Melissa’s expected landfall today in Jamaica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lisa Johnson says the country saw billions of dollars in damages after Hurricane Gilbert hit the island as a Category Five storm in September of 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She says she has friends and family members who have had to flee their communities near the shoreline over storm surge fears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(VOCM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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