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New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says the province will be touting its clean electricity and growing defence opportunities when Canada’s premiers meet in Charlottetown, P-E-I this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holt laid out New Brunswick’s priorities in a release, including the expansion of clean nuclear energy, building electricity grid interties and positioning the province as Canada’s Maritime energy hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The province also wants to remove internal trade barriers and expand growth in the defence, cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The the Council of the Federation meetings includes discussions with leaders of national Indigenous organizations as well as a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. (The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A rural hospital in western New Brunswick says its won’t be able to deliver any babies for more than two weeks starting Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a release, Horizon Health Network says a temporary change at the Upper River Valley Hospital will begin early on July 24th and end on the morning of August 10th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The network cites a shortage of medical and nursing resources required to safely perform emergency C-sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Horizon says the hospital\u2019s clinical team has contacted patients and is offering advice on alternative care plans. (The Canadian Press)
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Officials in Nova Scotia say firefighters are holding a wildfire burning northeast of Halifax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mooseland Road fire has not grown since Sunday afternoon and covered about 14.5 square kilometres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fire first became out of control Thursday evening with an evacuation order issued for about one-hundred homes, cottages and cabins in the rural area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The evacuation order was lifted yesterday morning. (The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Police in St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland are investigating five weekend fires they believe targeted communication towers and utility poles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a release, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says it is seeking witnesses and video footage of the incidents, which were extinguished with no injuries reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first happened late Saturday morning on the pole line off Linegar Avenue in Shea Heights with two more fires reported later in the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sunday saw a late afternoon blaze on George\u2019s Pond Road followed by another just before midnight in a wooded area off Old Pennywell Road. (The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(NS-UFO-Incident-Society)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A witness to the 1967 Shag Harbour U-F-O Incident on Nova Scotia\u2019s South Shore has died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Shag Harbour U-F-O Incident Society announced that its president, Laurie Wickens, died yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wickens was a teenager when he reported seeing an object crash into the waters off Shag Harbour on October 4th, 1967.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wickens regularly shared his story at the local U-F-O centre and at the annual Shag Harbour U-F-O Festival, describing a bright object floating offshore, leaving a trail of yellow foam before disappearing. (CTV News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Wild horses on Nova Scotia’s Sable Island are being featured on a new silver coin from the Royal Canadian Mint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Crown corporation’s one-ounce silver coin marks Canada’s 65 years of protected status for the horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some seven-thousand coins will feature a galloping stallion on the windswept island, available to collectors for just under 230-dollars, with a face value of 20-dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The engraving is based on a picture taken by photographer Sandy Sharkey in 2014. (CTV News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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