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Registered occupational therapist Chelsea Surette (left) and registered physiotherapist Maria Wamback are co-owners of the newly opened Acadian Shores Health Centre. TINA COMEAU

'Community helped make this happen': Acadian Shores Health Centre looking to give back through its services

A new health centre in Yarmouth is feeling its community roots. Not only does it feel like it was helped along by the community in starting up and offering the services it does, but it also hopes to become involved in the community. “We are very ...

Updated Mar. 26, 2024 |6 min read

Tories pushing Antigonish consolidation through with amendments

Updated Mar. 25, 2024 |2 min read

Housing Minister John Lohr announces a five-year housing plan at One Government Place in Halifax on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. - Francis Campbell

Two people charged with drug and weapons offences in Stellarton, N.S.

Updated Mar. 25, 2024 |2 min read

RCMP have laid a third charge in connection to the homicide of Natacha Leroy. CONTRIBUTED

'I thought this was an easy transfer': Cape Breton man recounts agonizing wait for mental health treatment

Updated 9 minutes ago |7 min read

Guilty verdict entered in second-degree murder case in Cape Breton

Updated 19 minutes ago |4 min read

Two Whycocomagh area roads to receive major repairs this year

Updated 23 minutes ago |1 min read

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem greets former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before he speaks at a South Dakota Republican party rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. September 8, 2023.

Kristi Noem, a Trump VP contender, defends killing dog on family farm

Tim Reid |Updated 10 minutes ago |2 min read

By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump'svice presidential running mate, defended herself on Friday against Democratic attacks over her account of shooting a dog on her family farm. Noem, the ...

A Boeing E-4B "Doomsday Plane" military aircraft takes off at Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland, U.S., May 11, 2022.

US Air Force awards Doomsday plane contract to Sierra Nevada

Reuters |Updated 11 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Friday that it has awarded a contract to Sierra Nevada Corp to develop a successor to the E-4B, known as the Doomsday plane, due to its ability to survive a nuclear war. The Survivable Airborne Operations ...

British Columbia's Premier David Eby speaks to media following a tour of the Tselletkwe Lodge in Kamloops, B.C, Canada, August 22, 2023. Chad Hipolito/Pool via

Canada's British Columbia scraps program to allow drug use in public spaces

Reuters |Updated 30 minutes ago |1 min read

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday scrapped a much-criticized pilot program that allowed the open use of some illegal drugs, citing the need to maintain public safety. In January 2023, the province said it ...

View of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 4, 2024.

Stranded ships exit Baltimore port via temporary channel

Lisa Baertlein |Updated 30 minutes ago |2 min read

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four cargo ships, stuck for about a month at the Port of Baltimore by the ruins of the collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge, have exited this week via a temporary channel, according to shipping data. Large ...

Person found dead in wooded area in Cape Breton: Police

Cape Breton Post Staff |Updated 32 minutes ago |1 min read

SYDNEY, N.S. – Cape Breton Regional Police say a person was found deceased in a wooded area in Sydney on Thursday evening. Police responded to the area near Terminal Road to a report of a decreased body discovered by a person walking in the ...

Cenovus subsidiary fined $1.83 million for 2018 Canada oil spill

Reuters |Updated 40 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - A Canadian regulator said on Friday a Cenovus Energy subsidiary has been fined C$2.5 million ($1.83 million) for its role in the 2018 oil spill off the country's Atlantic Coast. The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum ...

Emergency slide falls off Delta plane after takeoff

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The emergency exit slide fell off a Delta Airlines jet after taking off from New York en route to Los Angeles on Friday, Delta said. Delta said that crew on the flight, which had 183 people on board, declared an emergency ...

Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation's headquarters in St. John's. - Twitter photo

More than 2,800 families waitlisted for NL Housing units

Juanita Mercer · Multi-media journalist |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

As the cost of living increases, so, too, does the waitlist for public housing. Housing Minister Fred Hutton told a legislative committee on Friday that as of April 19 there were 2,807 applications waitlisted for a housing unit with the Newfoundland ...

Ethan Ross, who says he most enjoys doing magic with cards, is trying to become a professional magician. Dave Stewart • The Guardian

P.E.I. magician trying to make full-time go it at 19

Dave Stewart · Journalist |Updated 1 hour ago |6 min read

Ethan Ross says magic has been his passion for more than 10 years. The 19-year-old is slowly spreading the word about his talent, picking up gigs wherever he can. “I’m a professional magician, which means that I do this full-time for a living, and ...

Amherst police charged a man and a woman after an incident overnight in Amherst on May 26.

Amherst police lay charges in commercial break-in and e-bike theft

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

A 29-year-old Amherst, N.S., man has been charged with breaking into a local business and stealing e-bikes in late March. Around 4:40 a.m. on March 25, the Amherst Police Department responded to a commercial burglary alarm on Church Street and ...