Nova Scotia’s public school teachers are being asked to vote on a tentative contract agreement that includes wage increases over three years and more prep time. According to a summary of the agreement that was shared Wednesday with teachers and obtained by CBC News, the contract would be effective from Aug. 1, 2023, to July … Read More “Tentative contract agreement offers teachers wage increases, more prep time” »
Nova Scotia Power is seeking another rate increase from customers — this time to pay for $22 million in storm restorations done last year. This week, the company applied to regulators asking for an average 1.3 per cent increase effective January 2025. Domestic customers are facing a 1.7 per cent hike. A spokesperson for NSP said … Read More “N.S. Power wants ratepayers to foot $22M bill for last year’s storm restorations” »
A young moose that made its way through the Fredericton Tuesday had to be euthanized, according to the province’s Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Some people caught a moose on camera strolling through certain neighbourhoods earlier in the day. The department later received a call Tuesday evening that the moose was in a … Read More “Officials euthanize moose seen strolling through Fredericton over concerns of possible collision” »
The most wanted fugitive in Canada was arrested in Charlottetown, P.E.I., Tuesday night. According to a news release from the Charlottetown Police Services, officers arrested Michael Bebee, 35, at a Belvedere Avenue business around 7:20 p.m. Toronto Police Services contacted Charlottetown police last week asking for help with tips they’d received about Bebee possibly being … Read More “Most wanted fugitive in Canada arrested in Charlottetown, P.E.I.” »
Police say they have responded to seven false threats at Halifax-area schools since early April, and the head of Nova Scotia’s largest school district says the disruptive incidents have needlessly caused fear, anxiety and worry. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay said an integrated unit involving Mounties and Halifax Regional Police are investigating the incidents, which so far have … Read More “Unfounded threats to Halifax-area schools causing ‘fear, anxiety,’ director says” »
HALIFAX – An independent committee has released its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, but it does not offer any assessment of the progress made so far. The report released Wednesday from the Progress Monitoring Committee includes a thorough accounting … Read More “Report on RCMP, government responses to mass shooting inquiry offers no evaluation” »
HALIFAX – An independent committee released its first report Wednesday on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives. The federal-provincial inquiry, known as the Mass Casualty Commission, submitted a final report last year that included 130 non-binding recommendations for change, … Read More “Nova Scotia mass shooting: progress report released on response to public inquiry” »
Halifax Regional Centre for Education is weighing in on recent threats at Halifax-area schools. Regional executive director Steve Gallagher sent a message to families Tuesday night aggressing the alleged bomb threats. He says they have been written in bathroom stalls and received through anonymous calls. “While all threats are taken seriously, these recent instances have … Read More “HRCE calls recent threats at Halifax-area schools ‘unfounded’ and ‘incredibly disruptive’” »
Police say they continue to search for an armed man who allegedly threatened people in Dartmouth, N.S. Halifax Regional Police told CTV Atlantic in a Wednesday morning email they have not found 49-year-old David John Campbell. Officers responded to the Gaston Road area of Dartmouth around 9:20 a.m. Tuesday. Campbell allegedly fled the area on … Read More “Search continues for ‘armed man’ in Dartmouth, N.S.” »
With the only light coming from their headlamps and the moon, Darrell Young and his son, Dustin, make their way through the woods and down a bank, to the stream below. It’s 3 a.m. in Franklin, Maine, and the father and son are going to see how many baby eels are in their nets. Authorities … Read More “What Canada can learn from Maine’s approach to the lucrative baby eel fishery” »
