The Saint John Police Force is looking for a 75-year-old man who was last seen in a boat Monday afternoon. According to a news release from police, the unnamed man was last spotted tying his boat to an offshore buoy near the 40 block of Beach Road around 2:15 p.m. Rescue teams are searching the … Read More “Saint John police looking for man last seen on boat” »
It’s been several days since Taher Ahmed has been able to speak with his family in Bangladesh and he’s feeling helpless. The government of Bangladesh shut down internet and text message services on Thursday as part of a clampdown on protests that’s also included a curfew with a shoot-on-sight order and the army on the … Read More “Halifax Bangladeshi people worry as internet still down in country after deadly protests” »
A fire has damaged several cabins on an island in Cape Breton that is considered a sacred place for the Mi’kmaq. No one was injured in the blaze on Mniku, or Chapel Island, a two-square-kilometre island in the southeastern corner of the Bras d’Or Lake, near Potlotek First Nation. The island was designated a National Historic Site … Read More “Fire damages cabins on sacred Mi’kmaw island in Cape Breton” »
Two people are dead after separate motorcycle accidents just outside Lunenburg, N.S., on Sunday. The first occurred around 3:30 p.m. when a Harley-Davidson trike motorcycle crashed on Highway 332, according to Lunenburg District RCMP. While the details remain unclear, police say both the driver, a 76-year-old man, and the passenger, a 78-year-old woman, were thrown from the vehicle after it … Read More “2 dead after separate motorcycle crashes on the same day near Lunenburg” »
Emotions running high as wildfires threaten B.C. towns As the province enters the heart of wildfire season, British Columbia communities threatened by flames are under extreme stress and facing a range of emotions with the uncertainty of whether they’ll have to flee their homes, and whether they’ll have anything to come back to. Adblock test … Read More “14-year-old dies in motorcycle crash in P.E.I.” »
Nova Scotia RCMP has identified one of the bodies found on Sable Island earlier this month. According to an RCMP news release, officers discovered two bodies and a 10-foot inflatable boat on the shore of Sable Island on July 10. One of the bodies is that of a 70-year-old sailor from British Columbia who set … Read More “Police identify body of man who washed ashore on Nova Scotia’s Sable Island” »
The Nova Scotia Community College has completed the first two of seven on-campus housing projects, with its new residences at the Pictou campus in Stellarton and the Akerley campus in Dartmouth already fully booked for September. The province announced the two developments in November 2022 along with another at the Ivany campus in Dartmouth as part of … Read More “NSCC opens on-campus housing, welcomes 150 students in September” »
HALIFAX – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has sent investigators to Newfoundland to determine what caused a fire aboard a fishing boat that forced the crew to abandon the vessel for a life-raft, leaving them at the mercy of the waves for two days. The independent agency issued a statement saying its investigators will … Read More “Transportation Safety Board investigating fire aboard boat abandoned by ‘Lucky 7’” »
College administrators and politicians toured the new on-campus student housing development at the Nova Scotia Community College, Akerley campus, in Dartmouth on Monday morning. The new student residence will be home to more than 100 NSCC students who will start school in the new year. Another 50 bed student residence was also unveiled Monday in … Read More “NSCC opens two new student residences, aims to open more by 2025” »
Police in Saint John, N.B., say a 34-year-old man who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant has been arrested. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Curtis Furlotte when he failed to report to the Community Correctional Centre in Saint John, thereby violating the conditions of his statutory release, according to a news release … Read More “Man wanted on Canada-wide warrant arrested after three-month investigation: Saint John Police Force” »
