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MATTIE SETTLEMENT, N.S. — This gesture of thanks has taken three decades to grow and on Nov. 20 the single large evergreen from Mattie Settlement, ...
on Nov 7
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Study finds 72 per cent increase in homelessness in Cape Breton, Antigonish, Guysbourough | SaltWire
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SYDNEY — Hundreds of people in Cape Breton are dealing with homelessness according to a new study. The study from the Affordable Housing & Homelessness ...
on Nov 6
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Premier says pending N.S. election would create strong position to deal with Ottawa | SaltWire
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The writ is on the wall. Amid a flurry of Nova Scotia government announcements that included Wednesday’s news of a one per cent cut in HST and the ...
on Oct 24
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Three front-runners in HRM mayoral race have a lot to lose | SaltWire
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Many people who unsuccessfully pursue a job opportunity have an existing position to fall back on. That’s not the case for the three front-runners in the ...
on Oct 17
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Health P.E.I. CEO Melanie Fraser has revealed there are currently more private travel nurses working in critical care at Summerside’s Prince County ...
on Sep 28
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Nova Scotia Health requiring health-care workers to mask up as COVID-19 cases rise | SaltWire
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Masks to be worn by workers in hospital starting Sept. 26
on Sep 24
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Sixty-one companies enter bids to supply N.L. with travel health-care workers | SaltWire
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NLHS to create shortlist of approved agencies as it standardizes travel nursing
on Sep 22
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LETTER: Beware of Poilievre's plans for our social safety net | SaltWire
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If you think things are bad now, just imagine what the Pierre Poilievre Conservatives will do to low- and moderate-income Canadians if he gets elected into ...
on Aug 16
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'The consequences of a Postmedia acquisition of Saltwire will be devastating for the people of Newfoundland and Labrador': Dinn
on Aug 12
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Nova Scotia Health hopes caller ID change will make more patients answer their phone | SaltWire
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Nova Scotia Health hopes a caller identification change will result in more patients answering their phones. Up until recently, most calls from workers at ...
on Aug 9
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By Martha Walls During much of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, masks were required in health-care settings. Recently, Nova Scotia Health and the IWK have ...
on Aug 6
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If you’re looking to get another dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Nova Scotia, you most likely aren’t eligible to receive it. As we near the middle of ...
on Jul 12
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Cape Breton-made video game aims to help preserve, promote Mi’kmaq language | SaltWire
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SYDNEY — A brand-new fantasy adventure video game inspired by Mi’kmaq legends is projected to be released in late 2024.
on Jul 5
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Retired Wanderers star Morelli handed 18-month doping ban | SaltWire
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Former Halifax Wanderers star striker Joao Morelli, who retired from professional soccer last fall, was handed an 18-month ban by the Canadian Centre for ...
on Jun 24
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Retired Wanderers star Morelli handed 18-month doping ban | SaltWire
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Former Halifax Wanderers star striker Joao Morelli, who retired from professional soccer last fall, was handed an 18-month ban by the Canadian Centre for ...
on Jun 24
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Teazer the great white shark makes visit to Northumberland Strait | SaltWire
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Young male passed near Arisaig
on Jun 24
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Brazil, France launch $1.1 billion program to protect Amazon rainforest | SaltWire
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By Ueslei Marcelino BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazil and France on Tuesday launched an investment program to protect the Brazilian and Guyanese Amazon ...
on Mar 27
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Thousands of Russians join Navalny-inspired 'noon against Putin' election protest | SaltWire
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of people turned up at polling stations in Russia and capitals across the world on ...
on Mar 19
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Italy's Eni to develop separate energy transition units | SaltWire
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By Francesca Landini MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's Eni said on Thursday it would embrace transition by creating separate units specialising in carbon capture ...
on Mar 16
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Wildfire season officially begins Friday, meaning daily burning restrictions will again be in place across the province. The Department of Natural ...
on Mar 15
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Newfoundland Mi'kmaw language group visits Cape Breton for immersion week | SaltWire
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SYDNEY — A group of Mi'kmaq from Newfoundland is making waves in language and cultural reclamation. The Ktaqmkuk Mi'kmaw Fluency Project is an innovative ...
on Mar 6
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'We're trying to make it fun'; First-ever Mi'kmaw language A/V production studio | SaltWire
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ESKASONI, N.S. — A question inspired Tom Johnson to start recording his language in an audio/video format. It was:
on Mar 4
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JOHN DeMONT: Coltrane, vinyl, and the joys of going deep | SaltWire
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The other night, using my fingertips, I picked up an LP. I blew gently over the surface for any dust that had accumulated in the decades since it was last ...
on Mar 3
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GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Something rotten in the province of Nova Scotia | SaltWire
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A couple of weeks ago I speculated that something might be rotten in the state of Denmark when it comes to protecting the coastline of Nova Scotia. Well, ...
on Mar 3
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Black Friday: HRM pulls plug at City Hall encampment | SaltWire
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There’s a green dumpster in the middle of Grand Parade. It showed up Friday morning as people still tenting in front of City Hall had their power cut ...
on Mar 3
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‘The things I wrote were horrible’: Moorhouse gets prison time for sex crimes | SaltWire
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Former Better Business Bureau CEO pleaded guilty to charges of making arrangements to commit a sexual offence against a child and making child pornography
on Mar 1
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COMMENTARY: N.S. political class’s flawed view on housing disregards human rights | SaltWire
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By Alec Stratford Provincial and municipal politicians in Nova Scotia are initiating the dismantling of encampments throughout Halifax. This action is ...
on Feb 29
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Activists storm Canada finance minister's office demanding climate laws for banks | SaltWire
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Climate activists barged into Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's Toronto office on Thursday demanding the government ...
on Feb 23
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Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, son of Italy's last king, dies aged 86 | SaltWire
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ROME (Reuters) - Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the only son of Italy's last king, who lived in exile in neighbouring Switzerland for most of his life, ...
on Feb 3
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Yellen says Biden's economic policies help US middle class more than Trump's | SaltWire
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By David Lawder CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday drew a stark contrast between President Joe Biden's economic ...
on Jan 25
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Heat pump programs see spike in uptake in Atlantic Canada | SaltWire
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A push to get more Atlantic Canadian households less reliant on home heating oil by switching to electric heat pumps has been showing early signs of ...
on Jan 24
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NHL PUCK DROPS: NHL mid-season awards; four teams to watch in second half | SaltWire
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With most NHL clubs at or approaching the midpoint of the 2023-24 schedule, it's time to unveil the players I consider to be the front-runners for the ...
on Jan 23
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Time to end the fossil fuel era | SaltWire
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At the COP28 climate negotiations, I am proud to say that Canada fought hard for a deal that includes a transition away from fossil fuels. For 30 years, ...
on Dec 30
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EV maker VinFast launches first dealership in the US | SaltWire
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HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast has launched its first partnership with a U.S.-based dealer, North Carolina-based ...
on Dec 28
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Austin, we have a problem! Tesla descends into battery hell | SaltWire
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By Norihiko Shirouzu and Paul Lienert AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Elon Musk says prototypes are easy, production is hell. And when it comes to the ...
on Dec 21
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JOHN DeMONT: The Samaritans of Halifax’s Grand Parade | SaltWire
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Every shelter in the tent city in Halifax’s Grand Parade holds a human story: of misfortune and bad luck, of the plain hardness of life, of the steely ...
on Dec 8
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Right away, he knew something was terribly wrong. John Cordeau poked his head into his buddy’s tent and was immediately taken aback by a foul smell. He ...
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'All of these efforts need to integrate patients and their loved ones, the very persons affected by cancer'
on Nov 27
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THINKING OUT LOUD: Jagmeet Singh on housing, hate and politics | SaltWire
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HALIFAX, N.S. — Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has ideas on how to help with the housing crisis in Canada. And he takes questions on supporting the ...
on Nov 23
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WAYE MASON: The Nova Scotia-HRM relationship needs a reset | SaltWire
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Waye Mason, a Halifax regional councillor representing District 7 (Halifax South Downtown), provided the following opinion article. The relationship ...
on Nov 16, 2023
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MRSA outbreak shutters common spaces at Western Hospital | SaltWire
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ALBERTON, P.E.I. — Western Hospital has declared an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA on Nov. 8. In a news release, Health ...
on Nov 12, 2023
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Passed away peacefully at the Foothills Hospital, Calgary on Oct 26, 2023 at the age of 78 years. He was the loving husband of Virginia (Kelly) and father ...
on Nov 1, 2023
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Cancer can be treated and detected better than before and tomorrow it will be even better, says Dr. Sevtap Savas
on Oct 27, 2023
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BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Tape-to-tape play | SaltWire
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Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for Oct. 26, 2023.
on Oct 27, 2023
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NHL PUCK DROPS: Storylines to follow during the 2023-24 season | SaltWire
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The puck drops Oct. 10 on the NHL's 2023-24 season. Here are several notable storylines worth following between now and the end of the regular-season ...
on Oct 10, 2023
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Great white shark washed ashore at Cape Breton beach | SaltWire
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Shark seen at Ingonish wharf before washing up on different beach
on Oct 6, 2023
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Wealthy white people most likely to oppose wind turbines: study | SaltWire
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If you’re looking to build a wind farm near wealthy white people in North America, expect trouble. That’s the finding of an eight-year study by the ...
on Oct 1, 2023