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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

Impaired driving charges laid after powerline pole destroyed in hit and run

Updated 3 minutes ago |2 min read

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Highway 4 in Big Pond closed following motor vehicle collision Friday

Updated 39 minutes ago |1 min read

Cocaine, oxycodone seized, four arrested in Charlottetown drug bust

Updated 40 minutes ago |2 min read

Three California police officers charged in 2021 death of man in custody

Reuters |Updated 2 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - California prosecutors announced involuntary manslaughter charges against three police officers for the 2021 death of a man in their custody, reversing the outcome of a previous investigation that had cleared the officers. The ...

U.S. national dies in Russian-controlled Donetsk - Russian journalist

Reuters |Updated 11 minutes ago |1 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russell Bentley, a U.S. national, has died in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in Ukraine, Margarita Simonyan, head of Russia's state media outlet RT, wrote on Telegram on Friday. Simonyan said Bentley had been "fighting ...

The Capitol Dome is seen from the inside of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2024.

US House advances $95 billion Ukraine-Israel package toward Saturday vote

Makini Brice, Moira Warburton |Updated 12 minutes ago |2 min read

By Makini Brice and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives advanced a $95 billion legislative package on Friday providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific in a broad bipartisan vote, overcoming ...

Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan reacts, as he attends the Berlin Global Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2023.

IMF committee acknowledges conflicts risk but opts against joint communique

Andrea Shalal, David Lawder |Updated 12 minutes ago |2 min read

By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's steering committee failed to issue a joint communique on Friday amid disagreements over wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, opting instead for a statement from the ...

US to launch carbon offset guidelines to boost integrity

Valerie Volcovici |Updated 22 minutes ago |2 min read

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will unveil in the coming days guidelines for the use of carbon offsets inside and outside of government to build confidence in the market and ensure credits reflect real emissions ...

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021.

Superfund designations could fuel PFAS litigation, enforcement

Clark Mindock |Updated 32 minutes ago |3 min read

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated two of the most commonly used "forever chemicals" as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law, in a bid to clean up properties across the United ...

Russian missiles hit port infrastructure in Odesa region, Ukraine says

Reuters |Updated 32 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Russian missiles hit the port of Pivdennyi in Ukraine's southern Odesa region on Friday, damaging Ukrainian and Singaporean facilities at the site, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. "... they hit the Sea Port Pivdennyi. Several ...

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a press conference at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Beirut, Lebanon February 10, 2024.

Israeli drones caused no damage or casualties in Isfahan, says Iran foreign minister

Reuters |Updated 41 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said drones that sources say Israel fired at the city of Isfahan on Friday caused no damage or casualties, in comments made to the envoys of Muslim nations in New York and cited by ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he enters Manhattan Criminal Court for his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments in New York, U.S., April 19, 2024. Spencer Platt/Pool via REUTERS

Trump campaign launches effort to fight voter fraud

Gram Slattery |Updated 51 minutes ago |2 min read

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee launched a program on Friday to combat voter fraud in the lead-up to the November election, even as voting irregularities have proven extremely ...

A man rides a horse along a road near the Armenia-Azerbaijan border outside the village of Kornidzor, Armenia, September 23, 2023.

Azerbaijan says Armenia agrees 'historic' return of four villages

Reuters |Updated 1 minutes ago |1 min read

BAKU (Reuters) - Armenia has agreed to return to Azerbaijan four villages situated on their shared border, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada said on Friday. Hajizada posted on X that the four villages had been held by ...