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"I don't give a rat's ass': Truro mayor fires back at councillor for social media use during heated discussion

There's been much talk about rodents' behinds in Truro lately. During a discussion about answering correspondence regarding changing council meeting times, the chambers got heated as Coun. Ian McGrath took criticism for his use of social media, which ...

Updated 2 hours ago |9 min read

Man, 77, charged with impaired driving following single-vehicle crash in Clarke's Beach

Updated 33 minutes ago |1 min read

A 77-year-old man is facing impaired driving charges after a single-vehicle crash in Clarke's Beach on Wednesday evening.

Status quo for property tax rate in Municipality of Barrington

Updated 3 hours ago |4 min read

The Municipality of Barrington has approved a $10,686,954 operating budget, and a $12,251,153 capital budget for 2024/25, maintaining the property tax rate across the board for a third year. Kathy Johnson

Nova Scotia recruits 30 paramedics from Australia

Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

Detours and delays coming as work gets underway at busy Yarmouth intersection

Updated 4 hours ago |5 min read

Guysborough County man charged with child pornography offences

Updated 4 hours ago |1 min read

Opinion

The Nova Scotia government is offering new financial incentives for doctors to attract and encourage them to practise in the province. - Stock Image

COMMENTARY: Retired Cape Breton doctor stresses importance of patient confidentially

An open letter to Dr. Colin Audain, president of Doctors Nova Scotia: I've been retired since 2018 after practicing for 52 years and I'm old enough to remember when the government said that when they introduced Medicare, they would respect our rights ...

Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read

WALK IN THE WOODS: It's time to give the pollinators a break

Updated 3 hours ago |4 min read

No Mow May helps pollinators become nourished after hibernation. A study from University of Quebec – Trois Rivieres reveals a reduction in mowing can help increase the number of pollinators and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CONTRIBUTED

LETTER: Earth Day clean ups are just the tip of the iceberg

Updated 3 hours ago |4 min read

"If the powerful people in government and industry can’t collaborate on such a beneficial project as human survival, then the rest of us may as well forget our garbage clean-ups and nature walks," writes Ed Healy of Marystown. - Nikola Jovanovic/Unsplash

GWYNNE DYER: Arctic seals and coral reefs facing extinction, but every little bit helps

Updated 4 hours ago |4 min read

LETTER: Justice and science in public health policy needed as federal government hikes taxes for vaping

Updated 5 hours ago |3 min read

LETTER: Carbon tax is simply another irrational decision by the current government to further burden all of us

Updated 5 hours ago |8 min read

Business

Discarded plastic containers litter sone brush in north-end Dartmouth Wednesday April 24,2024.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

Dalhousie-led study reveals biggest branded waste producers

A Dalhousie-led study has unveiled a link between plastic production and pollution. The study, published Wednesday in Science Advances, was conducted by scientists from Dalhousie and 12 other post-secondary institutions in the U.S., Australia, the ...

Updated 22 minutes ago |4 min read

Roll Up to Win confusion: Cape Bretoners disappointed after Tim Hortons email mistake

Updated 10 hours ago |6 min read

In this Saltwire file photo, a person rolls up the rim of their Tim Hortons cup to see if they are a winner or not, which was how the contest was run until 2021 when they decided to make it a digital-only game. SALTWIRE FILE

Poached elvers still getting exported despite DFO busts and closed season

Updated 6 hours ago |5 min read

CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

Updated a day ago |5 min read

Time to double the quota? Owner of only N.L. fish plant to process exclusively northern cod thinks stocks are ready and is working to regain its position in global marketplace

Updated a day ago |7 min read

St. John's Pilates studio helping those with Parkinson's: Classes offered free to those with the disease to help keep people moving

Updated a day ago |6 min read

Lifestyles

Dr. Douglas Henshaw and his wife Sylvia are shown in the nursing home where he resided in 2015. Dr. Henshaw, who suffered from advanced Parkinson’s Disease, was one of the first patients in Nova Scotia to be approved for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). He died on Sept. 6, 2016, at age 84.

‘A personal choice’: More Canadians seeking medical assistance in dying

Paul Pickrem Special to SaltWire On the night of Sept. 1, 2016, Sylvia Henshaw received a long-awaited call when she returned home from spending the day with her husband, Douglas, in the long-term care facility where he lived. For three months, ...

Updated 3 hours ago |7 min read

DOUG GALLANT: Hornsby, yMusic serve up unique fair

Updated 4 hours ago |3 min read

Acclaimed singer-songwriter and keyboard player Bruce Hornsby has teamed up with experimental New York chamber ensemble yMusic for an eye-opening album about water. CONTRIBUTED

deCoste On The Road Tour hosting performers David Francey and Kellie Loder at the Legion

Updated 6 hours ago |3 min read

"One of Canada’s most revered folk poets and singers", David Francey, will take to the stage at the Pictou Legion on Friday, May 3rd, at 7:30 PM.

UPEI faculty of business receives $3 million donation from Don and Marion McDougall

Updated 8 hours ago |2 min read

Build and grow a home mushroom farm with P.E.I expert Rene Lestan

Updated 9 hours ago |5 min read

PAUL SMITH: What's the best bet for raincoats? Plenty of good options for outdoor enthusiasts in N.L.

Updated 9 hours ago |9 min read

Sports

Albany FireWolves netminder Doug Jamieson stares down Halifax Thunderbirds forward Clarke Petterson during a National Lacrosse League game Jan. 6 in Albany, N.Y. The two teams will face each other in a one game quarter-final on Sunday. - National Lacrosse League

Thunderbirds on the eve of NLL playoffs: ‘We have a chance to win this thing’

If the Halifax Thunderbirds want to fulfill their pre-season objective of hosting a National Lacrosse League post-season game, they have a tall order of getting past the Albany FireWolves in a single elimination playoff Sunday afternoon in New York’s ...

Updated 7 hours ago |7 min read

Brad Marchand's antics driving Leafs and their coach batty: 'It's an art and he's elite at it'

Updated 5 hours ago |6 min read

Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand reacts after being slashed by the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL playoff game this week. - Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports

NHL PLAYOFFS: Nathan MacKinnon setting the intensity bar in Colorado, Brad Marchand up to old tricks

Updated a day ago |6 min read

Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon (29) celebrates his first period goal with Colorado Avalanche left-winger Zach Parise (9) on Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) in Game 1 of the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg. - James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports

Goalie Jorja Burrows stands tall as Northern Selects win second straight at Esso Cup

Updated a day ago |2 min read

Atlantic All-Star event in Halifax will showcase the region's top female basketball players

Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |4 min read

50th edition of Skate Canada International coming to Halifax in October

Updated a day ago |1 min read

Communities

"I don't give a rat's ass': Truro mayor fires back at councillor for social media use during heated discussion

There's been much talk about rodents' behinds in Truro lately. During a discussion about answering correspondence regarding changing council meeting times, the chambers got heated as Coun. Ian McGrath took criticism for his use of social media, which ...

Updated 2 hours ago |9 min read

Status quo for property tax rate in Municipality of Barrington

Updated 3 hours ago |4 min read

WALK IN THE WOODS: It's time to give the pollinators a break

Updated 3 hours ago |4 min read

Detours and delays coming as work gets underway at busy Yarmouth intersection

Updated 4 hours ago |5 min read

deCoste On The Road Tour hosting performers David Francey and Kellie Loder at the Legion

Updated 6 hours ago |3 min read

Hearing from the electorate: Annapolis Royal, N.S., hosting meeting to discuss big projects

Updated 6 hours ago |4 min read

Canada

Kensington Police are seeking information regarding hate-motivated graffiti found in the town. Over the weekend, a word was found scrawled on the bridge near the memorial gardens, which has since been painted over. – Contributed

P.E.I.’s Kensington Police seeking information following hate-motivated graffiti in park

Kensington Police are looking for information regarding hate-motivated graffiti found scrawled on the footbridge at the memorial gardens, off School Street. Cst. Jim Gotell did not tell SaltWire what the graffiti said, but that it was a single word ...

Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

Hockey broadcast legend Bob Cole dead at age 90

Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

Beaconsfield, N.B., pair arrested after truck theft, flight from police

Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

RCMP arrested and charged a Bible Hill man following a fire that destroyed a residence in the town on Oct. 1. File

Amazon Prime Video to exclusively stream two NHL seasons in Canada

Updated 3 hours ago |1 min read

Canada exemption for Airbus from titanium sanctions is time-limited, says source

Updated 4 hours ago |1 min read

Woman arrested after stealing vehicle with dog inside from Saint John home

Updated 4 hours ago |2 min read

World

A Palestinian kid inspects the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 25, 2024.

US State Department Arabic spokesperson resigns in opposition to Gaza policy

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Arabic language spokesperson of the U.S. State Department has resigned, citing her opposition to Washington's policy related to the war in Gaza, in at least the third resignation from the department ...

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Gilead posts quarterly loss, revenue rises 5%

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Gilead Sciences is seen during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Oceanside, California, U.S., April 29, 2020.

US and allies aim to help Ukraine bolster defenses after aid gap

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A Ukrainian serviceman of 93rd brigade camouflages a 2S1 Gvozdika self propelled howitzer at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine February 22, 2024.

US military starts pier construction off Gaza

Updated 41 minutes ago |2 min read

Colombia becomes first country to restrict US beef due to bird flu in dairy cows

Updated 1 minutes ago |2 min read

Some US troops set to depart Chad, at least temporarily

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Two 14-year-olds charged with murdering boy, 16, in Halifax mall parkade

CBRM throws its support behind new proposed solar gardens projects

Stolen ‘expensive custom-built trailer’ turns up in lot belonging to father of notorious N.S. gangster

Poached elvers still getting exported despite DFO busts and closed season

Detours and delays coming as work gets underway at busy Yarmouth intersection

Guysborough County man charged with child pornography offences

Local

"I don't give a rat's ass': Truro mayor fires back at councillor for social media use during heated discussion

Man, 77, charged with impaired driving following single-vehicle crash in Clarke's Beach

Status quo for property tax rate in Municipality of Barrington

Nova Scotia recruits 30 paramedics from Australia

Detours and delays coming as work gets underway at busy Yarmouth intersection

Guysborough County man charged with child pornography offences

Opinion

COMMENTARY: Retired Cape Breton doctor stresses importance of patient confidentially

WALK IN THE WOODS: It's time to give the pollinators a break

LETTER: Earth Day clean ups are just the tip of the iceberg

GWYNNE DYER: Arctic seals and coral reefs facing extinction, but every little bit helps

LETTER: Justice and science in public health policy needed as federal government hikes taxes for vaping

LETTER: Carbon tax is simply another irrational decision by the current government to further burden all of us

Business

Dalhousie-led study reveals biggest branded waste producers

Roll Up to Win confusion: Cape Bretoners disappointed after Tim Hortons email mistake

Poached elvers still getting exported despite DFO busts and closed season

CBRM seeks land-use bylaw change for supportive housing units

Time to double the quota? Owner of only N.L. fish plant to process exclusively northern cod thinks stocks are ready and is working to regain its position in global marketplace

St. John's Pilates studio helping those with Parkinson's: Classes offered free to those with the disease to help keep people moving

Lifestyles

‘A personal choice’: More Canadians seeking medical assistance in dying

DOUG GALLANT: Hornsby, yMusic serve up unique fair

deCoste On The Road Tour hosting performers David Francey and Kellie Loder at the Legion

UPEI faculty of business receives $3 million donation from Don and Marion McDougall

Build and grow a home mushroom farm with P.E.I expert Rene Lestan

PAUL SMITH: What's the best bet for raincoats? Plenty of good options for outdoor enthusiasts in N.L.

Sports

Thunderbirds on the eve of NLL playoffs: ‘We have a chance to win this thing’

Brad Marchand's antics driving Leafs and their coach batty: 'It's an art and he's elite at it'

NHL PLAYOFFS: Nathan MacKinnon setting the intensity bar in Colorado, Brad Marchand up to old tricks

Goalie Jorja Burrows stands tall as Northern Selects win second straight at Esso Cup

Atlantic All-Star event in Halifax will showcase the region's top female basketball players

50th edition of Skate Canada International coming to Halifax in October

Communities

"I don't give a rat's ass': Truro mayor fires back at councillor for social media use during heated discussion

Status quo for property tax rate in Municipality of Barrington

WALK IN THE WOODS: It's time to give the pollinators a break

Detours and delays coming as work gets underway at busy Yarmouth intersection

deCoste On The Road Tour hosting performers David Francey and Kellie Loder at the Legion

Hearing from the electorate: Annapolis Royal, N.S., hosting meeting to discuss big projects

Canada

P.E.I.’s Kensington Police seeking information following hate-motivated graffiti in park

Hockey broadcast legend Bob Cole dead at age 90

Beaconsfield, N.B., pair arrested after truck theft, flight from police

Amazon Prime Video to exclusively stream two NHL seasons in Canada

Canada exemption for Airbus from titanium sanctions is time-limited, says source

Woman arrested after stealing vehicle with dog inside from Saint John home

World

US State Department Arabic spokesperson resigns in opposition to Gaza policy

Gilead posts quarterly loss, revenue rises 5%

US and allies aim to help Ukraine bolster defenses after aid gap

US military starts pier construction off Gaza

Colombia becomes first country to restrict US beef due to bird flu in dairy cows

Some US troops set to depart Chad, at least temporarily

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