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Various agencies are scrambling to locate a dead right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The search was initiated after the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) received a report June 4 of a dead whale drifting in the Gulf. As of Wednesday ...

The federal Liberals and Conservatives are in a statistical tie in Atlantic Canada, while support for the Green party grows, according to the results of a new poll. The results, based on Narrative Research’s quarterly survey of 1,500 adult ...

 Carol Fraser spent a veritable lifetime amassing her valuable collection. Then, the time came to pack it up and give it away. Fraser has donated her Dionne Quintuplets memorabilia to the Dionne Heritage Museum in North Bay, Ont., not far ...

Elemental mercury is slowly moving underneath the Canso Chemicals property at Abercrombie Point and toward Pictou Harbour.  The mercury is on the bedrock, approximately eight meters below the surface of the Canso Chemicals Chloro Alkalai ...

There are photos in the house of a younger version of Wesley Spinney. When he was 18. He’s 95 now. His hair is now grey. His face weathered by age. His hands tremble. And when he thinks back to the Second World War, at times his voice ...

The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) invoked the interrupter clause overnight, resulting in the price of both gasoline and diesel going down. Gasoline went down six cents per litre and is now $1.14.4 per litre. Diesel decreased by ...

Two men facing drug and weapons charges were released from custody during court appearances on June 3 under conditions that include curfews and different bail amounts. Robert Thomas Greenslade Sr., 41, of Yarmouth, and Andrew Nhi Van Pham, 45, ...

UPPER CLYDE, SHELBURNE COUNTY – A missing ATVer was located on Tuesday, June 4, after ground search and rescue and a helicopter were able to find the person’s location after he had called 911 on his cell phone. At 9:40 p.m. on June 3, ...

A 24-year-old Yarmouth man has been sent for an assessment to explore the issue of fitness to stand trial and criminal responsibility after being charged with allegedly making a threat to engage in a shootout with members of the RCMP in ...

Truro Police are asking for help in identifying the person in the photo above. Anyone who can help is asked to contact Truro Police at 902-895-5351. Reference file # 2019-705490 ...