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

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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 43 minutes ago |4 min read

Still no estimates on what greening N.S. grid will cost ratepayers and taxpayers

Updated 23 hours ago |5 min read

A lobster fishing boat steams out of Pubnico Harbour past the Pubnico Point wind farm. Kathy Johnson photo

Two recent deaths near Portapique still not explained: ‘I know I keep my door locked’

Updated 23 hours ago |5 min read

The Bass River Lighthouse surrounded by fog. The wooden, pepper-shaker-style tower was built in 1907. It is no longer operational and is privately owned.

Province invests in West Hants, N.S., water upgrades amid ‘unprecedented growth’

Updated a day ago |5 min read

Former Truro police officer pleads guilty to voyeurism charges

Updated a day ago |2 min read

Southampton, N.S., man killed in Mapleton single-vehicle accident

Updated a day ago |1 min read

Opinion

Anxiety dreams can plague your sleep, making you wake up more exhausted than when you went to bed. — Kahfiara Krisna/Unsplash photo

PAM FRAMPTON: Anxiety — the stuff that dreams are made of

In the dream, it's a Saturday night and I am working with my colleague Bob Benson on the Sunday Telegram. As the editor, I’m giving the pages a final proof. It’s not clear why Bob, a reporter, is still here at this hour, but here he is, offering to ...

Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read

ANDY WALKER: Working towards a screen time balance

Updated 2 hours ago |3 min read

Like their counterparts across the country, P.E.I. educators and parents are working to achieve a balance when it comes to access to screen time in the classroom.

LETTER: CBRM and Halifax average assessment values re-visited

Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

Seven central Newfoundland families in need are now living in affordable housing.

LETTER: CBRM’s financial pain hitting home

Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

LETTER: Getting more back in carbon rebate than we're spending

Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

LETTER: New Canadian Dental Care Plan ensures most low and moderate-income people have access to affordable dental services

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Business

A proposal from Five Corners Properties offers 3,000 new residential units in the Bible Hill area. Image Five Corners Properties

Five Corners Properties talk 3,000 unit housing project in Bible Hill

Entrepreneur Evan Price hopes to build a Bible Hill community hub. Announced on April 1, Price's company, Five Corners Properties, applied to develop a 69-hectare plot between Brookside and Pictou Roads in Bible Hill. It was approved by Colchester ...

Updated a day ago |5 min read

Ottawa’s $60-million infusion to young entrepreneur program will help 6,250 businesses, Fraser says

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Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing Infrastructure and Communities looks on s David Eisnor Atlantic Lead of Futurpreneur takes questions folloing a news conference concerning a fundin g announcement for youth entrepreneurship at the Mellow Mug in Bedford Monday April 22, 2024.

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New Upper Canadian owners for two central Nova Scotia golf courses

Updated 23 hours ago |3 min read

Golfers chipping onto the green at the Mountain Golf and Country Club April 20. Richard MacKenzie

Workplace deaths trended down in Nova Scotia in 2023

Updated a day ago |2 min read

Local job fair coming to the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, N.S.

Updated a day ago |2 min read

Starbucks loses appeal over union election at Seattle store

Updated 5 minutes ago |2 min read

Lifestyles

a baseball player hitting a ball The Nova Scotia Major Little League Provincial Championship will continue this weekend at Cameron Bowl in Glace Bay. The host Glace Bay McDonald’s Colonels enter the weekend undefeated. STOCK IMAGE.

Baseball NL wants more players and communities to 'Step Up to the Plate'

Baseball NL is ramping up efforts to grow interest across the province through a new initiative offering information and resources to encourage more play. ‘Step Up to the Plate’ offers several useful resources including registration information, ...

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Scary, exciting times: Some first-time buyers perservering despite frustrating market challenges

Updated 1 hour ago |5 min read

House prices have risen 6 per cent year-to-year in the Halifax market and likely across the Atlantic region. FILE

Curious, not furious: How to manage a child's big emotions

Updated 2 hours ago |5 min read

Parent from a place of peace - not chaos. Don’t expect children to do things they are not ready to do yet.

P.E.I. lighthouse finalist in Canadian historical place restoration competition

Updated 4 hours ago |6 min read

ERIN SULLEY: Never underestimate the power of a slow cooker in the kitchen – check it out by making this slow cooker apple pork

Updated 4 hours ago |6 min read

One for the ages: Cape Breton comic proud to be a geriatric millennial

Updated 4 hours ago |7 min read

Sports

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

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

Nathan MacKinnon is famously intense so no one needs to tell him to dial it up when the playoffs start. But the rest of the Colorado Avalanche weren't quite at the Cole Harbour native's level in a Game 1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets so he knew that had ...

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

Updated 21 hours ago |2 min read

Goalie Jorja Burrows of New Glasgow turned aside 36 of 37 shots she faced Tuesday as the Northern Selects upended L’Intrepide de L’Outaouais 3-1 at the Esso Cup national under-18 women’s hockey championship in Vernon, B.C. - Saltwire Network

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

Updated a day ago |4 min read

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

Updated 21 hours ago |1 min read

NLL: Thunderbirds playoff ready? Record crowd watches Halifax defeat Colorado in regular-season finale

Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |5 min read

CEBL's Calgary Surge install St. F.X. bench boss Tyrell Vernon as new head coach

Updated Apr. 21, 2024 |4 min read

Communities

A worker carries out a window pane from what will become the entrance of the new Pictou Cultural Hub. According to Eric Stackhouse, the goal of the building is to create an in-between space between the Pictou harbourfront and the town's downtown core. He said he hopes the building to be a destination for people who live in Pictou and those looking to visit the town. ANGELA CAPOBIANCO

Pictou’s new Cultural Hub slotted to open September this year: ‘It’s going to be amazing for the community to see what’s been created here’

Driving towards the Pictou waterfront, it’s hard to miss the bustling construction site on Water Street. The high glass windows, the large structure and the naturalistic architecture attract the eye, connecting the Pictou waterfront with the town’s ...

Updated 5 hours ago |7 min read

WENDY ELLIOTT: Music Festival Week brings joy, promotes learning to Wolfville, N.S.

Updated 7 hours ago |5 min read

The Valley Voices A Cappella Chorus, directed by Adele Merritt, performed in the Annapolis Valley Music Festival’s Stars of the Festival concert in 2023.

‘It’s worth saving’: Province invests $1.16 million into renovations at Mermaid Theatre in Windsor, N.S.

Updated 6 hours ago |5 min read

The provincial government is investing $1.16 million in the first phase of renovations at the Mermaid Theatre in Windsor. Taking part in the April 23 funding announcement were, from left, Hants West MLA Melissa Sheehy-Richard, co-founder Saralee Lewis and executive director Danny Everson.
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Two recent deaths near Portapique still not explained: ‘I know I keep my door locked’

Updated 23 hours ago |5 min read

Province invests in West Hants, N.S., water upgrades amid ‘unprecedented growth’

Updated a day ago |5 min read

Five Corners Properties talk 3,000 unit housing project in Bible Hill

Updated a day ago |5 min read

Canada

Bank of Canada says any rate cuts would probably be gradual

By Promit Mukherjee and David Ljunggren OTTAWA, April 24 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada's (BoC) governing council agreed this month that interest rates would most likely only come down gradually, given the risks to the inflation outlook, minutes of ...

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Man arrested for alleged break-in attempt at Saint John residence

Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

Police in Saint John have arrested a 37-year-old man after an alleged vehicle break-in and theft on Sunday early morning, March 31.

N.L. teams with national non-profit to establish $1.5M affordable housing fund

Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

The Newfoundland and Labrador provincial government has teamed up with the Community Housing Transformation Centre (CHTC) to establish a $1.5 million Community Housing Growth Fund.

Pair arrested, cocaine seized in Corner Brook drug bust: RCMP

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Pedestrian killed in collision with transport truck on TCH outside St. John's

Updated 3 hours ago |1 min read

2024 looks to be record-high year for animal neglect and cruelty calls: New Brunswick SPCA

Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

World

A rose is seen in a public garden in Vienna, Austria, June 13, 2018.

Understanding of Earth's flowering plants blossoms in genome study

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flowering plants - from corn, wheat, rice and potatoes to maple, oak, apple and cherry trees as well as roses, tulips, daisies and dandelions and even the corpse flower and voodoo lily - are cornerstones of ...

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Israel's Netanyahu says 'more has to be done' to stop pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses

Updated 16 minutes ago |2 min read

Protesters continue to maintain the encampment on Columbia University campus, after a tense night of negotiations, in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 24, 2024,

Israeli push to legalize settlements in West Bank 'dangerous and reckless,' US says

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A Jewish settler teenager walks by an Israeli flag in Givat Eviatar, a new Israeli settler outpost, near the Palestinian village of Beita in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 23, 2021. Picture taken June 23, 2021.

US House Democrat Donald Payne Jr. dead at 65

Updated 17 minutes ago |1 min read

Saudi King Salman leaves hospital after medical checks - state television

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Air quality in some parts of US worst in 25 years, report says

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Dalhousie-led study reveals biggest branded waste producers

Still no estimates on what greening N.S. grid will cost ratepayers and taxpayers

Two recent deaths near Portapique still not explained: ‘I know I keep my door locked’

Province invests in West Hants, N.S., water upgrades amid ‘unprecedented growth’

Former Truro police officer pleads guilty to voyeurism charges

Southampton, N.S., man killed in Mapleton single-vehicle accident

Opinion

PAM FRAMPTON: Anxiety — the stuff that dreams are made of

ANDY WALKER: Working towards a screen time balance

LETTER: CBRM and Halifax average assessment values re-visited

LETTER: CBRM’s financial pain hitting home

LETTER: Getting more back in carbon rebate than we're spending

LETTER: New Canadian Dental Care Plan ensures most low and moderate-income people have access to affordable dental services

Business

Five Corners Properties talk 3,000 unit housing project in Bible Hill

Ottawa’s $60-million infusion to young entrepreneur program will help 6,250 businesses, Fraser says

New Upper Canadian owners for two central Nova Scotia golf courses

Workplace deaths trended down in Nova Scotia in 2023

Local job fair coming to the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, N.S.

Starbucks loses appeal over union election at Seattle store

Lifestyles

Baseball NL wants more players and communities to 'Step Up to the Plate'

Scary, exciting times: Some first-time buyers perservering despite frustrating market challenges

Curious, not furious: How to manage a child's big emotions

P.E.I. lighthouse finalist in Canadian historical place restoration competition

ERIN SULLEY: Never underestimate the power of a slow cooker in the kitchen – check it out by making this slow cooker apple pork

One for the ages: Cape Breton comic proud to be a geriatric millennial

Sports

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

NLL: Thunderbirds playoff ready? Record crowd watches Halifax defeat Colorado in regular-season finale

CEBL's Calgary Surge install St. F.X. bench boss Tyrell Vernon as new head coach

Communities

Pictou’s new Cultural Hub slotted to open September this year: ‘It’s going to be amazing for the community to see what’s been created here’

WENDY ELLIOTT: Music Festival Week brings joy, promotes learning to Wolfville, N.S.

‘It’s worth saving’: Province invests $1.16 million into renovations at Mermaid Theatre in Windsor, N.S.

Two recent deaths near Portapique still not explained: ‘I know I keep my door locked’

Province invests in West Hants, N.S., water upgrades amid ‘unprecedented growth’

Five Corners Properties talk 3,000 unit housing project in Bible Hill

Canada

Bank of Canada says any rate cuts would probably be gradual

Man arrested for alleged break-in attempt at Saint John residence

N.L. teams with national non-profit to establish $1.5M affordable housing fund

Pair arrested, cocaine seized in Corner Brook drug bust: RCMP

Pedestrian killed in collision with transport truck on TCH outside St. John's

2024 looks to be record-high year for animal neglect and cruelty calls: New Brunswick SPCA

World

Understanding of Earth's flowering plants blossoms in genome study

Israel's Netanyahu says 'more has to be done' to stop pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses

Israeli push to legalize settlements in West Bank 'dangerous and reckless,' US says

US House Democrat Donald Payne Jr. dead at 65

Saudi King Salman leaves hospital after medical checks - state television

Air quality in some parts of US worst in 25 years, report says

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