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SHEET HARBOUR, N.S. — Police in Nova Scotia have issued a clarification about the last known location of a 36-year-old woman and three-year-old boy who were found dead on Tuesday.

SHEET HARBOUR, N.S. — A 36-year-old woman and a three-year-old boy who had been missing since the weekend were found dead on a shoreline in the Sheet Harbour area on Tuesday. Searchers located the body of a woman from Ruth Falls, N.S.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's auditor general is asking the Mounties to investigate the provincial Liberal party over its "apparent concealment" of the misuse of public funds by a former employee.

HALIFAX — More than 230 unionized workers in the Halifax area walked off the job Tuesday at the Autoport, one of North America’s largest transshipment facilities for imported vehicles.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police oversight agency is investigating the death Monday of a motorist who fled from Halifax police and crashed his vehicle in the Hammonds Plains area.

HALIFAX — New legislation introduced in Nova Scotia on Tuesday changes how the electrical grid is structured and regulated.

Over the past five years, Navy Nguyen says she has watched thousands of international students arrive at Cape Breton University to find a town that was wholly unprepared for them.

FREDERICTON — The president of Irving Oil is stepping down as the company undergoes a strategic review that includes the possible sale of the business.

HALIFAX — A Mi'kmaq chief in Nova Scotia has filed a lawsuit against two Halifax radiologists alleging they conducted medical tests on her and other members of the Pictou Landing First Nation without their consent.

HALIFAX — As Halifax’s deadline for people to leave five homeless encampments passed Monday, a couple expecting a child said they intend to remain at one of the sites because they have no other options.