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Suspect in New Year's Eve double slaying in Halifax was wanted in Toronto shooting

Suspect in New Year's Eve double slaying in Halifax was wanted in Toronto shooting

HALIFAX — Halifax police say the 39-year-old man who allegedly killed a woman and her father on New Year's Eve was a fugitive wanted in a 2019 Toronto nightclub shooting.
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QMJHL roundup: Steinman backstops Wildcats to 3-0 win over Mooseheads

MONCTON, N.B. — Caleb Desnoyers scored twice and Jacob Steinman made 27 saves as the Moncton Wildcats whipped the visiting Halifax Mooseheads 3-0 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Friday at the Avenir Centre.
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Peterman/Gallant advance to mixed doubles curling trials final

Peterman/Gallant advance to mixed doubles curling trials final

LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher have advanced to the semifinals at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials after brushing Brittany Tran and Rylan Kleiter aside 8-3 in Friday's Page 3 versus 4 playoff game.
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Teen fatally stabbed in Halifax: Court hears disturbing details in statements of fact

Teen fatally stabbed in Halifax: Court hears disturbing details in statements of fact

HALIFAX — The grim details of the stabbing death of a 16-year-old Halifax boy last April were revealed in court on Friday as convictions were recorded for two teens who had pleaded guilty to taking part in the crime.
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Pedal away: Charlottetown proposes 'bike bus' to get students to bicycle to school

Pedal away: Charlottetown proposes 'bike bus' to get students to bicycle to school

CHARLOTTETOWN — Anna Keenan likes to keep up with public transit trends. The City of Charlottetown's sustainable transportation officer said she learned on Instagram of a new way students are travelling to school: a bike bus.
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Peterman, Gallant remain perfect, advance to Page 1v2 playoff at mixed curling trials

Peterman, Gallant remain perfect, advance to Page 1v2 playoff at mixed curling trials

LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant continue to roll at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials.
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Starting this year, income assistance in N.S. to be tied to consumer price index

Starting this year, income assistance in N.S. to be tied to consumer price index

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's decision to start indexing income assistance is a positive step, but it isn't enough to lift people out of poverty, says the head of a non-profit that supplies 140 food banks in the province. Income assistance rates rose by 3.
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Killing of woman, her father in Halifax a case of intimate partner violence: police

Killing of woman, her father in Halifax a case of intimate partner violence: police

HALIFAX — Two people killed in Halifax on New Year's Eve were victims of intimate partner violence, police said Thursday, the latest deaths in a series of similar crimes in the province less than four months after lawmakers declared domestic violence
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North Atlantic right whales should live past 100 years old. They're dying around 22

North Atlantic right whales should live past 100 years old. They're dying around 22

FREDERICTON — North Atlantic right whales should live well past 100 years, but threats to the endangered species, including from commercial crab and lobster fishing, have cut their lifespan to a fraction of that, a recent study suggests.
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Peterman, Gallant punch playoff ticket at Canadian mixed doubles curling trials

Peterman, Gallant punch playoff ticket at Canadian mixed doubles curling trials

LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant stayed undefeated at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials with a pair of victories Wednesday.
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