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Report shows decline of injury rate in Nova Scotia workplaces, rise in mental trauma

Report shows decline of injury rate in Nova Scotia workplaces, rise in mental trauma

HALIFAX — The rate of injury to Nova Scotia workers continued to decline in 2023 and is down to half the rate recorded 20 years ago, a new report has found. The Nova Scotia Workers’ Compensation Board says the time-loss injury rate improved to 1.
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Seven people charged in kidnapping and assault in New Brunswick First Nation

Seven people charged in kidnapping and assault in New Brunswick First Nation

TOBIQUE FIRST NATION, N.B. — New Brunswick RCMP say seven people have been arrested and face a total of 62 charges related to a kidnapping and assault in Tobique First Nation last month.
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Climate change: P.E.I. introduces new risk assessment tools for flooding, erosion

Climate change: P.E.I. introduces new risk assessment tools for flooding, erosion

CHARLOTTETOWN — The P.E.I. government has introduced new online tools to help Islanders assess flooding and erosion risks associated with climate change.
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Compensation in property case should be guided by zoning as watershed area: top court

Compensation in property case should be guided by zoning as watershed area: top court

OTTAWA — The zoning of a St. John's, N.L., property as a watershed area should guide the process of compensating the owners for expropriation of the land, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.
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'Irate male' assaulted Newfoundland officer with block of cheese, police say

'Irate male' assaulted Newfoundland officer with block of cheese, police say

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A "very irate male" wielding a block of cheese assaulted a patrol officer with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary on Thursday, the police force says. Const.
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Ottawa, province help fund $10-million expansion of daycare at Halifax university

Ottawa, province help fund $10-million expansion of daycare at Halifax university

HALIFAX — Government funding is expected to cover half of the cost of a $10-million expansion of the child care centre at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax.
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Two dead, three injured in separate highway crashes in northeastern Nova Scotia

Two dead, three injured in separate highway crashes in northeastern Nova Scotia

ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Two head-on crashes on the same highway in Nova Scotia’s Antigonish County have claimed the lives of two men and sent three people to hospital. RCMP say the first crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. Thursday on Highway 104 in Afton, N.
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Tourism workers union questions New Brunswick minister's European trip

Tourism workers union questions New Brunswick minister's European trip

FREDERICTON — The union representing staff in New Brunswick's Tourism Department says money spent by the tourism minister and her deputy on a European trip could have helped stave off staffing cuts at popular attractions in the province.
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N.B. minister says threat to dissolve school districts extends to francophone boards

N.B. minister says threat to dissolve school districts extends to francophone boards

FREDERICTON — Elected councils overseeing francophone school districts in New Brunswick are not immune from being dissolved if they don’t adhere to the province’s policy change affecting LGBTQ+ students, the education minister says.
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Whooping cough outbreak declared in eastern Newfoundland

Whooping cough outbreak declared in eastern Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Health officials say there is an outbreak of whooping cough in eastern Newfoundland. The province's health authority says 42 cases have been reported in the region since February, mostly affecting children.
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