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Nova Scotia's largest ever increase to the minimum wage is inadequate: advocacy group

Nova Scotia's largest ever increase to the minimum wage is inadequate: advocacy group

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says workers will benefit from the province's largest ever increase to the minimum wage later this year, but an advocacy group says $16.50 an hour doesn't come close to being a living wage.
Protesters at Newfoundland's largest jail demand care for inmate said to be in crisis

Protesters at Newfoundland's largest jail demand care for inmate said to be in crisis

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — About two dozen people chanted and waved signs outside Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest jail Wednesday, demanding better care for inmates with addictions and mental health problems.
Climate group publishes guide on how municipalities can put a dollar value on nature

Climate group publishes guide on how municipalities can put a dollar value on nature

HALIFAX — A climate change think tank has released a guide encouraging municipalities to assign specific dollar values to natural assets ranging from wetlands to coastal dunes.
Rights group drops legal challenge after New Brunswick reverses trans student policy

Rights group drops legal challenge after New Brunswick reverses trans student policy

FREDERICTON — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it has dropped its legal challenge against the New Brunswick government because the province reversed a "harmful" policy on transgender students.
Woman killed on marked crosswalk by Halifax driver; 2nd pedestrian death this month

Woman killed on marked crosswalk by Halifax driver; 2nd pedestrian death this month

HALIFAX — Halifax police say a 21-year-old woman has died after she was hit on a marked crosswalk by an impaired driver. Around 5:45 p.m.
Nova Scotia cleanup plan further delays the removal of toxic sludge from First Nation

Nova Scotia cleanup plan further delays the removal of toxic sludge from First Nation

HALIFAX — A councillor with Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia says a cleanup plan approved by Ottawa will mean further delays in the removal of contaminated sludge that been a scourge on his community for decades.
France rejects bid to move two killer whales to proposed refuge in Nova Scotia

France rejects bid to move two killer whales to proposed refuge in Nova Scotia

HALIFAX — The group behind a plan to build a coastal refuge in Nova Scotia for captive whales says its bid to provide sanctuary for two orcas from a marine park in France has been rejected by the French government. Lori Marino, president of the U.S.
Data from hundreds of thousands of N.L. students breached in PowerSchool cyberattack

Data from hundreds of thousands of N.L. students breached in PowerSchool cyberattack

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Data belonging to hundreds of thousands of Newfoundland and Labrador students was breached in a cyberattack targeting an information system used by schools across the country.
Newfoundland and Labrador appoints team to broker final energy deal with Quebec

Newfoundland and Labrador appoints team to broker final energy deal with Quebec

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's government has appointed a team for the next round of negotiations with Hydro-Québec, as the provinces' public utilities work to hammer out a sweeping energy deal.
Indigenous fishers, co-operatives are winners in Ottawa's shuffle of baby eel quotas

Indigenous fishers, co-operatives are winners in Ottawa's shuffle of baby eel quotas

HALIFAX — Ottawa has issued the latest version of how it is proposing to distribute licences for the lucrative baby eel fishery in the Maritimes.
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