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HALIFAX — Almost two years after a wildfire devastated a Halifax-area suburb, municipal council has approved a new emergency exit for a subdivision in the neighbourhood where the fire started.

SHESHATSHIU, N.L. — Leaders in the Innu community of Sheshatshiu in Labrador have authorized barricades at the town's entrance and evicted some residents in an effort to curb the flow of drugs.

HALIFAX — Some streets in downtown Halifax were closed for more than an hour this morning after police were alerted to a suspicious package near city hall that turned out to be part of some kind of hoax.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservative government delivered a throne speech Tuesday focused on the economic uncertainty, rising costs and trade instability caused by U.S. tariff threats.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s education minister said Tuesday he will make it clear to schools on the province’s South Shore that they are expected to resume flying flags representing diverse communities.

HALIFAX — Halifax Regional Police say they don’t believe the shooting of three people in Dartmouth was a random act. Police spokesman Const. Martin Cromwell says none of the victims sustained life-threatening injuries on Monday.

HALIFAX — Scientists who went aboard a Royal Canadian Navy mission to Antarctica say the trip demonstrated how portable labs and gear can effectively probe the ocean depths.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia centre for education has issued a directive allowing only Canada and Nova Scotia flags to fly outside South Shore schools — a move the provincial teachers union calls concerning and confusing.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's premier says both the federal Liberals and the Conservatives have promised to remove the tolls on the Confederation Bridge, which links the province with mainland Canada.

UIJEONGBU-SI — It was a successful title defence for Canada's Rachel Homan. Homan captured a second straight world women's curling championship Sunday with a 7-3 victory over Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni.