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#TheMoment N.S. bakery donated meals to honour late daughter
Lindsay and Charbel Moussi, who own White Sails Bakery in Tantallon N.S., have donated more than 200 meals to evacuees displaced by the wildfires. They were inspired by their four-year-old daughter, Kennedy, who died suddenly in October...
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Nova Scotia calls for military aid in critical wildfire battle
Four out-of-control fires are now burning through Nova Scotia, one of them now about 17,000 hectares in size. With 20,000 people under an evacuation order and firefighters reporting flames 90-metres high, the premier is now asking Ottawa...
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Canada’s Nova Scotia appeals for help amid ‘unprecedented’ fires
Canadian fire officials in the province of Nova Scotia say unprecedented wildfires are burning their forests.
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Nova Scotia increases fine for breaking burn ban to $25,000
Multiple wildfires are now burning in Nova Scotia, including a new one started by a contractor burning debris. The province has now increased the fine for breaking the burn ban to $25,000.
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Flames force evacuations near Halifax as Nova Scotia battles multiple wildfires
Nova Scotia RCMP have ordered evacuations in at least two subdivisions near Halifax as an out-of-control wildfire engulfs homes. High temperatures and strong winds are posing a tough challenge for firefighters as multiple fires burn...
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Is it time to rethink the RCMP? These communities think so
Years of scandals and failures have some regions questioning the role of the 150-year old RCMP and some want to replace it all together. CBC’s Catharine Tunney looks at whether it’s time for the RCMP to focus on federal crimes and not...
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Canada looks to refugee camps for health-care workers
Canadian provinces are looking to refugee camps abroad to fill desperately needed health-care worker positions, but delays have kept many of them from coming — including about 120 people in a Kenyan camp.
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Canada is getting a commercial spaceport, but will it take off?
Construction is underway to build Canada’s first commercial spaceport in the small seaside community of Canso, N.S. As CBC’s Tom Murphy explains, the project promises exciting rocket launches, jobs and tourism dollars, but there are...
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Why launch rockets into space from rural Nova Scotia
Construction is underway to build Canada’s first spaceport in the small seaside community of Canso, N.S. As CBC’s Tom Murphy explains, the project promises exciting rocket launches, jobs and tourism dollars, but there are challenges and...
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Brutal cold in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada causes power outages, burst pipes
The extreme cold snap in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada may be over, but thousands are still dealing with the aftermath of frigid temperatures and high winds that downed power lines and burst pipes.
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B.C. to limit Ozempic sales as demand soars
British Columbia plans to restrict how much Ozempic can be sold to people outside Canada to prevent a shortage from happening as demand for the diabetes drug soars amid weight loss claims.
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Canadian and U.S. startups use 'concrete' way to store CO2
California startup Heirloom Carbon Technologies uses crushed limestone to absorb CO2 from air. It has teamed up with Canadian company CarbonCure, which then mixes the captured greenhouse gas into a mineral to make concrete stronger.
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This isn't a Maud Lewis. Why are there so many fakes?
The seemingly simple style of Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis has been copied so often that fakes have even turned up in the Nova Scotia premier’s office. CBC’s Tom Murphy and an expert explore the world of Maud Lewis fraud.
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N.S. announces changes to improve emergency care
Nova Scotia has announced a slate of changes to its health-care system — including expanded virtual care, expanded authority for pharmacists and the increased use of nurse practitioners and patient advocates — to improve hospital...
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Doctors worry new Nova Scotia ER improvements won't work due to bed shortage
Doctors in Halifax argue new services and people being deployed to hospital emergency departments would be better used helping to speed up patient discharges to free up beds.
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Nova Scotia reveals plan to tackle crisis in emergency departments
The Nova Scotia government has announced a long list of changes it hopes will improve care at emergency departments, including ways to ensure patients with the most urgent needs get help first, improving ambulance response times and...
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N.S. Nurses' Union, group of ER doctors criticize government's ER plan
A group of emergency room doctors and the Nova Scotia Nurses' Union have signed letters to Nova Scotia's premier Thursday expressing worry that changes announced for the province's stressed emergency departments won't address the problem.
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Woman dies after waiting 7 hours in Nova Scotia ER before giving up
Another Nova Scotia family is speaking out about the death of their loved one following a long wait in the emergency room. Charlene Snow went to hospital with flu symptoms and sore jaw but gave up after seven hours and went home only to...
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Family says N.S. woman died after not getting help at ER during 7-hour wait
A Cape Breton woman died less than an hour after returning home from a crowded emergency room in Sydney, N.S., where she waited seven hours without getting help.
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Nova Scotia experiencing severe nursing shortage
The CBC's Brett Ruskin in Halifax says the nursing shortage in Nova Scotia is so severe that some health-care centres have an 80 per cent vacancy rate. The province is using high financial incentives to lure new nurses.
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Nova Scotia woman's ER death stokes fears over access to care
The death of a Nova Scotia woman who waited hours for care in an emergency room has increased concerns from patients who fear help won’t be there when they need it most. It comes at a time when hospitals across the country are being...
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N.S. couple helps others instead of gifting each other for Christmas
Coleen and Jean-Pierre Martinello are the organizers of 'Blessing Bags' in Nova Scotia. During the Christmas season, the couple fills backpacks with essentials to help those experiencing homelessness.
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New fishing rope technology could help protect whales
As one of Canada's most lucrative lobster fishing zones reopens for the season, the fishing industry is adopting new technology to prevent whales from getting entangled in ropes, which can be fatal for the animals.
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New lobster fishing technology could help protect whales
As one of Canada's most lucrative lobster fishing zones reopens for the season, the fishing industry is adopting new technology to prevent whales from getting entangled in ropes, which can be fatal for the animals.