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**** LABOUR/ADVANCED EDUCATION Media Release Government Addressing Gender Wage Gap ————————————————————— Nova Scotians deserve the opportunity to grow and thrive in workplaces that value fairness and equality. That is why government is taking action to address the gender wage gap. Amendments to the Labour Standards Code introduced today, Feb. 20, will help ensure that the […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Does this look safe? On February 16, Halifax District RCMP responded to a report of an SUV towing another vehicle with a rope on Hwy. 103 in Upper Tantallon. RCMP wants to remind the public that towing vehicles with rope is not only illegal, but it’s also unsafe. The driver of […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Kyle Maas wanted by police on province-wide warrant Digby RCMP have obtained a warrant for the arrest of a man who has been charged with a number of offences in the Digby area. Kyle Timothy Maas, 30, who has been known to live in various locations between Yarmouth and Digby, has […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police investigate robbery Police are investigating a robbery that occurred yesterday in Halifax. At Approximately 5 p.m. yesterday police responded to a robbery that had just occurred at the Superstore Smokeshop located at 6141 Young Street in Halifax. A man armed with a knife entered the store and demanded money from […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Woman charged after false complaint of vehicle theft On February 19, a woman from Baccaro was arrested following a five-month investigation. In September 2019, Barrington RCMP responded to a complaint of a stolen vehicle from a residence in Baccaro. The investigation determined woman’s vehicle was not stolen, and she made arrangements […]
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**** HRP Media Release Police charge five people for drug trafficking offences Police have charged four men and a woman with multiple offences in relation to a drug trafficking investigation. Over the past two weeks, investigators in the Guns and Gangs Unit of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division, assisted by members from the Drug Unit, […]
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**** COMMUNITIES/CULTURE/HERITAGE Media Release Hope Blooms Triples Capacity with Global Kitchen Addition ————————————————————— All children should have access to healthy food and a supportive community. That is why government is helping Hope Blooms, a social enterprise run by children and youth in Halifax’s North End, build a new kitchen and triple the number of participants […]
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**** RCMP Media Release. Halifax District RCMP is asking for the public’s help in locating a stolen truck from Goffs. Between February 15 and February 17, a truck was stolen from a parking lot of a business on Skye Blvd. The truck is a black 2012 Ford F350 with an attached Fisher stainless steel snow […]
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**** RCMP Media Release Seventeen-year-old charged for careless driving following collision On February 20 at 8:35 a.m., the RCMP’s Northeast Traffic Services responded to a call indicating a red Chevy Cobalt had flipped over on Hwy. 125, westbound at Exit 6. When police arrived on the scene, they found the two occupants of the […]
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**** Info via the Museum of Natural History ** Note: Phitos in this post are no substitute for seeing this display in person! Egyptian Mummies and Eternal Life makes its North American debut at the Museum of Natural History this February. In collaboration with the noted Museo Egizio of Florence, Italy, this exhibition features more than […]
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