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NDP Leader Claudia Chender delivers the party's election platform in south-end Halifax on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Chender is accompanied by candidates Lisa Lachance and Susan Leblanc and Kathleen Dorian, who was to participate in a subsequent roundtable on women's health. - Francis Campbell

N.S. NDP platform prioritizes housing, affordability, health care

The New Democratic Party unveiled a $2.073-billion, two-year election platform Wednesday focused on housing, bringing down household costs and providing better, faster health care. Leader Claudia Chender promised an elected NDP government would make ...

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Dartmouth family's generosity funds kidney research

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Nancy Van Wart tries out a REACT Neuro virtual reality headset with help from research manager Laura Sills at the Dartmouth General Hospital on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Nancy and her husband Bob are donating $1 million over 10 years to help the hospital acquire the VR technology, which will be used for kidney health research.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

New Mid Valley, N.S., doctors feel the love from community

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Opinion

The 2024 inductees of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame - Dr. Christina Atkinson, Jamie Bone, Danny Flynn, Kirk Johnson, Dwayne Provo, Leslie-Anne Young and the 1990 Acadia Axewomen soccer team - were honoured during a ceremony at the Light House Arts Centre in Halifax on Saturday night. Pictured are: (back row, left to right) 1990 Acadia soccer team members Kim Hill, Laura Sanders, Janice Cossar, Susie Simon, Alison Tuton, Denise Payne, Claire Sarginson, Nancy Howell; (middle row, left to right) 1990 Acadia soccer team members Amber MacDonald, Heidi Stanish, Cindy Tye, Marjean Leighton, Bridget Anakin, Kyran Pinfold, Dara Moore, Sheri Cunningham, Kim MacQuarrie, Cathy McAuley, June Saunders; (front row, left to right) 1990 Acadia soccer team member Wendi Wells, Jamie Bone, Danny Flynn, Leslie-Anne Young, Dr. Christina Atkinson, Kirk Johnson, Dwayne Provo.

JOHN DeMONT: The deeper meaning of sporting greatness

It was a hard week last week, with the re-election of Donald Trump and all the uncertainty that means for Canada and the world, and the first frigid hint of winter landing after an unusually mild fall. So I was sorely in need of something to lift the ...

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PAUL W. BENNETT: Veterans' uniforms are not traumatic for students

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A Remembrance Day ceremony. A Nova Scotia elementary school that asked service members and veterans not to wear their uniforms to a ceremony has reversed its request.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: The sacrifices of the Royal Canadian Navy

Updated Nov. 8, 2024 |4 min read

David Redmond, left, and David Gallant, work to secure the Wellington Legion’s new temporary poppy display to the building. Colin MacLean • Journal Pioneer

Bedford residents rally against possible development near centuries-old petroglyphs

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LETTER: Tolerance waning for ‘out-of-control demonstrators’

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LETTER: Cape Breton Miners’ Museum deserves provincial designation

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Business

Major labour shortage looms in Atlantic Canada as immigration cuts take hold

Steve Jamieson had no choice but to look outside the country for workers. The electrical contractor in Prince Edward Island is short five electricians and because his business is running flat out, he’s often forced to take a pass on more work due to ...

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SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: On food, it's not Trump we should worry about

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This file photo shows a farmer in his field, located about 30 kilometres west of London, Ont. (Postmedia News)

What a Trump presidency could mean for Canadian pocketbooks

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A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 5, 2024.

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Home builders could face drywall shortage

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Lifestyles

Sarah Prosper as Ntuksuinu performs a scene during a media call for Winter Moons at Neptune's Scotiabank Stage on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. Winter Moons was written and is directed by the Mi'kmaw artist shalan joudry. This new dance theatre piece will feature the story of three L'nu fire keepers who protect a single ember through the harsh Mi'kma'ki winter. Winter Moons runs until Nov. 24.
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Neptune's Winter Moons imagines harsh Mi'kma'ki winter

Our photographer Ryan Taplin got a sneak peek of Winter Moons during a media call at Neptune's Scotiabank Stage on Wednesday. Winter Moons was written and is directed by the Mi'kmaw artist shalan joudry. This new dance theatre piece will feature the ...

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ATLANTIC SKIES: Solar maximum: When the sun flips upside down

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During Solar Cycle 24, on Aug. 31, 2012, a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun’s atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space. The coronal mass ejection (CME) traveled at more than 900 miles per second (~1,450 kilometres per second). The CME did not travel directly toward Earth but did connect with Earth's magnetosphere, causing auroras to appear on the night of Sept. 3. Pictured here is a cropped, blended version of the 304- and 171-angstrom wavelengths taken from the Solar Dynamics Observatory. NASA

‘Part of my legacy’: Alan Syliboy wins Portia White Prize

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Artist Alan Syliboy poses for a photo in his studio gallery in Millbrook, NS Friday September 29, 2023.

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GET GROWING: A hands-off approach to garden clean-up

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Alan Doyle to perform in Halifax in March

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Nova Scotia Music Week: Spotlight on Eskasoni singer Christina Googoo and Mi’kmaq rapper Gearl

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Sports

Overage centre Braeden MacPhee is an assistant captain with the Halifax Mooseheads. - QMJHL

Mooseheads lose key player at worst time, Cade Moser honours late father with suicide prevention campaign

The timing of Braeden MacPhee's injury is certainly less than ideal. The Halifax Mooseheads centre is expected to miss about two weeks after leaving Sunday's home game against the Bathurst Titan. His absence comes as the Mooseheads head to Western ...

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Mooseheads sophomore Liam Kilfoil reaping benefits of ideal situation

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Centre Liam Kilfoil is in his second season with the Halifax Mooseheads. - QMJHL

QMJHL commissioner Mario Cecchini discusses impact of NCAA changes, possible expansion to U.S., Newfoundland

Updated Nov. 11, 2024 |6 min read

Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League commissioner Mario Cecchini. - QMJHL

PHOTO: 2024 Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame inductees

Updated Nov. 11, 2024 |1 min read

Rule change will now allow major junior players to play in the NCAA, hockey landscape altered immeasurably

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Nova Scotia's Owen Conrad, Mooseheads' Liam Kilfoil among QMJHL's top 10 NHL draft prospects

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Communities

The foundation is under construction for a mixed-use six-storey building with 62 units and commercial space at 𝟳𝟰 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 in Truro. - Aidan Rawding

Housing units coming soon to Truro

A wave of housing units are about to hit the market in Truro. The town recently posted on social media an update on eight housing developments that are in construction now, many are nearly completed. The Truro News interviewed Jason Fox, director of ...

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Bedford residents rally against possible development near centuries-old petroglyphs

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A Mi’kmaq petroglyph located in the Barrens, a wooded area in Bedford. - GLENN MacDONALD / THE CHRONICLE HERALD

Shelburne County businesses celebrated with awards night

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Winners of the Shelburne County 2024 Business Excellence Awards from left: Maryam Al Zahabi - AZ Auto Ltd (Diversity in Business Excellence), Henry Pedro - Boxing Rock Brewing Company (Business of the Year), Donna Fudge - TLC Pharmacy (Employee of the Year), Brendan Pippy - The Emerald Light (Rising Star Shelburne area), Amy MacKinnon - Our House Youth Wellness Centre (Local Love & Support), and Brandon Blades (Rising Star Barrington area). Contributed

New District 4 councillor Peckford voted deputy mayor in County of Kings, N.S.

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Provincial

Cape Breton judge says boy is caught in ‘complex family dynamic high in conflict’

SYDNEY — A judge has dismissed two motions filed by the parents of a nine-year-old boy who has been caught in the middle of a prolonged bitter custody dispute. The mother and father were most recently subject to a comprehensive parenting order that ...

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Housing units coming soon to Truro

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Bedford residents rally against possible development near centuries-old petroglyphs

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Canada

Bedford residents rally against possible development near centuries-old petroglyphs

The Mi’kmaq petroglyphs need protection from man before nature takes its course. A centuries-old set of stone carvings are in a wooded area, known as the Barrens, in the heart of Bedford. The province purchased that land 30 years ago and Parks Canada ...

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Nearly half of workers did not receive a raise last year, while some simply never ask, survey finds

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Canadians are feeling more anxious about their finances.

Ticks likely to increase with warming climate, raising risk to P.E.I. residents, dogs

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Dr. Marti Hopson, adjunct faculty of companion animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College, holds up some of the preventatives she and her colleagues use for stopping ticks. Logan MacLean • The Guardian

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World

Bedford residents rally against possible development near centuries-old petroglyphs

The Mi’kmaq petroglyphs need protection from man before nature takes its course. A centuries-old set of stone carvings are in a wooded area, known as the Barrens, in the heart of Bedford. The province purchased that land 30 years ago and Parks Canada ...

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What a second Trump term could mean for Americans' money

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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, walks off stage with Melania Trump during an election night event in West Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 6, 2024. Viktor Orban of Hungary and other right-wing European politicians hail the return of a U.S. president who shares their tough views on issues like immigration. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

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Provincial

Cape Breton judge says boy is caught in ‘complex family dynamic high in conflict’

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Bedford residents rally against possible development near centuries-old petroglyphs

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Windsor, N.S., man facing slew of impaired driving charges following 2023 fatal crash

Canada

Bedford residents rally against possible development near centuries-old petroglyphs

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