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Truro woman’s joint bank account defrauded twice

Carol Maberry is looking for answers. She’s been defrauded twice through the joint Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) account that she shares with her mother. She’d like to get back the money stolen from their joint account the second time around, but would ...

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SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS: Rotten core of Canada’s food industry trust crisis

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A customer looks at refrigerated items at a Grocery Outlet store in Pleasanton, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.

BASKETBALL: Nova Scotia's Nate Darling stands out for Team Canada in key FIBA win

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Nova Scotia's Nate Darling is a six-foot-six guard for Team Canada. - Canada Basketball

East Hants Mountie pleads not guilty to sex-related charges

Updated Nov. 21, 2024 |1 min read

Progressive Conservatives falter slightly but still in majority position, poll shows

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Mark Brennan sketches his surroundings after kayaking to shore.

JOHN DeMONT: Where the coastal wild places are in N.S.

Every quest starts somewhere. Technically, Mark Brennan’s began when he was a wee lad roaming the hills and woods near the family home in Helensburgh on the West Coast of Scotland. And it has continued through a life spent largely on the water, ...

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BILL BLACK: The N.S. election is about health care, housing, taxes and fees

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PC Leader Tim Houston speaks at a Halifax Chamber of Commerce event with the eaders at the Halifax Harbourfront Marriott hotel on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Identity crisis

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Business

Greg Wanger, founder and CEO of Oberland Agriscience, poses for a photo in the fly room at his company's operation in the Ragged Lake Industrial Park on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

Halifax company Oberland Agriscience gets tons of bugs out

The flies that generate the finished products that Greg Wanger sells are not a bit fussy about what they eat. But the same cannot be said about the government body that regulates the industry. Wanger is ramping up his 108,000 square foot facility ...

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Craig Cartwright harvests a Christmas tree at Giants Lake Balsam Fir in Guysborough County on Thursday.

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Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving cacti are all very similar in form and flowers, but have slightly different shaped leaves. These plants are all very easy to grow and can live for decades.

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Holiday dinner, concert series comes to Fortress of Louisbourg

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Patrons of the Storehouse Tavern gather for a beverage and chat at the Fortress of Louisbourg on Feb. 19, 2023. IAN NATHANSON/CAPE BRETON POST FILE

Cape Breton publisher donating proceeds from Christmas book

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Ron Caplan, publisher Breton Books: “People who never thought of themselves as writers are suddenly first time published authors.”

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Folk music duo kicking off holiday tour in Truro

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Sports

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Nova Scotia's Nate Darling stood out for the Canadian national men's basketball team in its latest FIBA qualifying game. The 26-year-old from Bedford tied for second in team scoring with 11 points in an 88-71 victory over the Dominican Republic in ...

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LACROSSE: Thunderbirds bolster their defence with key signing

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Mitch Wilde of the NLL's Halifax Thunderbirds. - Halifax Thunderbirds

Evaluating the Mooseheads through the first third of the season

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Halifax Mooseheads centre Cade Moser (left) celebrates the first goal of the game with his teammates during the Mooseheads home opener against the Quebec Remparts on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

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Installed on the top of wheelhouses, the off-grid solar and wind turbine powered energy system keep the vessel’s batteries charged, the bilge pumps working and a heater running when a boat is berthed at its home port without running the main engine, or connecting to shore power. Kathy Johnson

Solar energy and more: Seeking to improve energy efficiency, sustainability in the fishing fleet

Through two provincially funded programs, Nova Scotia’s fishing fleet is becoming more energy efficient and sustainable. The Fisheries and Aquaculture Energy Efficiency Innovation Fund (FAEEIF) offers $6.5 million over three years in incentives to ...

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Pictou RCMP investigate serious crash

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Pictou County District RCMP arrested a 45-year-old Moncton man after police found him possession stolen property valued over $10,000 in Mount William on July 20. File.

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Processor accused of profiting off illegal lobster, elver fisheries in N.S.

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Commercial fishermen allege a large fishery outside the commercial season is being pursued from the Saulnierville wharf.

Truro woman’s joint bank account defrauded twice

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Staying active after dark in Truro with Night Hikes program

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Kings-Hants, N.S., community leaders recognized with Kings Charles III Commemoration Medal

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Provincial

Joe Robson, husband of the late Wanda Robson, stands beside a brass bust sculpture unveiled by Cape Breton University in her memory during a ceremony at the university on Friday. Along with the sculpture, created by Chippie Kennedy, the university also announced a portion of the facility’s library will now be known as the Wanda Robson Student Lounge. In 2004, at the age of 76, Wanda graduated from CBU with a bachelor of arts degree, fulfilling her lifelong dream of pursuing a university education. Wanda was also given an honorary degree from CBU in 2014 for her efforts in ensuring her sister's legacy would not be lost to history. Wanda has become known as the youngest sister of Viola Desmond, who challenged the practice of racial segregation in a New Glasgow, Nova Scotia movie theatre in 1946. See the full story online at capebretonpost.com and in Monday’s e-edition.

Sculpture of late civil rights activist Wanda Robson unveiled at Cape Breton University, student lounge named in her honour

SYDNEY, N.S. – Joe Robson’s eyes filled with tears as he smiled as a sculpture of his late wife Wanda Robson was unveiled at Cape Breton University on Friday. “She’d be very pleased with it,” said Robson. “She’d express surprise that there was so ...

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Pictou RCMP investigate serious crash

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Processor accused of profiting off illegal lobster, elver fisheries in N.S.

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Judge dismisses motion of Cape Breton grandmother who wants custody of four grandchildren

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Truro woman’s joint bank account defrauded twice

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Canada

Waiting for a passport? 85,000 set to be mailed when Canada Post strike ends

About 85,000 passports are printed and waiting to be mailed as the Canada Post strike drags on. Service Canada stopped mailing passports Nov. 8, one week before the strike began Nov. 15, it said in a statement. The agency held passports before the ...

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Ottawa’s GST holiday could cost P.E.I. treasury $14 million: Premier

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Premier Dennis King said a two-month HST sales tax holiday will cost the provincial treasury about $14 million. King said he would ultimately support it. Stu Neatby • The Guardian

Cabinet minister's Cree great-grandmother claims were untrue, records show

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Cabinet Minister Randy Boissonnault speaks to reporters outside of the LIberal cabinet meeting in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont. on Tuesday, Oct. 1 2024. /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network

Randy Boissonnault stepping down from cabinet after shifting claims on Indigenous heritage

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World

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

ICC issues arrests warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant over alleged war crimes

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, the tribunal in The Hague announced on Thursday afternoon. The court’s Pre-Trial Chamber I “issued ...

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