
Frances Willick
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Frances Willick is a journalist with CBC Nova Scotia. Please contact her with feedback, story ideas or tips at [email protected]
Latest from Frances Willick

Piggy reunion show to steal Haligonians' hearts all over again
The beloved 90s calypso band will play a one-night-only show on May 8.
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Meet Root, the turtle with a mobility aid made of Lego
The wood turtle is missing his right front foot, so his shell was getting damaged from scraping on the floor at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax.
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University agreements with N.S. government outline funding, accountability rules
The province says the deals include a tuition freeze, an increase in operating grants and new requirements to review academic programs.
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'Your face looks grotesque': How looksmaxxing can harm young men and boys
Looksmaxxing is ostensibly about improving your appearance. But a new study says members of online looksmaxxing forums take it too far with caustic critiques, harmful remedies and encouragement of suicide.
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N.S. needs tradespeople, yet NSCC has long waitlists for programs. What gives?
Prospective students face a wait of up to two years to get into the college's most popular trades programs.
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Urban sugaring a success for one Haligonian, but city not so sweet on idea
A Halifax man produced two litres of syrup from a maple on his property and another on the city's property. But the city says it can damage trees.
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Halifax issues demolition permit for remaining Bloomfield buildings
The permit comes after one of the site's three buildings was destroyed by fire in February.
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Woman plans to sell home due to stress caused by town's expropriation
The Town of Truro has expropriated part of a woman's property to install a storm sewer line, but the homeowner says she's worried the project will damage her home.
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Is Tim Hortons Canadian?
Amid the patriotic fervour whipped up by tariff and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, the debate over whether Tim Hortons is Canadian is as hot as a double double.
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Fire destroys seafood processing plant in Cape John
The owner of the plant, which employed 11 people in season, says he plans to rebuild.
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