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Flooding at large New Glasgow nursing home displaces 32 residents
Thirty-two residents of an aging long-term care home in New Glasgow, N.S., were evacuated earlier this week after a water main break in the basement of the facility caused significant flooding in one of the units.
Feds push back in John Risley's multimillion-dollar tax battle
The federal government has filed in court a 100-page reply to John Risley’s latest tax appeal, arguing in detail why the Canada Revenue Agency believes the wealthy and prominent Nova Scotia businessman underreported his income by millions of dollars a year.
Disabled lobster licence holder wins again against DFO in court
The Federal Court has once again faulted the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for how it has handled the cases of disabled lobster licence holders who sought lengthy exemptions from federal rules that require them to be on board the boat when it is fishing.
Elver prosecutions trickle into court after 'hell' year on N.S. and N.B. rivers
About three dozen people have been charged with offences related to this year’s chaotic illegal fishery for juvenile eels in the Maritimes, a number that falls well short of the overall tally of arrests this spring but which the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans says could grow.
Five decades later, a man who committed sex crimes faces sentencing
A provincial court judge in Kentville, N.S., has heard arguments about whether a 75-year-old man should be sent to prison for sex offences committed against his younger brother in the 1970s.
Sipekne'katik claims 'significant progress' in talks with Ottawa over controversial N.S. lobster fishery
The First Nation at the centre of a highly contentious out-of-season lobster fishery in southwest Nova Scotia says mediation with the federal government is bearing fruit, with lengthy meetings between both sides leading to the first “meaningful dialogue” in 25 years.
Lawsuit claims Halifax police officer who mentored youth abused teen in 1980s
The lawyer for a 55-year-old man alleging he was sexually abused in the 1980s by a Halifax police officer who won accolades for his work with youth says he suspects there could be more victims who haven’t yet come forward.
DFO poised to shake up fishery for tiny eels in 'devastating' blow to licence holders
The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans is poised to impose a major shakeup on the lucrative but problem-plagued Maritime fishery for juvenile eels, stripping most commercial operations of nearly all their quota and spreading it out among individual fishermen and First Nations.
N.S. lobster dealer granted bail in buyer intimidation case
A 65-year-old lobster dealer from southwest Nova Scotia charged with several counts of intimidation linked to the industry has been granted bail, but is forbidden from going to almost every fishing wharf or lobster wholesaler in the province.
Father and son face charges in southwest N.S. lobster-buying intimidation case
A Lamborghini-driving lobster dealer in southwest Nova Scotia and his son have been charged with intimidating a buyer whose home was shot up last weekend, the latest in a number of allegations against the father related to threats and intimidation.