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'A steadfast champion of Atlantic Canada': Oil executive Arthur Irving dies at age 93

'A steadfast champion of Atlantic Canada': Oil executive Arthur Irving dies at age 93

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Arthur L. Irving, the second-born son of New Brunswick industrialist K.C. Irving, has died at the age of 93 after a life spent growing the oil business his father founded.
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Entangled right whale spotted off New Brunswick with fishing gear stuck in its mouth

Entangled right whale spotted off New Brunswick with fishing gear stuck in its mouth

HALIFAX — A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been spotted entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, northeast of New Brunswick's Acadian Peninsula.
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Pro-Palestinian encampment set up at Dalhousie University in Halifax

Pro-Palestinian encampment set up at Dalhousie University in Halifax

HALIFAX — More than a dozen tents were erected Sunday night at a pro-Palestinian encampment at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and organizers say they plan to stay until their schools divest from Israel.
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Curbing domestic violence takes staff, and there aren't enough, says N.L. director

Curbing domestic violence takes staff, and there aren't enough, says N.L. director

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.
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Five crew rescued after mussel boat runs aground off Prince Edward Island

Five crew rescued after mussel boat runs aground off Prince Edward Island

MALPEQUE BAY, P.E.I. — Firefighters rescued five crew members from a mussel fishing boat that ran aground in rough seas off Prince Edward Island’s North Shore on Monday.
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'Can't imagine a worse situation': Turmoil, anger within N.B. Tories before election

'Can't imagine a worse situation': Turmoil, anger within N.B. Tories before election

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Progressive Conservatives are in turmoil, with some members feeling disappointed and angry ahead of the next provincial election, which must be held by the fall.
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Cape Breton man charged with manslaughter after another man killed in Sydney, N.S.

Cape Breton man charged with manslaughter after another man killed in Sydney, N.S.

SYDNEY, N.S. — A 49-year-old man from Sydney, N.S. is facing a manslaughter charge following the death of a 51-year-old man this weekend.
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Fire at warehouse in Bathurst, N.B. triggers evacuations, air quality advisory

Fire at warehouse in Bathurst, N.B. triggers evacuations, air quality advisory

BATHURST, N.B. — A massive weekend fire at a building supply warehouse in northern New Brunswick briefly forced more than 100 residents from their homes and triggered an air quality advisory as a black plume of smoke filled the air.
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Collision near Wolfville, N.S. leaves 77-year-old man dead

Collision near Wolfville, N.S. leaves 77-year-old man dead

WOLFVILLE, N.S. — A 77-year-old Nova Scotia man is dead after a weekend crash near Wolfville. RCMP say around 10:30 a.m. Saturday they learned a tractor trailer and a GMC Sierra were driving in opposite directions when they collided on Highway 101.
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Report shows decline of injury rate in Nova Scotia workplaces, rise in mental trauma

Report shows decline of injury rate in Nova Scotia workplaces, rise in mental trauma

HALIFAX — The rate of injury to Nova Scotia workers continued to decline in 2023 and is down to half the rate recorded 20 years ago, a new report has found. The Nova Scotia Workers’ Compensation Board says the time-loss injury rate improved to 1.
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