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More than 200,000 people in Halifax and surrounding areas under boil-water advisory

More than 200,000 people in Halifax and surrounding areas under boil-water advisory

HALIFAX — Grocery stores in Halifax started selling out of bottled water on Tuesday, after an electrical problem at a treatment facility led to a boil-water advisory affecting more than 200,000 people.
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Power interruption at treatment facility leads to boil-water advisory in Halifax

Power interruption at treatment facility leads to boil-water advisory in Halifax

HALIFAX — Halifax Water says a boil-water advisory is in effect for the Halifax area and some surrounding communities.
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Halifax shipyard tests steel-cutting methods as first new destroyer expected by 2035

Halifax shipyard tests steel-cutting methods as first new destroyer expected by 2035

HALIFAX — The Irving shipyard is testing methods to cut steel for Canada's new destroyers, though the navy says it will be about a decade before the first vessel joins military operations.
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Bid to sell insolvent newspaper chain in Atlantic Canada reaches critical phase

Bid to sell insolvent newspaper chain in Atlantic Canada reaches critical phase

HALIFAX — The private lending firm that pushed Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain into insolvency in March says negotiations aimed at selling SaltWire Network Inc. and The Halifax Herald Ltd. have reached a crucial phase.
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Nova Scotia in talks for agency to investigate wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun

Nova Scotia in talks for agency to investigate wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s police watchdog is in talks with a civilian agency that is interested in investigating the role of police in the wrongful murder conviction of Glen Assoun, provincial justice officials confirmed Thursday.
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Halifax man and 'trailblazer' admired for love of wearing high heels has died at 86

Halifax man and 'trailblazer' admired for love of wearing high heels has died at 86

HALIFAX — Harold Anderson, a Halifax man known and admired for the elegant stilettos he wore on his jaunts around the city, has died at the age of 86.
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Man arrested after N.S. alert warning of firearm was holding garden tool, say RCMP

Man arrested after N.S. alert warning of firearm was holding garden tool, say RCMP

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. — RCMP say a suspected firearm that led to an emergency alert in Nova Scotia turned out to be a gardening tool, and the man involved has been released without charges.
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Nova Scotia high school teacher charged with sexual assault of student

Nova Scotia high school teacher charged with sexual assault of student

TATAMAGOUCHE, N.S. — Nova Scotia RCMP announced today that they have charged a teacher from Tatamagouche Regional Academy with sexual offences.
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Halifax airport to carry out $18-million renovation on international travel facility

Halifax airport to carry out $18-million renovation on international travel facility

HALIFAX — The federal government will help fund major renovations to the section of the Halifax airport where international travelers transfer to Canadian flights.
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Entangled right whale calf spotted in Gulf of St. Lawrence, DFO says

Entangled right whale calf spotted in Gulf of St. Lawrence, DFO says

HALIFAX — Canadian officials say a North Atlantic right whale has been spotted entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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