Groups call to end deploying police for wellness checks
The East Coast Prison Justice Society, PATH Legal and the Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia are calling for an ...
No. 21 Saint Mary's heads into March Madness seeking 2nd straight WCC Tournament title
Saint Mary's swept Gonzaga, clinching a second straight outright conference title with a win at The Kennel in Spokane, ...
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Saint Mary’s College announces 2025 commencement speaker, honorary doctorate recipients
Saint Mary’s College president Katie Conboy announced the class of 2025 commencement speaker and this year’s honorary degree ...
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AUS HOCKEY: Halifax’s Plandowski fits perfectly with UNB’s championship pedigree
Oscar Plandowski was astounded when he learned he was the first Nova Scotian to play for the perennial powerhouse UNB Reds in ...
Death of 2 men after police Tasering raises questions, experts say
One professor says the municipality should reconsider having police respond to people in mental health distress.
Two men in Halifax died in the span of less than one week after police tasered them
The deaths are a reminder that police are rarely the appropriate people to respond to mental-health crises, and that ...
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Cape Breton players ranked high for QMJHL draft; Cape Breton sports in brief for March 4, 2025
Two Cape Breton players among top prospects for QMJHL draft Two Cape Breton hockey players were recently named to the list of ...
University teachers in Nova Scotia accuse government of going too far with new bill
A group that represents 1,400 university teachers in Nova Scotia is accusing the provincial government of trying to overstep ...