Striking Pete's Frootique workers remain committed to cause as contract dispute drags on | Nova Scotia minimum wage increasing to $15.20 an hour on April 1 | After homeless man dies in Halifax encampment, lawyer keeps up fight for benefits
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Thursday, January 04, 2024.
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Striking Pete's Frootique workers remain committed to cause as contract dispute drags on; Striking workers stand outside Pete's Frootique in downtown Halifax on Wednesday\. They've been off the job since November after failing to reach a contract agreement with the Sobeys-owned business\.

Striking Pete's Frootique workers remain committed to cause as contract dispute drags on

January 3 , 2024 • 05:47 PM AST

As the strike by workers at the downtown Halifax Pete's Frootique location enters its seventh week, Tyson Boyd said he and his colleagues are starting to feel "a little angry and a little fed up."

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Nova Scotia minimum wage increasing to $15.20 an hour on April 1; Canadian currency is pictured in Vancouver, B\.C\.

Nova Scotia minimum wage increasing to $15.20 an hour on April 1

January 3 , 2024 • 02:21 PM AST

A news release from the province said the rate "is to be adjusted by the national consumer price index plus one percentage point from the minimum wage set the preceding April

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After homeless man dies in Halifax encampment, lawyer keeps up fight for benefits; Vince Calderhead is a lawyer who was representing a homeless man who died in a Halifax tent encampment in December 2023\. He said the man, Bradley Lowe, had been fighting for improved income assistance for people living in tents\.

After homeless man dies in Halifax encampment, lawyer keeps up fight for benefits

January 3 , 2024 • 03:55 PM AST

A Nova Scotia lawyer says a homeless client who died in an encampment last month had been fighting for improved income assistance for people living in tents.

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UPEI releases 5-year plan for fixing problems highlighted in scathing review; As part of its initial response to the Rubin Thomlinson report, UPEI held town halls and a number of listening sessions to hear from professors, staff and students\.

UPEI releases 5-year plan for fixing problems highlighted in scathing review

January 3 , 2024 • 06:47 PM AST

The University of Prince Edward Island has released a draft of the five-year action plan it will use to follow through on the recommendations from the Rubin Thomlinson report, which identified a toxic environment on campus, where bullying and harassment were widespread and condoned at an institutional level.

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Many disappointed criminal charges won't be pursued in Tantallon-area wildfire; Many disappointed criminal charges won't be pursued in Tantallon-area wildfire

Many disappointed criminal charges won't be pursued in Tantallon-area wildfire

January 3 , 2024 • 07:05 PM AST

The public learned through an access-to-information request that the police were closing the investigation into fire that destroyed 150 homes in Upper Tantallon, N.S. Dustin O'Leary of the Westwood Hills Residents Association says many in his community are frustrated and disappointed by the news.

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New year sees Nova Scotia Power rate increase take effect; The Tufts cove smoke stack in Dartmouth, N\.S\.  

January 2 , 2024 • 05:01 PM AST

New year sees Nova Scotia Power rate increase take effect

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Researchers interviewing Gaelic speakers to learn about language's status in N.S.; Fieldworker Amber Buchanan interviews native Gaelic speaker Jean MacKay at her home in Westmount\.  

January 3 , 2024 • 02:26 PM AST

Researchers interviewing Gaelic speakers to learn about language's status in N.S.

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'Being on air was the North Star for him': Frank Cameron retires at 85; Frank Cameron stands beside an old poster advertising his show, Frank's Bandstand\.  

December 31 , 2023 • 06:00 AM AST

'Being on air was the North Star for him': Frank Cameron retires at 85

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Petition aims to save Quinpool Road McDonalds mural; Petition aims to save Quinpool Road McDonalds mural  

January 3 , 2024 • 06:36 PM AST

Petition aims to save Quinpool Road McDonalds mural

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Police watchdog investigating after man shot by RCMP on New Year's Eve; Three ATVs fired shots at a police officer after he tried to pull them over in Centreville, New Brunswick early Friday morning\.  

January 2 , 2024 • 12:37 PM AST

Police watchdog investigating after man shot by RCMP on New Year's Eve

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January 3 , 2024 • 06:00 AM AST

Father, son from N.S. served in Italy 80 years ago. Only one came home

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January 3 , 2024 • 06:00 AM AST

Mother who lost son to suicide now helps other parents going through loss

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January 2 , 2024 • 05:56 PM AST

Residents of tent encampment at Grand Parade can now access electricity

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January 3 , 2024 • 07:57 PM AST

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December 30 , 2023 • 05:00 AM AST

How a winter bird count became an important tool in tracking climate impacts

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