Judge calls murder of 85-year-old woman 'monstrous and evil' as he hands down sentence | Halifax looks to protect 2 key watersheds with new plans | Halifax's Emancipation Day ceremony pays tribute to Jamaican Maroons
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Judge calls murder of 85-year-old woman 'monstrous and evil' as he hands down sentence; Police remain at the scene of a suspicious death on Lynwood Drive in Dartmouth where 85-year-old Eleanor Harding was found dead on July 11, 2020\.

Judge calls murder of 85-year-old woman 'monstrous and evil' as he hands down sentence

August 1 , 2024 at 04:51:19 p.m. ADT • :

A man with a lengthy criminal record who crept into the basement of an 85-year-old woman's home in Dartmouth, N.S., four years ago, strangled her and ransacked her bedroom has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 16 years.
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Halifax looks to protect 2 key watersheds with new plans; Sophia Jensen, of Canada, paddles after winning silver in the C1 womens 500m during the ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships at Lake Banook in Dartmouth, N\.S\. on Sunday, August 7, 2022\.

Halifax looks to protect 2 key watersheds with new plans

August 1 , 2024 at 07:25:44 p.m. ADT • :

Halifax is considering a new way to better protect lake and river systems in the municipality, and residents would be among those leading the way.
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Halifax's Emancipation Day ceremony pays tribute to Jamaican Maroons; A plaque was unveiled at Citadel Hill to commemorate the national historic significance of the contributions made by Jamaican Maroons during their time in Nova Scotia\.

Halifax's Emancipation Day ceremony pays tribute to Jamaican Maroons

August 1 , 2024 at 03:41:46 p.m. ADT • :

Emancipation Day and the legacy of the Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia were commemorated during a ceremony and plaque unveiling at Citadel Hill in Halifax on Thursday.
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Hants County man charged with insurance fraud; RCMP investigating multiple suspicious circumstances near Acadia University\.

Hants County man charged with insurance fraud

July 31 , 2024 at 04:22:05 p.m. ADT • :

A Tennycape, N.S., man has been charged with two counts of fraud over $5,000, according to an RCMP news release.
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Artistic Gymnastics - Women's All Around Final; Artistic Gymnastics - Women's All Around Final

Artistic Gymnastics - Women's All Around Final

August 1 , 2024 at 01:05:00 p.m. ADT • :

Join us for the all around final of the women's artistic gymnastics from Bercy Arena.
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Canada's Wyatt Sanford guaranteed a boxing medal at Paris Olympics; Canada's Wyatt Sanford celebrates after winning against Uzbekistan's Ruslan Abdullaev in the men's 63\.5kg quarterfinal boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on Thursday\.  

August 1 , 2024 at 05:38:08 a.m. ADT • :

Canada's Wyatt Sanford guaranteed a boxing medal at Paris Olympics

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Fake letter leaves Nigerian international student without status, asked to leave Canada; Lola Akinlade arrived in Canada in 2016 as an international student from Nigeria\.  

August 1 , 2024 at 05:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Fake letter leaves Nigerian international student without status, asked to leave Canada

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Sand from the Sahara Desert causing recent lull in the hurricane season: scientists; In June 2020, a "Godzilla" dust plume travelled from the Sahara, the planet's largest, hottest desert, across the Atlantic ocean to North America\.  

July 31 , 2024 at 12:55:55 p.m. ADT • :

Sand from the Sahara Desert causing recent lull in the hurricane season: scientists

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N.S. lake patrol results in 1 arrest, 4 alcohol-related tickets, 115 warnings; Two officers with their backs to the camera ride in a boat on a lake\.  

July 30 , 2024 at 06:29:52 p.m. ADT • :

N.S. lake patrol results in 1 arrest, 4 alcohol-related tickets, 115 warnings

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Ellie Black's medal hopes take a tumble after falling off beam; Canada's Ellie Black struggled with a fall on the beam, leading to a low score during the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final\.  

August 1 , 2024 at 02:27:32 p.m. ADT • :

Ellie Black's medal hopes take a tumble after falling off beam

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August 1 , 2024 at 03:17:08 p.m. ADT • :

Nova Scotia giving journeypersons cash incentive for mentoring apprentices

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August 1 , 2024 at 02:38:55 p.m. ADT • :

N.S. 'remedy' to move people with disabilities out of institutions slow, says monitor

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August 1 , 2024 at 03:43:40 p.m. ADT • :

Cape Breton communities hope to cash in on Canada-Germany hydrogen deal

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July 30 , 2024 at 08:24:40 p.m. ADT • :

Wide gap in sentencing arguments for convicted N.S. sex offender

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August 1 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Non-profit worried Glace Bay youth centre will come with unaffordable tax bill

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