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'I thought this was an easy transfer': Cape Breton man recounts agonizing wait for mental health treatment

SYDNEY, N.S. — After seeking help from his local hospital, Brian McNamara thought he was already in line for mental health treatment at Cape Breton Regional Hospital but instead got an agonizing wait in the ER after arriving in Sydney. "It seemed ...

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Guilty verdict entered in second-degree murder case in Cape Breton

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Two Whycocomagh area roads to receive major repairs this year

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The City of Dieppe is advising residents that lanes on sections of Acadie Avenue will be closed to allow for grinding and asphalting work from July 31 to Sept. 1. Stock Image

Person found dead in wooded area in Cape Breton: Police

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More than 2,800 families waitlisted for NL Housing units

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P.E.I. magician trying to make full-time go it at 19

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Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov detained on suspicion of taking major bribes attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, in this still image from video released April 24, 2024. Moscow City Court's Press Office/Handout via

Lawyers for Russia's deputy defence minister appeal his pre-trial detention, TASS reports

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |1 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Lawyers for Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov have filed an appeal against a court decision to remand him in pre-trial detention, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported on Friday. A Russian court on Wednesday ...

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem greets former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before he speaks at a South Dakota Republican party rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. September 8, 2023.

Kristi Noem, a Trump VP contender, defends killing dog on family farm

Tim Reid |Updated 28 minutes ago |2 min read

By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump'svice presidential running mate, defended herself on Friday against Democratic attacks over her account of shooting a dog on her family farm. Noem, the ...

British Columbia's Premier David Eby speaks to media following a tour of the Tselletkwe Lodge in Kamloops, B.C, Canada, August 22, 2023. Chad Hipolito/Pool via

Canada's British Columbia scraps program to allow drug use in public spaces

Reuters |Updated 48 minutes ago |1 min read

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday scrapped a much-criticized pilot program that allowed the open use of some illegal drugs, citing the need to maintain public safety. In January 2023, the province said it ...

View of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 4, 2024.

Stranded ships exit Baltimore port via temporary channel

Lisa Baertlein |Updated 48 minutes ago |2 min read

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four cargo ships, stuck for about a month at the Port of Baltimore by the ruins of the collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge, have exited this week via a temporary channel, according to shipping data. Large ...

Cenovus subsidiary fined $1.83 million for 2018 Canada oil spill

Reuters |Updated 58 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - A Canadian regulator said on Friday a Cenovus Energy subsidiary has been fined C$2.5 million ($1.83 million) for its role in the 2018 oil spill off the country's Atlantic Coast. The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum ...

Amherst police charged a man and a woman after an incident overnight in Amherst on May 26.

Amherst police lay charges in commercial break-in and e-bike theft

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

A 29-year-old Amherst, N.S., man has been charged with breaking into a local business and stealing e-bikes in late March. Around 4:40 a.m. on March 25, the Amherst Police Department responded to a commercial burglary alarm on Church Street and ...

RNC officers at the scene of a person barricaded in a house on Livingstone Street in St. John’s on Friday afternoon. JOE GIBBONS • THE TELEGRAM

RNC surrounds house, negotiates with individual inside

Joseph Gibbons |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

Various units of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) were present on Livingstone Street in downtown St. John’s on Friday afternoon, April 26, after reports of a barricaded person in a residence there. The incident occurred just before 2 p.m., ...

Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024.

Netherlands will consider resuming support to Palestinian UNRWA agency

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Friday said it would consider resuming funding for the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) in Gaza if the agency implements recommendations to strengthen its neutrality. The decision follows an ...

The Region of Queens Municipality will add a new community pool next to Queens Place Emera Centre with $2.2 million provided by the Nova Scotia government. - Queens Place Emera Centre website

Queens County getting new $2.2M outdoor community pool in Liverpool

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

The Region of Queens Municipality is getting $2.2 million from the province for the construction of a new community pool in Liverpool, N.S., Located next to Queens Place Emera Centre, the new heated, outdoor pool will have six lanes for recreational, ...

The North Head ferry terminal on Grand Manan is seen in May. - Andrew Bates, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Telegraph Journal

Charges pending against Grand Manan, N.B., pair caught with stolen ATV and suspected cocaine

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 3 hours ago |1 min read

Mounties recovered an ATV stolen from Saint John bound for Grand Manan and arrested two men from the island in connection with its theft on Sunday, April 21. Around 2:30 a.m., Grand Manan RCMP received a stolen ATV report and learned that two ...