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New study of inbreeding among endangered right whales reveals encouraging finding
The tiny population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales has long had to deal with inbreeding. But a new scientific study, led by researchers at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, is reporting an encouraging finding.
Sand from the Sahara Desert causing recent lull in the hurricane season: scientists
Tiny grains of sand from the Sahara Desert are to blame for the almost month-long lull in this year's Atlantic hurricane season, scientists say. But it could soon come to an end.
Sale of Atlantic Canada's biggest newspaper chain could reduce local content: expert
An expert who tracks Canada's mainstream media industry says Postmedia's pending purchase of Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain is almost certain to result in job cuts and a reduction in local content.
Insurance claims from last year's floods, wildfires in Nova Scotia total $490 million
The devastating wildfires and deadly flooding that plagued Nova Scotia last year have resulted in $490 million in insured losses, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said in a report released Thursday.
Bid to sell insolvent newspaper chain in Atlantic Canada reaches critical phase
Jennifer Stam, a lawyer for the Toronto-based Fiera Private Debt Fund, made the statement Friday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, where Justice John Keith later approved a motion to extend the media companies' protection from creditors until Aug. 8.
Changes coming for tenants paying fixed rent in Nova Scotia's public housing units
Housing Minister John Lohr says that over the next four years, 1,445 public housing tenants about 13 per cent of the total will start paying rent based on their household income, which means they could be paying more or less than they are now.
New signs warning of great white sharks in the works for some N.S. beaches
There's growing evidence that the number of great white sharks is on the rise along Canada's East Coast, where plans are in the works to post warning signs for beachgoers for the first time.
N.S. progress report undermined by blown deadline, says disability rights advocate
Vicky Levack, who sits on the board of the Disability Rights Coalition, says the government's one-year progress report shows it is moving in the right direction, but she says the province can't ignore the fact that it failed to reach a key deadline earlier this year.
10 years after Moncton shootings, RCMP still struggling with supervisor training
Almost 10 years after an armed man killed three Mounties in Moncton,the RCMP has yet to fully implement a key recommendation from a 2014 review aimed at preventing such deadly encounters.
Use of alert system delayed during deadly flash flooding in Nova Scotia: report
A new report on flooding last year in Nova Scotia that killed four people says the municipality of West Hants faced several challenges in transmitting timely emergency alerts to the public.
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