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Community rallies around 7-year-old Saskatoon girl robbed of cash, candy at lemonade stand

Madison Vanden Dungen’s week started sour and ended sweet. On Monday, two teens robbed the seven-year-old’s lemonade stand, set up…

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Nova Scotia

Lunenburg County Pride pilot program aims to build community, improve mental health

Lunenburg County Pride’s new Queer Connections pilot program aims to bring 2SLGBTQ+ people in the community together and reduce the…

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Canada

Men, community members play a role in preventing intimate partner violence, experts say

WARNING: This story contains discussion of intimate partner violence and suicide. Offering resources before domestic disputes escalate into intimate partner…

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Nova Scotia

Discourse around Pride and Palestinian rights part of history of activism in the 2SLGBTQ+ community

In the wake of the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7 last year and Israel’s subsequent military assault in Gaza,…

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Sports

Winnipeg’s breaking dancing community excited for sport’s Olympic debut

At eight years old, Nico Kalaheo Lopez has already been break dancing for half of his young life. What does…

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Sports

Small B.C. community welcomes international female hockey team

A collegiate school in B.C.’s East Kootenay region is starting up an international female hockey team, and a world champion Ukrainian…

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Canada

Northern Alberta wildfires threaten Suncor Firebag site, community of Chateh

Firefighters are preparing for a difficult weekend as wildfires threaten an oilsands production facility in northeastern Alberta and a small community…

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Nova Scotia

‘Just blown away’: N.S. fire department donates fire truck to Saskatchewan community

When a fire chief in rural Nova Scotia came across a post about a fire department in rural Saskatchewan losing everything…

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Health

Cancer community slams ‘appalling ignorance’ of people commenting on Catherine’s appearance

When Catherine, Princess of Wales, smiled at the crowds at Trooping the Colour last weekend, her first public appearance since December, the…

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Nova Scotia

Rural pride festivals promote acceptance within community, organizers say

Several rural communities around Nova Scotia are celebrating Pride with festivals this month, something organizers say creates important opportunities for…

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