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Nova Scotia

Questions of N.S.’s capabilities to protect vulnerable people arise amid hurricane season

Nova Scotia still has a lot of work to do to provide protection and resources to its most vulnerable citizens in…

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Nova Scotia

Ottawa wants to offload this office building. Nova Scotia wants it to house homeless people

The federal government has initiated a building disposal process that could potentially see a vacant 61,000-square-foot office building in Dartmouth, N.S., turned…

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Health

Does anyone still want kids? Families are shrinking as people have fewer children — or none at all

Demographers, sociologists and your mother-in-law want to know: why aren’t people having as many kids?  Canada recorded its lowest-ever fertility…

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Health

Toronto hospital to open supportive housing for homeless people

A new housing project for those who live on the streets and frequently end up in the emergency room is…

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Health

Superbugs could kill 39 million people by 2050. Here’s what Canadian survivors, doctors say should change

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

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Health

550 people report illness after P.E.I. shellfish festival, health officials say

More than 550 people who attended the P.E.I. International Shellfish Festival last weekend reported getting sick, according to the province’s…

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Nova Scotia

Andy Fillmore says Halifax attracts unhoused people, advocates say that’s untrue

A candidate for Halifax mayor says the municipality’s approach to homeless encampments has encouraged unhoused people from across the country…

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Entertainment

Spain police arrest five people for Brad Pitt impersonation

Police in Spain have arrested five people accused of scamming two women out of 325,000 euros (US$362,000) by pretending to…

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Canada

Climate change is impacting weeds on the Prairies. Here’s how some people are fighting back

Julia Leeson pushes aside a crop of wheat in a field near Saskatoon. She kneels down and writes a few words on a…

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Health

Indigenous people in Quebec want more than an apology from CMA. They want ‘concrete actions’

Jennifer Brazeau says an apology means little without a plan for meaningful action to drive change.  That was her sentiment ahead…

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