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Two 12-year-old boys appeared in Halifax youth court Thursday on charges of making threats on social media to harm specific students at Eastern Passage Education Centre. The pair are charged with uttering threats and conspiracy to commit murder.

Boy charged in Eastern Passage school threats 'very close' to pleading guilty

A guilty plea is in the works for one of two boys accused of making threats on social media this winter to harm specific students at a middle school in Eastern Passage. Lawyers appeared in Halifax youth court Thursday for the boys, who are both ...

Updated 21 hours ago |2 min read

Halifax woman advocates for more awareness, funding for pulmonary hypertension

Updated 22 hours ago |4 min read

Beth Slaunwhite poses for a photo in her Halifax home on Friday, May 3, 2024. Slaunwhite has pulmonary arterial hypertension and is advocating for some changes and awareness ahead of World PH Day on Sunday.
Ryan Taplin - The Chronicle Herald

Goin’ down the road: Tennis wunderkind Colburne partakes in Canadian U15 camp, will join brother in Montreal this fall

Updated 18 hours ago |7 min read

GOR GLAN MAC STORY:
Joni Colburne is seen during practice at the Tennis Canada u15 camp at the Atlantic Tennis Centre in Bedford, Thursday May 9, 2024.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

Man dead after shooting in North Preston

Updated 20 hours ago |3 min read

Man facing charges after stolen vehicle crashes into Halifax police cruiser in Bedford

Updated 19 hours ago |1 min read

Cape Breton woman arrested after crashing into Waycobah RCMP detachment

Updated 9 minutes ago |2 min read

Opinion

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Charging up EV market requires a plan

There are significant affordability and accessibility issues hindering the widespread adoption of electric vehicles in Canada, and addressing these challenges is crucial for our nation’s transition to sustainable transportation, particularly in ...

Updated 22 hours ago |4 min read

MICHAEL de ADDER CARTOON: Hey, big spender

Updated 22 hours ago |1 min read

BRUCE MacKINNON CARTOON: Few bargains to bag

Updated a day ago |1 min read

JOHN DeMONT: If connection makes us happy, why are we so lonely?

Updated May. 7, 2024 |6 min read

SHELDON MacLEOD: After the wildfires— lessons on being prepared

Updated May. 8, 2024 |1 min read

GWYNNE DYER: Why U.S. President Joe Biden might be the only person who can negotiate a Hamas-Israel cease-fire

Updated May. 6, 2024 |6 min read

Business

FOR BESWICK STORY:
Kyle Conrod and Kathleen Poter are seen in front of their Bud the Spud food truck in a Sackville Road parking lot in Lower Sackville Wednesday May 8, 2024. the truck, a Sprig Garden Road summer fixture, will not be in it's usual spot thiseason.

TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

Bud the Spud movin' on down the road after losing prime downtown Halifax spot

Now, Bud the Spud will do 100 km/h on a flat highway. But as soon as the 1989 Chevrolet Grumman meets an incline, the old beast’s 188-horsepower heart gets a bit wheezy. “On a hill you’ll start slowing down towards 60, it could be a bit embarrassing ...

Updated a day ago |3 min read

Popular Cabot Trail restaurant has a new Mother Hen in Cape Breton

Updated 17 hours ago |5 min read

The Clucking Hen Café and Bakery has been a Cabot Trail landmark since 2000. Contributed by RE/MAX

Kings County council approves controversial Scots Bay campground by slim margin

Updated a day ago |9 min read

The Kings County council chambers in Coldbrook was packed with concerned citizens on May 2 for a public hearing on a controversial planning application for a social enterprise campground in Scots Bay. Council approved a development agreement on May 7. KIRK STARRATT

Conservative MP declares war on Tim Hortons' 'woke paper lids'

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Kings County’s Meadowbrook Meat Market closing after 40 years

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Bank of Canada says debt, asset valuations are key risks to stability

Updated 22 hours ago |3 min read

Lifestyles

Clare MacDougall, left, and Leslie MacArthur stand next to a priority boarding sign for Air Canada Jazz at the J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport on Tuesday, where they have worked for 35 years. NICOLE SULLIVAN/CAPE BRETON POST

Bright Side

'We love this job': Cape Breton women who started at Air Nova on same day 35 years ago retiring on same day

Clare MacDougall and Leslie MacArthur have seen a lot of changes in the airline industry over 35 years as customer service representatives. Air travel consisted of paper tickets, complimentary in-flight liquor and no identification needed for ...

Updated 5 hours ago |11 min read

A tale of love in Acadie: Remembering Roger Dial, Nova Scotia’s vineyard visionary

Updated 21 hours ago |5 min read

Roger Dial, the father of the Nova Scotia wine industry, greatest legacy might be the planting of a grape varietal identified as V-53621, but renamed L'Acadie Blanc by Dial in honour of the site of Grand Pré Winery, which he established in 1980.

Cirque du Soleil's Corteo coming to Halifax's Scotiabank Centre in June

Updated a day ago |2 min read

Cirque du Soleil's Corteo heading to Scotiabank Centre with six performances from June 6-9. Cirque Du Soleil photo

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa says new series feels like 'a fresh era'

Updated a day ago |2 min read

‘It’s my baby’: 2024 Wharf Rat Rally weekend shaping up to be an epic event

Updated May. 7, 2024 |9 min read

Two new 'Lord of the Rings' movies heading to theaters

Updated 21 hours ago |1 min read

Sports

This summer in Paris, Ellie Black of Halifax will become the first Canadian female gymnast ever to have competed in four Olympic Games. - CONTRIBUTED

‘I’m going to Paris with no regrets’: Decorated gymnast Ellie Black reflects on her record-breaking Olympic journey

When Ellie Black steps into Paris’s Bercy Arena for the gymnastics competition at this summer’s Olympic Games, she will add her name to the Canadian record book. Already Canada’s most decorated female artistic gymnast, the 28-year-old from Halifax ...

Updated 3 hours ago |8 min read

Goin’ down the road: Tennis wunderkind Colburne partakes in Canadian U15 camp, will join brother in Montreal this fall

Updated 18 hours ago |7 min read

QMJHL FINAL: Drakkar vs. Voltigeurs is a best-on-best, Nova Scotia's Luke Woodworth in key role

Updated 23 hours ago |5 min read

Bridgewater's Luke Woodworth is the captain of the Drummondville Voltigeurs. - QMJHL

Nova Scotia’s Blayre Turnbull strikes twice as Toronto opens PWHL playoffs with win

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Stars jump on Avalanche early, level series at 1-1

Updated 5 hours ago |3 min read

Wife's health scare and soul-searching convinced Rick Bowness 'it's time' to retire

Updated May. 7, 2024 |5 min read

Communities

A Summer Music Fest and Silent Auction will take place June 15 at Lunn’s Mill Beer Company in Lawrencetown to support the Western Valley Minor Hockey Association. Front row, from left, are Luke Graves, Sawyer Graves and Blake Pearson. Second row, Zach Publicover, Chad Graves, Lesley Hodder and Daniel Hodder.
Jason Malloy

Music festival created to keep hockey registration fees in check in Western Valley, N.S.

Lesley Hodder knew the Western Valley Minor Hockey Association had to do something to keep the costs down for families. She started brainstorming with others about potential ideas before a recent board meeting showed the critical need for such a ...

Updated 30 minutes ago |5 min read

THINKING BACK HOME: A farewell to kings

Updated 44 minutes ago |4 min read

One year after moving to Truro from Corner Brook, Nfld., this writer is still finding plenty to love about the area. Nick Gaines

‘I was just absolutely in shock’: Mother and baby wait 17 hours to be seen at Aberdeen Hospital emergency room

Updated 50 minutes ago |7 min read

Amber Clark and her 10-month-old son, Sawyer, waited for 17 hours in the Aberdeen Hospital ER to be seen by a doctor due to staffing shortages. Clark said her biggest concern at the time was the health of her baby and was shocked at how long it took to be seen by a physician. CONTRIBUTED

Tusket River Project featuring paddling, Big Boat adventures in Yarmouth County

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Annapolis County, N.S., councillors looking to have access to tax sale surplus funds sooner

Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

UARB to host appeal hearing May 23 into 72-unit apartment development in Berwick, N.S.

Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

Provincial

‘I was just absolutely in shock’: Mother and baby wait 17 hours to be seen at Aberdeen Hospital emergency room

When Amber Clark took her 10-month-old son to the Aberdeen Hospital ER on April 22, she didn’t expect to wait almost 17 hours to be seen. Clark’s son, Sawyer, had started showing signs of a fever a week before she brought him in. Although she ...

Updated 50 minutes ago |7 min read

Annapolis County, N.S., councillors looking to have access to tax sale surplus funds sooner

Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

The Municipality of the County of Annapolis administration building is located in Annapolis Royal.

Cape Breton communities receive Community Climate Capacity funding

Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

New stop sign at Pleasant Street overpass North Sydney

Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

UARB to host appeal hearing May 23 into 72-unit apartment development in Berwick, N.S.

Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

Advancing polling for Pictou West by-election opens tomorrow

Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

Canada

P.E.I.is making the Coastal Property Guide and P.E.I. Flood Guide, along with the P.E.I.’s Climate Hazard & Risk Information System to help inform Islanders of flood risks. Contributed

P.E.I. releases new and updated tools relating to coastal and inland flooding

A new website and two new guides are now available to help P.E.I. residents learn about the risks of coastal and inland flooding. P.E.I.’s Climate Hazard & Risk Information System (CHRIS), launched last month and already tallying almost 4,000 ...

Updated 40 minutes ago |2 min read

Man wanted for property damage arrested in St. John's: RNC

Updated 42 minutes ago |1 min read

Manuel Valera Soto. (Via Mecklenburg County, North Carolina)

Confederation Landing chosen for downtown Charlottetown market location after council vote

Updated 57 minutes ago |2 min read

Charlottetown staff say Confederation Landing would ease the concerns about holding the Downtown Farmer’s and Artisans’ Market at either Queen Street or Founders’ Food Hall. City council voted at a recent meeting to move the market there for 2024. - Logan MacLean • The Guardian

Canada moves to push back start date for possible rail strike

Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

'More must be done to protect victims of IPV': Canada's Attorney General responds to N.L. justice minister's plea for reverse onus on bail after death of St. John's mom

Updated 1 hour ago |8 min read

Former Federation of Newfoundland Indians directors explain decision to seek standing in ongoing court action

Updated 3 hours ago |3 min read

World

Protesters attempt to storm Tesla German plant, clash with police

BERLIN (Reuters) - Protesters opposed to expansion of U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla's plant in Grueneheide near Berlin clashed with police as some of them attempted to storm the facility on Friday. Some 800 people took part in the protest, ...

Updated 9 minutes ago |2 min read

US to announce new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine, official says

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Britain's Prince William says wife Kate is 'doing well'

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Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Cornwall when in Cornwall, reacts during a visit to St. Mary's Harbour, the maritime gateway to the Isles of Scilly, to meet representatives from local businesses operating in the area, Isles of Scilly, May 10, 2024. Ben Birchall/Pool via

Indian security forces kill at least 12 Maoist rebels in gunbattle

Updated 29 minutes ago |1 min read

Trump ally Steve Bannon loses appeal of conviction for defying Jan. 6 probe

Updated 39 minutes ago |1 min read

Dozens arrested at Penn, MIT in latest crackdowns on Gaza protests

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Boy charged in Eastern Passage school threats 'very close' to pleading guilty

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Opinion

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: Charging up EV market requires a plan

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JOHN DeMONT: If connection makes us happy, why are we so lonely?

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Business

Bud the Spud movin' on down the road after losing prime downtown Halifax spot

Popular Cabot Trail restaurant has a new Mother Hen in Cape Breton

Kings County council approves controversial Scots Bay campground by slim margin

Conservative MP declares war on Tim Hortons' 'woke paper lids'

Kings County’s Meadowbrook Meat Market closing after 40 years

Bank of Canada says debt, asset valuations are key risks to stability

Lifestyles

'We love this job': Cape Breton women who started at Air Nova on same day 35 years ago retiring on same day

A tale of love in Acadie: Remembering Roger Dial, Nova Scotia’s vineyard visionary

Cirque du Soleil's Corteo coming to Halifax's Scotiabank Centre in June

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa says new series feels like 'a fresh era'

‘It’s my baby’: 2024 Wharf Rat Rally weekend shaping up to be an epic event

Two new 'Lord of the Rings' movies heading to theaters

Sports

‘I’m going to Paris with no regrets’: Decorated gymnast Ellie Black reflects on her record-breaking Olympic journey

Goin’ down the road: Tennis wunderkind Colburne partakes in Canadian U15 camp, will join brother in Montreal this fall

QMJHL FINAL: Drakkar vs. Voltigeurs is a best-on-best, Nova Scotia's Luke Woodworth in key role

Nova Scotia’s Blayre Turnbull strikes twice as Toronto opens PWHL playoffs with win

Stars jump on Avalanche early, level series at 1-1

Wife's health scare and soul-searching convinced Rick Bowness 'it's time' to retire

Communities

Music festival created to keep hockey registration fees in check in Western Valley, N.S.

THINKING BACK HOME: A farewell to kings

‘I was just absolutely in shock’: Mother and baby wait 17 hours to be seen at Aberdeen Hospital emergency room

Tusket River Project featuring paddling, Big Boat adventures in Yarmouth County

Annapolis County, N.S., councillors looking to have access to tax sale surplus funds sooner

UARB to host appeal hearing May 23 into 72-unit apartment development in Berwick, N.S.

Provincial

‘I was just absolutely in shock’: Mother and baby wait 17 hours to be seen at Aberdeen Hospital emergency room

Annapolis County, N.S., councillors looking to have access to tax sale surplus funds sooner

Cape Breton communities receive Community Climate Capacity funding

New stop sign at Pleasant Street overpass North Sydney

UARB to host appeal hearing May 23 into 72-unit apartment development in Berwick, N.S.

Advancing polling for Pictou West by-election opens tomorrow

Canada

P.E.I. releases new and updated tools relating to coastal and inland flooding

Man wanted for property damage arrested in St. John's: RNC

Confederation Landing chosen for downtown Charlottetown market location after council vote

Canada moves to push back start date for possible rail strike

'More must be done to protect victims of IPV': Canada's Attorney General responds to N.L. justice minister's plea for reverse onus on bail after death of St. John's mom

Former Federation of Newfoundland Indians directors explain decision to seek standing in ongoing court action

World

Protesters attempt to storm Tesla German plant, clash with police

US to announce new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine, official says

Britain's Prince William says wife Kate is 'doing well'

Indian security forces kill at least 12 Maoist rebels in gunbattle

Trump ally Steve Bannon loses appeal of conviction for defying Jan. 6 probe

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