In November, a train carrying almost 500 people came to a sudden halt in eastern Poland. A broken overhead line had smashed several windows, and the track ahead was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated under a passing freight train. No one was hurt in either case and the damage was limited, but Poland, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s glowing account of progress under his watch Wednesday was out of tune with the experience of price-squeezed Americans and the story told by some of his government’s own statistics. In a speech from the White House, Trump assailed the record of his Democratic predecessor and boasted expansively about his […]
The RCMP in Pictou County are searching for several people after a vehicle was driven into a home on the weekend. The Mounties say officers were called to the scene in Pictou on Saturday night, where they found a blue Mitsubishi RVR crashed into the house, damaging the porch and siding. No one inside the […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal authorities is set to present her case as her trial on obstruction and concealment charges winds down. Prosecutors rested their case against Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on Wednesday after three days of testimony. Dugan’s defense attorneys said they planned […]
Halifax Water had a rate increase approved by the provincial regulatory board, but the utility will not be getting the full amount it asked for, heading into 2026. A decision from the Nova Scotia Regulatory and Appeals Board (NSRAB) on Tuesday said the initial 36 per cent increase the utility asked for represented “rate shock.” […]
WINNIPEG — NFI Group Inc. announced its CEO, Paul Soubry, will be retiring at the end of the year after being with the company for 16 years. The Winnipeg-based bus maker says John Sapp will step into the chief executive role on Jan. 1. NFI says that Soubry will continue to support the company in […]
VALCOURT — Bain Capital Integral Investors II, L.P. is selling part of its stake in Valcourt, Que.-based Ski-Doo maker BRP Inc. in a deal that will see RBC Capital Markets complete a secondary offering. Under the terms of the agreement, RBC Capital Markets agreed to purchase 1.85 million BRP shares at a price to the […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Silence used to prevail in the forest of a private Caribbean islet until environmentalists transformed it into a love nest for the critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguana. Now, the sounds of iguanas plopping on the ground and scurrying about as they multiply are making scientists smile. “It’s something that’s […]
The largest artificially refrigerated outdoor skating rink east of Quebec City has now opened for the winter season. The Emera Oval, with a skating surface equal to three NHL hockey rinks, opened on Monday afternoon at the Halifax Common. The Oval includes an accessible washroom and wheelchair access to the ice surface, as well as […]
VANCOUVER — Federal government investment in provincial transportation infrastructure is crucial to avoid long-term impacts on cross-Canada trade and companies’ willingness to work in British Columbia, Premier David Eby says. Eby met with the federal government’s major projects office Wednesday and said he raised work that needs to be done on “trade-enabling infrastructure” such as […]