Kerstin Wetter is being remembered as a fierce, loyal and hilarious person, who loved her partner Trevor Halliday, family, friends and her two dogs, Whiskey and Ace, immensely. The 32-year-old, who lived in a small town in the Annapolis Valley, died suddenly earlier this month, shocking her family, who told CityNews in an interview that […]
Cumberland County District RCMP say they have charged a doctor with sexual assault and believe there may be additional victims. Police say they responded to a report in May of a sexual assault involving a doctor at Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre (CRHCC ) in Upper Nappan. Investigators say the assault took place in January […]
Wells, streams, and crops are drying up across Nova Scotia, prompting the province to provide farmers with additional support to increase their water supply. The province is putting more funding toward the On-Farm Water Management Program. The $475,000 investment will be used to fund water projects on farms, including wells and ponds. The president of […]
Halifax Harbour Bridges (HHB) says there’s another closure scheduled for the MacKay Bridge this weekend. According to HHB, the closure is to complete what it calls critical maintenance work. The construction will begin on Friday at 8 p.m. and will stop by Monday at 5:30 a.m. People who still need to cross the harbour can […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Supreme Court issued favorable rulings Friday for bars and their operators in litigation seeking monetary compensation from the state for COVID-19 restrictions first issued by then-Gov. Roy Cooper that shuttered their doors and, in their view, treated them unfairly compared to the way restaurants were regulated. The majority […]
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he leaves in two weeks to talk trade in China as his province grapples with punishing tariffs on canola. Moe’s office says the six-day trip, starting Sept. 6, will be the first time in six years that a Canadian premier has led a trade mission to China. Moe […]
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s Opposition Progressive Conservatives accused Premier Wab Kinew Friday of breaking a law that bans government advertising during election campaigns. But the governing New Democrats said the complaint is off base because Kinew was acting as NDP leader, not as premier, and used party resources. Tory Leader Obby Khan pointed to a recent […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said that Intel has agreed to give the U.S. government a 10% stake in its business. Speaking with reporters on Friday, Trump said the deal came out of a meeting last week with Intel CEO Lip Bu Tan — which came days after the president called for Tan to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Trump says Intel agreed to give US a stake in its company. The Associated Press
When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed Friday that the company is working with the Trump administration on a new computer chip designed for sale to China, it marked the latest chapter in a long-running debate over how the U.S. should compete with China’s technological ambitions. The reasoning has sometimes changed — with U.S. officials citing […]