MIAMI (AP) — Florida condominium owners are looking at higher costs from condo associations in the new year, a consequence of a safety law passed by state lawmakers in 2022. It requires associations to have sufficient reserves to cover major repairs and to conduct a survey of reserves every decade. Because of the law, older […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cosmetic companies would have to take extra steps to ensure that any products containing talc are free of asbestos under a federal rule proposed Thursday. The proposal from the Food and Drug Administration and mandated by Congress is intended to reassure consumers about the safety of makeup, baby powder and other personal […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Parsons, one of corporate America’s most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, died Thursday. He was 76. Parsons, who died at his Manhattan home, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2015 and cited “unanticipated complications” from the disease for cutting back on work a […]
VANCOUVER — A pet food company in Oregon sent out a voluntary recall after a house cat died from eating its products, which tested positive for bird flu, and the company says the same contaminated batch was sold in British Columbia. Northwest Naturals in Portland, Oregon, says in a statement that it is recalling one […]
The puck drops for the IIHF World Junior Championship on Boxing Day. For the opening day of 2025 championship will see eight teams take the ice in Ottawa. Sweden is playing Slovakia at 12 p.m., the United States is facing Germany at 2:30 p.m., Czechia is battling Switzerland at 5 p.m. and Canada is taking […]
The RCMP Northeast Nova Major Crime Unit (NEN MCU) is seeking information in relation to two deaths that have been ruled as homicides in Colchester County. On Dec. 19, at approximately 9:15 p.m., Truro Police Service (TPS) received information that a 27-year-old man from Truro and a 25-year-old man from Pictou Landing First Nation attended […]
The snow came just in time to create the perfect holiday setting across Nova Scotia. Over 15 cm of snow was reported to have accumulated in Dartmouth over the past 24 hours. That makes Christmas Day the deepest day for snow the province has seen since Dec. 4, 2023. The special weather statements that were […]
Yarmouth RCMP has charged a man following an attempted robbery on Monday. At roughly 11 a.m., Mounties responded to a robbery at a pharmacy on Starrs Road where a man threatened employees with a knife and demanded prescription drugs. Police said they quickly responded and arrested the suspect without incident as he was leaving the […]
There will be plenty of snow for Santa’s sleigh in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick this year. A special weather statement remains in effect for HRM on Tuesday as a Christmas Eve storm moves through the region. Environment Canada says the city and areas to the north of Halifax could see upwards of 20 cm […]
Police in Halifax say an officer was taken to hospital after allegedly being struck by a man driving an ATV over the weekend. Halifax Regional Police say at about 3 a.m. Saturday, an officer saw three ATVs being driven dangerously in the area of Dentith Road and Herring Cove Road. “When the officer approached one […]