Restraint, Taser use under scrutiny as Hyde inquiry resumes
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
An inquiry has resumed into the 2007 death of Howard Hyde, a Nova Scotia man who died 30 hours after he was jolted with a Taser.
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An inquiry has resumed into the 2007 death of Howard Hyde, a Nova Scotia man who died 30 hours after he was jolted with a Taser.
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One woman is dead and another tenant is in hospital after a fire at an apartment building in Sydney Sunday night.
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There was a time when it seemed, to me anyway, that Britpop just might save the world. Well if not the world then it could give saving rock and roll a shot. Kurt Cobain was gone, Pearl Jam were turning into hermits, Sloan had broken up and the sounds coming from Seattle Washington and Halifax Nova Scotia had seemed to have run their course. Only the Smashing Pumpkins really remained and nobody was...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
To the Editor: Regarding your Q&A column on what to do on Cape Breton Island (June 21): Music is the heart of Cape Breton and is found everywhere. No visitor should miss out on a ceilidh, or a barn dance, like the ones at the Normaway Inn, Margaree or in churches. Young fiddlers like Natalie MacMaster, who performs for sold-out houses throughout North America, keep the centuries-old culture fresh...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The Tragically Hip, who were set to headline the first Virgin Festival in Halifax on Saturday, have out pulled because of a family emergency.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
With just a week to go before his Halifax concert, Paul McCartney is busy rehearsing.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
MONTREAL, July 3 (UPI) -- A Canadian man drove into Montreal Friday to deliver 2,500 pairs of white underwear to homeless men as part of his cross-country Underwear Tour. Brent King, 41, is an engineer who lives in Calgary, Alberta. He told The Gazette newspaper the idea of driving a motor home from the west coast to the east coast was a result of learning last fall homeless shelters list underwear...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Carolyn Estabrooks, wife of Nova Scotia Transportation Minister Bill Estabrooks, has died at the age of 60.
Ballot Access News (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Although the Green Party of Canada is much stronger in elections than the Green Party of the U.S., the Canadian Greens have never elected a representative to the federal Parliament in Ottawa. The party’s leader, Elizabeth May, has recently decided to move from Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to campaign in the [...]
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued an update to its warning that consumers should avoid eating certain President's Choice brand steaks, roasts and ground beef products because of possible E. coli contamination.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The Sydney Tar Ponds Agency says there may be "unacceptable risks" to people who use a park near the notorious site during the cleanup process.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Dozens of police officers took part in a series of raids in the Halifax region early Friday in a crackdown on street-level drug trafficking.
Techdirt (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
What is it with the silly food related trademark battles we keep hearing about lately? First there were Idaho potatoes , then lettuce , and now whisky. You see, the Scotch Whisky Association takes these things seriously. Already you can't call something Scotch (or Scotch Whisky) unless it was produced at a distillery in Scotland, but now it was trying to expand its control over the word "Glen"...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
A Nova Scotia man has been charged with attempted murder and arson following a fire at a home in Antigonish County earlier this week.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
A fisherman is recovering in hospital after falling overboard off Cape Breton Thursday afternoon.