SYDNEY — Nova Scotia Justice Minister Ross Landry says the province will set up an independent unit to investigate serious incidents of possible police misconduct.

ST. PETER’S — The Department of Health announced Tuesday it will remove funding from the Richmond County Home Support Services Society, which will effectively close the agency.

SYDNEY — Work crews are putting the finishing touches on improvements to Wentworth Park. Bill Murphy, manager of parks, grounds and buildings for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, says when final landscaping and pathway paving are finished, so will this $850,000-phase of the multi-year renovation of the downtown Sydney park.

SYDNEY — Charles Darwin, best known for his theory of evolution, was also a naturalist whose writings on geology had an impact on 19th-century Nova Scotia, especially in the coal industry.

SYDNEY — Several buildings that house Holy Angels High School are being sold, putting the future of the all-girls school in doubt.

MEMBERTOU — An aboriginal employment training program in Cape Breton is set to receive an additional $2.

WHYCOCOMAGH — Four martens from northern New Brunswick will be released Wednesday near Whycocomagh.

SYDNEY — Cape Breton Regional Police responded to an accident early this morning after a vehicle struck a crosswalk sign and a power pole on Kings Road.

NEW WATERFORD — Tears streamed down Olivia MacKinnon’s face Monday as she looked through photographs of her son, Darren Tatlock, growing up.

SYDNEY — More than 1,600 people felt the prick of a needle in the Cape Breton District Health Authority after H1N1 immunization clinics re-opened to the general public Monday.

NORTH SYDNEY — The final chapter is being written for a die-cast manufacturing plant in Cape Breton.

NEW WATERFORD — The body of Darren Tatlock was found Sunday, almost two weeks after the man was reported missing.

BROMONT, Que. — A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave who says she lost her benefits because of photos on Facebook is reportedly fighting to get them re-instated.

PORT HASTINGS — If you’re hoping for a job with the Strait Regional School Board, you may want to reconsider what you post on your Facebook profile.

MIDDLE RIVER — A Sydney Mines man was arrested for impaired driving after driving erratically in Middle River Saturday morning.

BIRCH GROVE — Police say a Glace Bay man in his 30s was accidentally shot by a friend during a hunting trip, Saturday.

SYDNEY — Matt (Too Loud) MacLeod, the afternoon host on 101.9 The Giant, completed his three days on the roof of the Cape Breton Family YMCA on Charlotte Street in support of a good cause.

MEMBERTOU — An Eskasoni man is facing a laundry list of charges including impaired driving after the van he was driving struck several parked vehicles in Membertou and didn’t stop.

SYDNEY MINES — Two Sydney Mines men were taken into custody following an alleged stabbing early Saturday morning.

ANTIGONISH — Bishop Brian Joseph Dunn was named the new bishop for the Diocese of Antigonish, announced Saturday.