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- US PoliticsReuters
Barack Obama to campaign for Kamala Harris leading up to election, Washington Post reports
Obama will kick off his efforts with a trip to Pittsburgh on Thursday, the Washington Post said, citing a senior campaign official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Obama and his wife Michelle endorsed Kamala Harris' bid for president in July.
- ScienceCBC
P.E.I. project that's recording Island bat population is hearing grounds for optimism
A project that's monitoring the bat population on P.E.I. is celebrating the sweet sounds of success. The P.E.I. Watershed Alliance has been using acoustic monitoring devices to listen for bats across the province over the last five years, in partnership with the Island's watershed groups, the provincial government and the Canadian Wildlife Health Co-operative."We've learned that there are bats still all over the Island — maybe not in large numbers as they once were, but we still do have commonly
5 min read - HealthCBC
P.E.I.'s new psychiatric hospital delayed again, as province scales back on plans
The completion date for a new psychiatric hospital on P.E.I. has been pushed back again, and the costs to replace Hillsborough Hospital jumped to the point that the province had to scale back its plans.That's what MLAs on a legislative health committee heard this week in an update on plans for a new mental health campus in Charlottetown The opening date for the 64-bed facility has been further pushed back to late 2027 or early 2028. "How we got here through the design process was long," said Way
3 min read - NewsCBC
Ottawa wants to offload this office building. Nova Scotia wants it to house the homeless
The federal government has initiated a building disposal process that could potentially see a vacant 61,000-square-foot office building in Dartmouth, N.S., turned into housing for homeless people.The Marine House building on Portland Street was formerly home to offices of the Canadian Coast Guard and then the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, but has been sitting unoccupied for years. As the provincial government grapples with how to best support more than 100 people sleeping in encampments in
2 min read - NewsCBC
Why one Nova Scotia town won't have a municipal election this year
Mayor Ron Chisholm walks most days through the town of Mulgrave, N.S., chatting with residents in the small oceanside community and keeping an eye on things.Although Nova Scotia's municipal elections are just weeks away, Chisholm isn't on the campaign trail this year. In fact, there won't be an election in the Guysborough County town at all — Chisholm and all four council members were uncontested, and will win their seats by acclamation."I didn't think we'd have enough [candidates]. So I was kin
4 min read - NewsCBC
Nova Scotia's offer to wine sector didn't follow report recommendations, says co-author
A proposed support package from the Nova Scotia government for the province's wine industry did not follow recommendations in an expert report and was offering too much money to commercial wine bottlers, according to one of the authors of that report.Last week, members of the farm wine sector walked away from a working group with the government in protest of the offer. While it would have meant an increase in funding, they argued additional money for the two commercial bottlers in the province,
4 min read - NewsCBC
N.S. making 'significant progress' on new provincial school code of conduct
The Department of Education says it's making "significant progress" on an updated code of conduct for Nova Scotia students, but a union that represents school support staff says they have yet to be consulted. The province pledged to update the code of conduct after an auditor general's report found that schools were not equipped to deal with rising rates of violent incidents. In June, the Department of Education said a draft should be ready by September. On Thursday, Minister Becky Druhan told r
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