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CENTRAL GROVE, N.S. — Police in western Nova Scotia are investigating a fatal crash that claimed the life of a man from Scotch Village.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has reached a tentative collective agreement with the union that represents the province's registered nurses.

HALIFAX — Municipal officials in the Halifax area have closed a popular lakeside beach after the discovery of a toxin-producing blue-green algae bloom. The beach at Springfield Lake in Middle Sackville closed Saturday.

HALIFAX — Police in Halifax have charged a man with sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 16. Investigators say the alleged attack was reported last Wednesday afternoon from the Value Village store on Chain Lake Drive.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Ferry service between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia is set to resume on July 1. Trips between Wood Islands, P.E.I., and Caribou, N.S.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Ninety-four asylum seekers who entered Canada through an irregular border crossing in Quebec are now in Newfoundland and Labrador, where the provincial government hopes they'll secure the legal right to stay. But a St.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative party members who want Premier Blaine Higgs to step down as leader say they've taken the first step to oust him.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is running an advertising campaign against the federal carbon charge, which takes effect Saturday in the province.

HALIFAX — A new method for counting homeless people is offering a clearer look at the magnitude of the social issue, with preliminary results indicating the country's homeless population could be three times higher than current estimates.

HALIFAX — A landmark legal victory has officially yielded a five-year plan to ensure Nova Scotians with disabilities can move out of large institutions and receive timely access to housing.