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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s education minister said Tuesday he will make it clear to schools on the province’s South Shore that they are expected to resume flying flags representing diverse communities.

HALIFAX — Halifax Regional Police say they don’t believe the shooting of three people in Dartmouth was a random act. Police spokesman Const. Martin Cromwell says none of the victims sustained life-threatening injuries on Monday.

HALIFAX — Scientists who went aboard a Royal Canadian Navy mission to Antarctica say the trip demonstrated how portable labs and gear can effectively probe the ocean depths.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia centre for education has issued a directive allowing only Canada and Nova Scotia flags to fly outside South Shore schools — a move the provincial teachers union calls concerning and confusing.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's premier says both the federal Liberals and the Conservatives have promised to remove the tolls on the Confederation Bridge, which links the province with mainland Canada.

UIJEONGBU-SI — It was a successful title defence for Canada's Rachel Homan. Homan captured a second straight world women's curling championship Sunday with a 7-3 victory over Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni.

HALIFAX — On Sable Island, a thin crescent-shaped sandbar in the Atlantic Ocean, the shifting landscapes make for dazzling – and jarring – experiences.

BATHURST, N.B. — Alex Mercier's 30th goal of the season, scored 67 seconds into overtime, lifted the visiting Moncton Wildcats to a 6-5 win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has become the latest province to scrap electric vehicle rebates for Teslas due to the CEO's association with the U.S. administration and its trade war on Canada.

The risk of drought caused by climate change brings to mind images of parched landscapes and withered crops, but in relatively humid Nova Scotia the threat sometimes lies beneath the surface.