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HALIFAX — A disability rights advocate is raising questions about the Nova Scotia government's assertion Monday that it is making substantial progress in implementing a five-year plan to ensure people with disabilities receive better support.

Two education professors at the University of New Brunswick say the premier’s recent push against a sexual health presentation in high schools is at least partly motivated by political aims.

HALIFAX — Almost 10 years after a disturbed man with a rifle killed three Mounties in Moncton, N.B., the RCMP have yet to fully implement a key recommendation from a 2014 review aimed at preventing such deadly encounters.

Protestors ended a 10-day long hunger strike outside the Prince Edward Island legislature Friday, but said they wouldn't halt their demonstration until the provincial government met their immigration demands.

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VANCOUVER — A settlement agreement announced last week between the owners of the Northern Pulp mill and the Nova Scotia government has been approved by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge.

HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department is investigating reports of gear tampering in lobster fishing areas in eastern Nova Scotia.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government revealed Thursday that it plans to take Ottawa to court over the federal equalization program, saying it puts Canada’s easternmost province at a disadvantage.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The 22-year-old leader of a group protesting changes to P.E.I.'s immigration rules says he's lost almost 15 pounds since he and other immigrants started a hunger strike outside the provincial legislature a week ago.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The company behind a popular independent television station in Newfoundland and Labrador says it was hit by a cyberattack.