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HALIFAX — In the year since Nova Scotia invested in an online platform aimed at helping renters find affordable housing, a total of 23 leases have been signed, a result opposition parties say is a failure. On Aug.

KING'S COUNTY, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND — Police say a pickup truck struck and killed a horse in eastern Prince Edward Island on Wednesday. RCMP Cpl. Gavin Moore says the animal had escaped and was running along a rural, two-lane road when it was hit.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A 145-year-old newspaper in St. John's, N.L., is cutting its print run to once a week after a court approved Postmedia's purchase of the insolvent SaltWire Network earlier this month.

FREDERICTON — A picture-postcard forest on the coast of the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick is being turned into a nature reserve. Nature Conservancy of Canada said Wednesday it has acquired 2.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Myrle Vokey, an educator who created Newfoundland's famed Screech-in ceremony as a way to give people a sense of belonging, died on Saturday at the age of 85, after a road trip and a night out for his 58th wedding anniversary.

HALIFAX — Halifax police say they have ended a search without having found a 26-year-old woman last seen on a kayaking outing at a local lake.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — For decades, folklorists at Memorial University have had a Mrs. W. R. King to thank for sharing the local superstition that a lid left off a kettle as tea was steeping was a sure sign a stranger would soon come knocking.

MONCTON, N.B. — Two migrant workers are suing a New Brunswick seafood processing company for what they allege was "widespread exploitation" and mistreatment.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The hockey community and Prince Edward Island’s premier are paying tribute following the death of Allan Andrews, founder of a renowned hockey school on the island.

STEPHENVILLE, N.L. — A trial began Tuesday for an RCMP officer accused of assaulting an unruly flight passenger after he was escorted off an international flight that had been diverted to an airport in western Newfoundland. Const.