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Duane Dauphinee, underwater archaeologist, treasure salvager, undersea treasure recovery,

Looters likely scouring sunken treasures off Nova Scotia, experts warn

Beneath the choppy waves off Nova Scotia's rugged coast are thousands of shipwreck sites sprinkled with lost treasure: centuries-old coins, canons, and perhaps even historic booty stolen from the White House.
News, Politics | April 10th 2019
Dartmouth artist, Al Hattie, Gord Downie tribute sculpture, recycled and upcycled materials, The Last Show,

Gord Downie sculpture unveiled at Halifax City Hall's reconciliation space

A Gord Downie tribute sculpture has been unveiled at Halifax City Hall, in a room that aims to foster conversations about Indigenous history and reconciliation.
News, Politics | March 17th 2019
baleen, North Atlantic right whale, Cape Cod bay, Plymouth,

Ottawa announces 2019 measures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales

Ottawa has announced measures aimed at protecting North Atlantic right whales, finessing rules that officials say helped prevent any known deaths of the endangered mammals last year in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
State Of The Animal
News, Politics | February 8th 2019
Philip Riteman is seen in this undated handout photo. Holocaust survivor Philip Riteman, who spent the last 30 years speaking to young people about his experience in concentration camps, has died. Handout photo by Communications Nova Scotia.

Holocaust survivor Philip Riteman dies at 96: 'Better to love than hate'

Holocaust survivor Philip Riteman, who spent 30 years speaking to young people about his experience in concentration camps and ardently urging love over hate, has died.
News, Politics | August 9th 2018
Stephen Matier, Maksym Degtiarov, Spaceport project team, Dartmouth,

Developer pushes back construction of Nova Scotia rocket launch site

The start date for the construction of Canada's only commercial spaceport has been pushed back, a developer said following meetings at the proposed rocket launch site near a small fishing community on Nova Scotia's eastern shore.
News, Politics | May 21st 2018
Singer, Ashley Condon, Ken Spears, Copper Bottom brewery, Montague, P.E.I.,

Singer gives up city to be artist-in-residence at her own P.E.I. microbrewery

Ashley Condon spent years in Toronto, a singer-songwriter contemplating more years of wearily heading to her next road gig.
News, Politics | October 8th 2017
seawall, Gabarus, N.S.

Film documents tiny coastal N.S. village's relentless battle with Ottawa

They feared being swallowed by ocean, but the 78 residents of Gabarus, N.S., never waved a white flag before the federal government.
News, Politics, Culture | September 12th 2017
Justin Simard, Charles, Stratford, P.E.I.,

New father prods East Coast Sobeys about mothers-only parking spot

A father who was irked at a parking spot for new mothers at a P.E.I. grocery store has successfully prodded Sobeys to include new dads too.
News, Politics | August 22nd 2017
Gemma Hickey stands on the steps of the Supreme Court in St. John's NL on Friday, June 23, 2017.

Activist vying for non-binary birth certificate taking N.L. to court

Gemma Hickey applied for a non-binary birth certificate in April and is believed to be the first in Canada to do so.
News, Politics | June 24th 2017
An Atlantic salmon leaps while swimming inside a farm pen near Eastport, Maine, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, in Eastport, Maine.

Group urges Ottawa to take 'aggressive' approach with Greenland over salmon

The Atlantic Salmon Federation is urging Ottawa to take a more "aggressive" approach with Greenland — where salmon migrate from Canada and are harvested — as returns continue to decline.
News, Politics | June 2nd 2017
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