(NB-Vehicle-Fatal)
R-C-M-P in New Brunswick say a pedestrian has died after a single-vehicle crash in New Denmark.
Police say around 1 p-m Friday, members of the Saint-Léonard R-C-M-P and Drummond Fire Department responded to the crash on Route 108.
They believe the driver of a transport truck lost control of his vehicle, left the road and went into a parking lot before striking a 65-year-old woman and a nearby building.
The 65-year-old woman has died, and an investigation is ongoing.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Bat-Syndrome)
Nearly 14 years after New Brunswick’s bat population was devastated by a disease called white-nose syndrome, researchers say things are improving.
A conservation specialist says there are signs the fungus is receding and that bats are becoming resilient to the disease.
Karen Vanderwolf, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo, says the disease is responsible for the loss of 99 per cent of hibernating bats in New Brunswick.
Vanderwolf says there’s far less of the fungus responsible for white nose syndrome in the province, and the population is expected to start to rebound.
(CBC News)
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(Cda-Tuna-Recall)
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall notice for two kinds of canned Century-brand flaked tuna.
The agency says two types of the brand’s “hot and spicy” tuna were found to contain wheat, which was not listed in the ingredients.
A notice warns people with wheat or gluten allergies not to eat the tuna, and says the tuna should instead be thrown out or returned to the store where it was purchased.
The recalled products are 180-gram cans of Century-brand Light Tuna Flakes in Hot & Spicy Sauce and Century-brand Flaked Light Tuna Hot & Spicy Style.
The recall notice says the products were sold across the country, and it asks people and businesses not to serve or distribute the tuna.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Sailor-Death)
The Royal Canadian Navy says a sailor in Nova Scotia has died after a boat capsized in the Bedford Basin.
The Navy says two sailors were operating a rigid-hull inflatable boat in the Halifax-area bay when it overturned and capsized around 10 p-m Friday.
It says a rescue effort by the Joint Rescue and Coordination Centre Halifax dispatched two ships from the Canadian Coast Guard, and pulled both sailors from the water.
The Navy says the sailors were met by paramedics and transferred to a Halifax hospital, but one of the sailors could not be resuscitated.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-SIRT-Crash)
Nova Scotia’s police watchdog is investigating after an off-duty Halifax Regional Police officer hit a man with their car.
The Serious Incident Response Team says Friday afternoon, the off-duty officer struck a man who was standing next to a truck at the side of the road in Porters Lake.
The man suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to hospital.
The Serious Incident Response Team says impaired driving has been ruled out.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Truro-Stabbing)
Nova Scotia police say they have charged a 26-year-old woman with attempted murder after a 33-year-old man was stabbed in Truro, in what authorities say was a case of intimate partner violence.
Truro police say officers received a report about a stabbing at a home Friday evening, and found a man with serious injuries upon arrival.
First responders gave him life-saving first aid before he was taken to hospital.
The officers arrested the 26-year-old woman at the scene and she was charged with attempted murder and violation of a court order prohibiting her to have contact with the victim.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Obit-Curling)
A Newfoundland curler and Olympic gold-winning coach has died at the age of 75.
Toby McDonald led the Canadian men’s curling team to a gold medal win at the winter games in Turino, Italy in 2006, and was appointed to the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador that same year.
McDonald was also a member of the Jack MacDuff Newfoundland curling ring that won the MacDonald Brier in 1976.
That year marked the first time a Newfoundland team had won the brier.
(VOCM)
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