'You can really start to feel the excitement': Unofficial start to summer kicks off in the Maritimes
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Maritimers and tourists are gearing up for the unofficial start to summer as the May Long Weekend gets underway.
Maritimers and tourists are gearing up for the unofficial start to summer as the May Long Weekend gets underway.
The Halifax Waterfront was full of tourists Friday as a cruise ship docked.
"I think it's the nicest place we've been on the ship," said Irene Lamb, who travelled with her husband, Ian, from the U.K.
"It's just really nice. Loads going on. Very chill, lots of things to do."
The Lambs were planning to stay on land, while others took to the water to see the city from another angle on the Harbour Hopper.
Across the harbour, the MacKenzies were preparing for a busy weekend with their kids and grandkids after making the three-hour drive from Prince Edward Island.
"I brought them some plants to put in their garden. They're gardeners," said Kelly MacKenzie.
Sea Bears centre Chad Posthumus has died at age 33.
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Next week, Sudbury city council will decide how to rehabilitate the College Street underpass, which was built in 1949.
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The consortium responsible for building Ottawa's new north-south line, TransitNext, says it is ready for the City of Ottawa to begin the final phase of approvals before opening the line to the public.
Former Saskatchewan Party MLA Greg Lawrence has been sentenced to 12 months probation – after pleading guilty to one count of assault.
Several thousand British Columbians remain in the dark Wednesday morning after a windstorm known as a bomb cyclone slammed coastal communities.
A man who plead guilty to a double stabbing in 2015 will soon be out on statutory release, but he'll have to follow some strict conditions set out by the parole board.
A school bus hit parked vehicles and pushed one into a Middle Sackville, N.S., home Wednesday afternoon.