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Crowd watches as backhoe removes plane debris after Halifax runway overrun

Crews have begun removing pieces of the Boeing 747 cargo jet that overshot a Halifax runway last week, as gawkers marvelled at the huge wreck — and how close the plane came to breaching the airport's fence and overrunning a public road.

Contest uncovers lobsters with extra claws, blue shells, dog-sized girth

An unusual contest has uncovered dozens of bizarre lobsters found in the waters of Canada's East Coast — including blue ones, three-clawed ones, and even one as big as a beagle.

Judge applauds victim's courage while sentencing boss for sexual assaults

A 51-year-old Halifax man has been handed an eight-month conditional sentence for repeatedly groping and making sexual comments to a woman under his supervision.

'Callous lechery' sees man penalized $160K for sexually assaulting woman

A Nova Scotia woman has won $160,000 in damages from a once-trusted man more than twice her age who sexually assaulted her.

Rapper fires back at lawyers' association in N.L. rape sentence controversy

A popular Canadian rapper says he can't understand why a prominent lawyers' group is condemning his angry response to a controversial sexual assault sentence.

Nova Scotia appeal court removes children from disabled parents' care

Nova Scotia's highest court has denied an intellectually disabled couple custody of their children, saying a lower court was wrong to prioritize the parents' rights over their sons.

Sidney Crosby says 'I don't know' to being namesake of Cole Harbour street

Sidney Crosby appeared pleased and possibly slightly embarrassed that a street in his Nova Scotia hometown might be renamed in his honour.

Minor hockey game believed to be longest in Nova Scotia's history

It's a safe bet that some Nova Scotia Peewee hockey players have sore legs this morning after facing off in a 10-period marathon on Friday.

Bravery medal to be given to Sydney man in campus machete attack

A native of Sydney, N.S., will receive a bravery award for tackling a man wielding a machete at Eastern College in Fredericton two years ago. Two other people were also injured in the attack.