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A 26-year-old pedestrian was struck by a Moncton, N.B.-bound freight train in downtown Truro, N.S., shortly after noon on Tuesday, according to police.

The man sustained serious injuries to his lower body in the collision and was taken to Colchester East Hants Health Centre.

The man, who is from Colchester County, was in a restricted area of the railway tracks, according to a news release from the Truro Police Service.&nbsp;

Some railway crossings in downtown Truro&nbsp;were&nbsp;blocked for a time by the stationary train, causing traffic disruptions. The train has now been moved.

Truro police are asking witnesses to the incident&nbsp;to contact them with any information.&nbsp;

Air Canada cuts are 'final nail in the coffin' for air service on Cape Breton Island: airport CEO

Air Canada's decision Tuesday to indefinitely suspend its operations in Cape Breton will have an "absolutely catastrophic" effect on the Nova Scotia island, according to the CEO of J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport.

A sign on the outside of an airport building shows a picture of an airplane and the name J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport.

Bob McNeil says there is a demand for more flights in and out of Sydney, but the airlines do not have enough planes and pilots to increase the airport's seat capacity.

JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport

Mike MacKinnon, CEO of J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, says air service is vital for the island's economy and he hopes it will return in the spring. Air Canada said this week it will suspend service between Sydney and Toronto as of Jan. 11. 

How a team of 5 managed a 'historic' boost to Canada's domestic violence shelters

Working from home, the staff of Women's Shelters Canada was able to connect with shelters and make sure each organization understood what it needed to do to be accountable for the money.

Michelle (last name kept private) is pictured at a transition house in Langley on Friday, February 28, 2020.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Kaitlin Geiger-Bardswich was among a team of five people at the organization Women's Shelters Canada, which was tasked with distributing $20.5 million in federal COVID-19 aid to domestic violence shelters in the spring. 

Kaitlin Geiger-Bardswich

One person dead after Highway 105 crash on Kellys Mountain

RCMP say Highway 105 on Kellys Mountain is closed by a crash involving a transport truck and another vehicle.

The fatal crash happened around 9:25 a.m. on Tuesday on Kellys Mountain along Highway 105, near the exit to the Englishtown ferry. 

englishtown ingonish highway 105 cape breton

How to get tested for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia

As Nova Scotia continues to identify new cases of COVID-19 each day, the province has ramped up its testing capacity and is encouraging people who need — or want — to get tested, to do so.

Rapid covid testing, Dalhousie Campus, Halifax, NS on Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020. See technician in hazmat clothing  performing nasal swab test.

Rapid Covid Testing

People with symptoms of COVID-19 are still asked to apply for testing online.

Dumping Day goes ahead in lucrative lobster fishing area after 8-day delay

Crews in part of Nova Scotia's largest and most lucrative commercial lobster fishery dumped their traps Tuesday, launching the season more than a week late because of weather-related delays.

boats and lobster traps tied up in a dock in the dark.

Fishermen prepare for Dumping Day, the first day of the lobster fishing season, in Yarmouth on Dec. 1, 2018.

Dumping Day

Fishermen prepare for Dumping Day, the first day of the lobster fishing season, in Yarmouth, N.S., on Dec. 1, 2018.

Truro police are asking witnesses to the collision to contact them with any information. 

Man struck by train in downtown Truro

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