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A search was underway Tuesday&nbsp;for a person seen in the waters near Morris Island off southwestern Nova Scotia.

The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax told&nbsp;CBC News the search was launched&nbsp;after another person was found dead along&nbsp;the shoreline.

The centre said in a tweet that it received a call from the RCMP&nbsp;about a missing person around&nbsp;2:24 p.m. AT.

Spokesperson&nbsp;Lt.-Cmdr. Brian Owens&nbsp;could not provide any details about&nbsp;the deceased individual or the missing person.

At 1424 AST, JRCC Halifax received a call from NS RCMP indicating that there was a missing person in the water in vicinity of Morris Island. A second person was found deceased along the shoreline and is connected to the missing person.

He said&nbsp;a Cormorant helicopter and a Hercules aircraft were dispatched from 14-Wing Greenwood.&nbsp;

The Canadian Coast Guard vessel Clark's&nbsp;Harbour and a PAL aircraft were also assisting the RCMP in the search.

A spokesperson for the&nbsp;RCMP Yarmouth&nbsp;rural detachment said&nbsp;they were informed about the&nbsp;incident around noon on Tuesday.&nbsp;

Owens said more information would be released as it becomes available.

Nova Scotia to make COVID-19 testing mandatory for rotational workers

One new case of COVID-19 is being reported in Nova Scotia on Tuesday. There are now 27 known active cases in the province.

A nurse draws a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for long-term care residents at Northwood’s Halifax campus on Monday, Jan. 11.

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N.S. Public Health no longer issuing potential exposures

In a news release Wednesday, the province said it no longer has the "necessary information" to report exposure sites accurately.

Colourized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (red) infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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Most Nova Scotians who are positive for COVID-19 will identify and contact their close contacts, Public Health said.

RCMP charge 23 after lobster pound ransacked last fall in southwest N.S.

The RCMP have charged 23 people over an incident that occurred at a lobster pound in Middle West Pubnico on Oct. 13, 2020. Fifteen people have been charged with break and enter, and eight have been charged with mischief and break and enter.

A lobster pound burned to the ground in Middle West Pubnico, N.S., early Saturday morning.

Burnt lobster pound in Middle West Pubnico, N.S.  Oct. 17, 2020

The charges are related to an incident that happened 4 days before the Middle West Pubnico, N.S., lobster pound burned to the ground.

Air Canada cuts all service in Labrador, St. John's to Toronto route axed

The company suspended a number of routes across the country Tuesday, citing a profound loss of business due to the pandemic.

Air Canada announced Tuesday that it will cancel all passenger flights to Fredericton International Airport indefinitely, beginning Jan. 23.   

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Air Canada announced Tuesday that it will cancel three passenger flights out of Newfoundland and Labrador, beginning Jan. 23.   

We tracked power outages in Nova Scotia in 2020. Here's what we discovered

A year-long CBC project found there was a power outage every day in 2020. Nova Scotia Power says its outage rates improved compared to the year before.

A NSP worker in a bucket on Dec. 10, 2019.

Nova Scotia Power power outage

Jennifer MacKenzie has complained to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board and Nova Scotia Power about electrical problems in Meaghers Grant, N.S., but said there's been no improvement.

Jennifer MacKenzie

A Cormorant helicopter and a Hercules aircraft from 14-Wing Greenwood, the Canadian Coast Guard vessel Clark's Harbour and a PAL aircraft were dispatched to search for the person seen in the water. 

1 person dead, another missing in waters off Morris Island, N.S.

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