A man is facing impaired driving charges after an RCMP officer spotted him showing signs of impairment while on an ATV in&nbsp;a drive-thru&nbsp;lineup in Yarmouth, N.S.

RCMP say the officer was doing routine patrols at 12:20 a.m. on Sunday when he saw an ATV in the lineup of a drive-thru at a restaurant on Starrs Road. The officer approached the driver and noticed that he appeared to be impaired.

The man took a breathalyzer test and was found to have twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system.

He was charged with impaired operation of a conveyance and operation of a conveyance while having a blood alcohol concentration equal to or exceeding&nbsp;80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.&nbsp;

The man is scheduled to appear in Yarmouth provincial court in May.

Sexual harassment complaint tossed after Human Rights Commission mistake

A sexual harassment complaint filed with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission was dismissed last week after the commission made a mistake on the paperwork.

Christine Shupe filed a complaint with Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.

Christine Shupe

Christine Shupe filed a complaint with Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission alleging sexual harassment at her former workplace.

$1.8M contract to dismantle former navy ship challenged by rival bidder

The Canadian Coast Guard is rejecting claims that a Nova Scotia company is improperly dismantling the former navy ship Cormorant. Last week, a rival bidder for the job filed a notice of objection seeking to have the $1.8-million coast guard contract terminated.

The former Cormorant navy ship sits at a work site in Sheet Harbour, N.S. A rival company recently accused RJ MacIsaac Construction Ltd. of Antigonish of breaching their contract terms, by dismantling parts of the ship.

Cormorant

The former Cormorant navy ship sits at a work site in Sheet Harbour, N.S. A rival company recently accused RJ MacIsaac Construction of Antigonish of breaching their contract terms, by dismantling parts of the ship while it was afloat.

Halifax basketball club faces vandalism, regulatory roadblocks

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Descendants of Canada's all-Black battalion say 'justice, healing' needed — not just a federal apology

Southwestern Ontario descendants of Canada's first and only segregated military unit say getting justice and "transformative action" for the way the Black members were treated during the First World War, and after their return home, should go beyond getting an apology from the federal government.

Pictured here are some members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion on November 1916 during recruitment in Windsor, Ontario.

No. 2 Contruction Battalion CEF

Members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion on November 1916, during recruitment in Windsor, Ont., where close to 100 people volunteered to be part of the 600-person unit. 

Her husband died waiting for help. She doesn't want others to experience the same fate

Despite living just three kilometres from the Halifax Infirmary, it took 34 minutes for an ambulance to arrive at Kelly and Anne MacPhee's home.

Anne MacPhee holds a portrait of her husband, Kelly, in their Halifax home. Kelly died in September from a heart attack will waiting for an ambulance to arrive.

Anne MacPhee

Anne MacPhee holds a portrait of her husband, Kelly, in their Halifax home. Kelly died in September from a heart attack while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.

RCMP say a man was showing signs of impairment while on an ATV in a drive-thru lineup in Yarmouth on Sunday.

Man on ATV in Yarmouth drive-thru charged with impaired driving

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