Anjuli Patil

The remainder of HMCS Harry DeWolf's Great Lakes deployment has been cancelled because of a "significant number of COVID cases onboard," the Royal Canadian Navy said 

 to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, on Friday.

in&nbsp;Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Kingston,&nbsp;Trois-Rivières&nbsp;and&nbsp;Québec City.

The navy said the decision was made to protect crew health "and ensure the safety of our Canadian communities when they visit our vessel."

The ship will remain in Montreal on Friday, the navy said, and will be "closed to the planned targeted tours, and closed to the public." The ship is expected to leave for Halifax on Saturday.

"All preventative measures to limit the outbreak have been taken in accordance with MARLANT's Prevention and Mitigation of Respiratory Illnesses-Fall/Winter 2023-24 Direction and in consultation with Health Services," the navy said in an X post.

RCMP investigating suspicious disappearance of woman in Cape Breton

Mounties are looking for information related to the suspicious disappearance of 48-year-old Natacha Leroy. Police said they were initially responding to a call about a possible homicide.

A young woman with shoulder-length brown hair and red lipstick smiles.

Nova Scotia RCMP are now investigating the death of 48-year-old Natacha Leroy as a homicide after she went missing last week from the Big Bras d'Or area in Cape Breton.

Natacha Leroy

Police say stolen backhoe slammed into several vehicles in Dartmouth

Police are looking for a person who stole a backhoe from the Zatzman Sportsplex in Dartmouth on Friday morning and used it to damage at least three vehicles.

two vehicle's parallel parked are damaged. The hood on the rear vehicle is bent and the bumper is falling off. 

Two of the vehicles damaged by a stolen backhoe Friday morning in downtown Dartmouth. 

Backhoe Dartmouth damage

Several vehicles have been damaged in downtown Dartmouth after someone slammed into them with a stolen backhoe, according to police.

Locals say redeployment of Digby Ferry would harm economy

The head of the Digby Area Tourism Association is calling on the federal minister of transport to visit Digby before agreeing to redeploy the Fundy Rose ferry for a part of 2024.

a ferry docked in a harbour on a misty day.

The Fundy Rose has room for 245 cars and 1,317 passengers.

Fundy Rose

Proposed Goldboro LNG plant officially abandoned after more than a decade

Alberta energy company Pieridae is pulling up stakes in Nova Scotia and abandoning plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal at Golboro on the province's Eastern Shore.

A sign in a field. It says "Future site of Goldboro LNG facility."

A sign at the site in Goldboro, N.S. targeted for a proposed $13 billion natural gas liquefaction plant. [GOLDBORO, N.S. 2021]

Goldboro Sign

A sign is shown at the site of a proposed natural gas liquefaction plant in Goldboro, N.S., in 2021.

Ontario watchdog to review case of officers who shot at fire hall during N.S. mass killings

An Ontario agency that examines police conduct has agreed to review the case of two RCMP officers who opened fire outside a Nova Scotia fire hall in 2020 during the search for the man who murdered 22 people as he drove through several rural communities.

Two RCMP officers started firing in the direction of the Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade hall on April 19 around 10:21 a.m.

Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade hall

Two RCMP officers started firing in the direction of the Onslow Belmont Fire Brigade hall on April 19, 2020, around 10:21 a.m.

The Royal Canadian Navy says HMCS Harry DeWolf is headed back to Halifax after a "significant number of COVID cases onboard" cancelled the remainder of its planned Great Lakes deployment.

COVID-19 cases aboard HMCS Harry DeWolf cut deployment short

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