A 48-year-old man from Whycocomagh, N.S., died after he was struck by an RV on Highway 105 in Waycobah&nbsp;on Wednesday.

According to a Nova Scotia RCMP&nbsp;news release, police were called to the scene at 5:50 p.m. They say the man was on the road when he was hit by a 2017 Ford Axis that was travelling eastbound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the RV, an 84-year-old North Vancouver woman, was not hurt, police said.

Highway 105 was closed for several hours after the accident.

Canada's Sarah Mitton, a gold-medal favourite, fouls out of women's shot put

Sarah Mitton stuck around to watch the final three attempts of her competition to see what she could learn for next time. The 28-year-old from Brooklyn, N.S., failed to crack the top eight in her first three attempts and therefore fell out of medal contention.

Canadian female shot putter competes during the women's shot put qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. Over 300 people are expected to tune in this afternoon to watch Nova Scotia native Sarah Mitton compete on the big screen at the Astor Theatre in Liverpool, N.S. in the shot put finals at the Paris Olympics. 

Sarah Mitton, pictured competing on Thursday, was eliminated from medal contention after only three attempts on Friday in Saint-Denis, France.

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Destroyed Halifax heritage building will be replaced by nearby historic home

A Halifax developer will move a historic building into the empty lot where a heritage home was destroyed last year, but one advocate says the incident shows stronger protections are needed for the province's oldest and most storied properties.

A grassy corner lot with bricks is seen behind metal fencing. A brown wooden house is next door with boarded-up windows and doors.

The empty lot at 1452 Carlton Street where a two-storey heritage home once stood is seen on Aug.8, 2024. A nearby Victorian-era building will eventually be moved into the space.

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The empty lot at 1452 Carlton St. where a two-storey heritage home once stood is seen on Aug. 8, 2024. A nearby Victorian-era building will eventually be moved into the space.

N.S. government orders 3,500 employees back to the office

The Houston government is ordering 3,500 civil servants back to the office, unilaterally ending arrangements or agreements that have allowed those non-unionized employees to work from home, at least part of the week, for years.

Hands type at a laptop and hold a cellphone

A woman working from home with a laptop computer and mobile phone in the U.K.  Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg

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Some provincial government employees have been working as many as three days a week from home.

Cape Breton man charged following emergency alert has serious criminal record

Kenneth Scott MacPhee, 53, was charged with arson, uttering threats and firearms offences this week, eight years after being paroled from Dorchester Penitentiary for a second-degree murder committed in 1991.

A man with a cigar in his mouth, with a greying beard and moustache wears blue lensed sunglasses and a dark coloured ball cap with numbers on it.

Kenneth Scott MacPhee — who served 25 years for second-degree murder — has been arrested in Cape Breton, N.S., on charges including arson, threats and firearms offences.

Kenneth Scott MacPhee

Kenneth Scott MacPhee — who served 25 years for second-degree murder — has been charged in court in Cape Breton with arson, threats and firearms offences.

Nova Scotia RCMP are investigating after a pedestrian was killed when he was struck by an RV on Highway 105 on Wednesday.

Pedestrian dies after being struck by RV in Cape Breton

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