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By Rebecca Lau Global News Posted August 25, 2023 10:53 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man and woman — both 20 — were killed in a head-on collision in Windsor Forks, N.S. Thursday night. First responders, including West Hants District RCMP, responded to the crash …
Read More »Xplore to offer faster rural satellite internet, alternative to Starlink after Jupiter 3 launch
Canadian rural internet provider Xplore Inc. plans to offer faster satellite internet to those in remote locations this fall following the launch of the Jupiter 3 satellite into space. The New Brunswick-based telecommunications company said the technology will provide a homegrown alternative to broadband internet service offered to rural Canadians …
Read More »Man, 25, killed trying to push car out of rural Manitoba ditch, RCMP say – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 25-year-old man is dead after an incident involving a vehicle that went into a ditch in the Rural Municipality of Emerson-Franklin, Manitoba RCMP say. The incident took place early Sunday morning, just after 3 a.m., off Provincial Road 200 near Road …
Read More »54-year-old Dartmouth man dead following motorcycle crash in rural N.S. – Halifax
A 54-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle crash in a small community in West Hants, N.S., on Saturday afternoon. According to a release from the RCMP, first responders arrived at the scene in Newport Station at about 3 p.m., where they determined the motorcycle had left the road while …
Read More »Manitoba combining psychiatric pilot projects to improve rural, remote mental health supports – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The province says a new program that combines two previously successful psychiatric care pilot projects will reduce barriers to those in need. Manitoba’s community wellness minister, Janice Morley-Lecomte, announced the Rural Emergent Telepsychiatry and Integrated Virtual Ward Program, which will receive $2.4 …
Read More »Truck driver escapes injury after bridge collapse in rural Nova Scotia – Halifax
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Officials are investigating after a bridge collapsed in Nova Scotia’s Colchester County on Tuesday morning. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Chris Marshall said police received a call around 7 a.m., saying a truck had been crossing a bridge on Lake Road in French River …
Read More »Quest for fire protection for rural Okanagan neighbourhood continues
A North Okanagan politician is hoping Lake Country, B.C., will agree to provide fire service to dozens of his constituents whose neighbourhood currently has no fire protection. After getting a no from the City of Vernon, Regional District of North Okanagan area director Bob Fleming has approached Lake Country about …
Read More »Once-popular rural Quebec road for asylum seekers quiets down after U.S.-Canada deal
About 12 hours after the closure of a rural southern Quebec road used by thousands of asylum seekers to enter Canada from the United States, Evelyne Bouchard witnessed RCMP agents escort a family of four people off her property. Bouchard, whose farm is located about two kilometres from the forested …
Read More »Manitoba earmarks $15.3M to support rural wastewater treatment projects – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba is spending more than $15.3 million to support three key water and wastewater treatment projects to help facilitate future community growth in the rural municipalities of Headingley, Macdonald and West St. Paul, Municipal Relations Minister Andrew Smith announced Monday. “Our government …
Read More »Winnipeg man found dead near vehicle stuck on rural roadway: RCMP – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Mounties say a Winnipeg man found dead near his vehicle on a rural Manitoba highway likely died from exposure. Morris RCMP were called after a man’s body was found near a vehicle, which was stuck in the snow, on Provincial Road 246, …
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