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CBC
an hour ago
- CBC
Woman, 68, drowns while swimming in Merigomish
A woman has drowned while swimming in Pictou County. RCMP say the 68-year-old was swimming off Twin Cove Lane in Merigomish, N.S., on Monday at 9:20 a.m. She encountered difficulties and went underwater. The woman had been swimming with another person, who brought her to shore. CPR was provided, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. RCMP, paramedics and fire crews responded to the call.
CBC
5 hours ago
- Politics
- CBC
Permit revoked for MAGA musician's concert at Parks Canada historic site
Parks Canada says a U.S. singer and rising star in the MAGA movement will not perform at a national historic site near Halifax after the federal agency revoked the organizer's permit. Christian rocker Sean Feucht was slated to play a concert on Wednesday night at the York Redoubt National Historic Site, a fortification constructed in 1793 to help protect the port city. Feucht, who unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Congress as a Republican in 2020, is also a missionary and an author who has spoken out against the 2SLGBTQ+ community, abortion rights and critical race theory on his website. Residents who live near the site and throughout Halifax had raised concerns about the performance, which they argued went against Parks Canada's guiding principles of inclusion and safety for all visitors. Some had planned to stage a protest at the concert. In a news release late Tuesday, Parks Canada stressed that the event was not being put on by the agency, but rather was being hosted by a permit holder. It said due to "evolving safety and security considerations" based on the planned protests, input from police and security challenges with the configuration of York Redoubt, Parks Canada has reassessed the conditions of the permit and the potential impact to community members, visitors, concert attendees and event organizers. "After careful review, and due to heightened public safety concerns, Parks Canada has notified the organizer that the permit has been revoked," it said in a statement issued just after 11 p.m. AT. Feucht did not respond to a request for comment from CBC News on Tuesday. In a post on his Facebook page, he posted a screenshot of a CBC News article about his event with the caption, "We will all get to witness if free speech and freedom of religion still exist in Canada." Feucht has called for government policy in the United States to be based on traditional Christian values in the midst of a "spiritual war" in that country. His website calls on young people to stand up against the "progressive agenda being forced upon America." The concert at the York Redoubt site was to kick off a national tour Feucht said marks the "Summer of Revival in the nation of Canada."
CTV News
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Rare colourful lobsters continue to draw crowds at Nova Scotia aquarium
A pair of colourful crustaceans have become a major attraction in Atlantic Canada. Paul Hollingsworth has the details. A pair of rare lobsters have become a must-see attraction in Dartmouth, N.S. People are arriving in large numbers at the Back to the Sea Centre for a first-hand look at the unique combination straight from the sea: two multi-coloured lobsters. 'This weekend, we had the record number of visitors for this whole summer,' said Back to the Sea employee Enya Hickey. The colourful lobsters are called Bingo and Moon Mist. Bingo is named after a character in the children's TV show 'Bluey,' while Moon Mist resembles the colour of the ice cream. Moon Mist the lobster Moon Mist the lobster at the Back to the Sea Centre in Dartmouth, N.S. (Paul Hollingsworth/CTV News) 'Moon mist is a classic Nova Scotia flavour,' said Hickey. 'I saw blue lobsters before, but I never saw one like Bingo, that was split perfectly down tail with two different colours.' 'I've never seen a lobster before that looks like that, in my whole life,' said David Leonard, who is visiting from Toronto. 'How rare? I don't know.' According to Hickey, the chances of finding a lobster in Moon Mist's colour is one in 100 million. Bingo's colour is one in 50 million. Bingo the lobster Bingo the lobster at the Back to the Sea Centre in Dartmouth, N.S. (Paul Hollingsworth/CTV News) Both lobsters were caught by local fisherman and donated to the marine facility by a seafood store. They have quickly become a major tourist attraction. The unique lobsters are a draw for people to visit the Dartmouth side of Halifax Harbour during the busy summer season. 'People can go and visit the lobsters and the touch tank, and see what's in the sea around us,' said Tim Rissesco from the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission. 'And then they will hopefully stop for an ice cream, or a lunch in Dartmouth.' Moon Mist and Bingo will continue to entertain tourists and visitors until Aug. 4. After that, they both will be released back into the Atlantic Ocean.
CBC
6 hours ago
- Health
- CBC
Bills mounting for family of young N.S. woman in ICU after second lung transplant
In the weeks leading up to her daughter's second double lung transplant, Lisa Ali of Cole Harbour, N.S., said she was scared to answer the phone, unsure of who would be on the other end. For more than a year, she and her 20-year-old daughter, Tahlia Ali, had been living in Toronto waiting for the life-saving surgery that is not available in Nova Scotia. That wait comes at an out-of-pocket cost for Nova Scotians — once a patient is put on the transplant list, they must move to Toronto, wait for their match, and stay for months post-surgery to recover. "I was living off my credit card and I had no way to pay it," said Lisa Ali in an interview. "I'm waiting for phone calls for lungs, but the only people that are calling me is creditors." The Alis are one of three Nova Scotia families who have spoken to CBC News in recent months about the financial devastation they have faced while waiting for their loved one to access lung transplant surgery in a different province. The Ali family said a lack of financial support from federal and provincial governments has created an immense strain during an already fraught time. One month after her most recent transplant, Tahlia Ali remains in intensive care. One of the lungs didn't take and had to be removed. "She has a lot of complications from this surgery this time around that we were not expecting," said her grandmother, Judy Robichaud. "We were expecting by this time she'd be out of ICU ... But even the doctors don't know what to expect. They're taking it one day at a time." 1st transplant in 2020 Tahlia Ali was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension when she was seven. At the time, the family was told the condition was fatal and the only treatment was a lung transplant. She had her first transplant in 2020, when she was 16. Her family was just getting back on their feet in Nova Scotia when she developed new issues, and learned she needed another transplant. "Tahlia, right now, she's fighting," said Robichaud. "We have to go the distance because she is." Adding to the strain is the issue of money. Lisa Ali said most people don't realize that a condition of being on the lung transplant list is to have a full-time caregiver. That person cannot work, as it's their job to get the patient to the hospital for multiple appointments a week, and make sure the patient gets all of their medications. Ali thought she would qualify for employment insurance caregiving benefits when she left her job to go to Toronto, but she was shocked to learn she was less than 10 hours short of qualifying. A statement from Employment and Social Development Canada said she could have appealed that decision, but needed to do so within a 30-day window. Ali said she was overwhelmed, as she had just days to move out of her rental home, find a place to live in Toronto and get to her daughter's first appointment. "I was like, 'I don't have the energy to appeal that,'" she told CBC News. While Nova Scotia offers an allowance of $3,000 a month to families who have to live out of province long term for medical treatment, that only covers the family's rent in Toronto. Ali estimates she's racked up $20,000 in debt covering additional expenses. Now that her granddaughter is facing serious complications, Robichaud expects it will be another year before they get home. She said people have been rallying behind them, offering what they can to help make ends meet. On Saturday, Colleen's Pub in Dartmouth held an event for the family, bringing in more than $5,000. "I don't know how they would be able to manage up there if it wasn't for our family and our friends hanging in there with us and helping to support what's happening right now. I'm just unbelievably grateful for them," Robichaud said. Robichaud and Lisa Ali said both the provincial and federal governments need to do more to help families like theirs, and they plan to work with other Nova Scotia families who are advocating for change. Health Minister Michelle Thompson told CBC News last month that she sympathizes with families who are in similar situations, but said the health-care system is stretched in many directions and the department has to make tough choices. She said Nova Scotia is unique compared to other provinces because it covers some of the travel expenses of the support person who must go with the patient. "We'll continue to review that program, to hear from people. We want to be responsive," Thompson said at the time. "But it isn't a cost-recovery program and we also want to maintain the integrity of the entire system, and I know that's difficult."
CBC
6 hours ago
- General
- CBC
Community involvement helps reopen Lawrence House in Maitland
The Nova Scotia Museum has reopened a site in Hants County with a new model. Lawrence House is being operated by provincial staff and events are being co-ordinated with community volunteers. The CBC's Luke Ettinger reports.
