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    “We just ran right into the bar and took cover. All we heard was just, like two people got shot,” said one patron to the L.A. Times.

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    "We have to have an immigration system that understands the difference between the threat posed by criminals ad terrorists and nine-year-old girls."

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  3. "I think that by us opening this prevention site, it could have saved ... lives.” The death of a young Halifax mother has renewed conversations around the possibility of opening an overdose prevention site in the municipality.

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    Firefighters in Pecel, Hungary, rescued a Labrador from the middle of a frozen lake by sliding an inflatable rescue pad across the ice. RELATED:

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  5. Basso is alleged to have assaulted Patrice Simard in the early hours of Feb. 25, 2018 in the parking lot of the Metro Turning Point shelter on Barrington Street.

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  6. Government says it is stepping in to fix the Hantsport aboiteau that was destroyed in 2017. But many residents say it's too little too late.

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    Discussions are on-going in Halifax to bring an Overdose Prevention Site to Gottingen Street where other harm reduction organizations already exist. Irvine Carvery is director of the Community YMCA. He is concerned the site would "bring more of the issue to the community."

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    Overodose prevention sites provide a safe place for people to use drugs while connecting them with other health resources. Health Canada says research shows the sites are "cost effective and do not increase drug use and crime in the surrounding area."

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    The recent death of a young mother has renewed conversations in the harm reduction community around the "importance" of bringing an Overdose Prevention Site [OPS] to the municipality. Terri-Lynn died from an overdose in the first few days of 2019. (Picture source: Facebook)

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  10. A fire is burning aboard a large container ship about 1,200 kilometres off Canada’s east coast.

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  11. Halifax police charge driver in fatal collision with pedestrian

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    The man, whose identity has not been released, has been charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk under the Motor Vehicle Act. In the press release, the victim was identified as 62-year-old Willard Thomas Comeau of .

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    BREAKING: A 46-year-old man has been charged in connection with last month's fatal pedestrian accident on Gottingen Street.

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  14. A man is facing a slew of charges, including attempted murder with a firearm, after allegedly firing a shotgun at police officers who were responding to a shooting.

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    With his team on the back foot and heading for a series defeat at home against India, Australian captain Tim Paine could be forgiven for the attempted joke when he answered a journalist's cellphone during a Friday press conference. Also see, TML talk:

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    In the first major winter storm to bear down on Italy in 2019, even the cats looked surprised as they awoke to the snow covering the streets in the town of Pescopennataro. Also see, the curious animal tales of B.C.:

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    It's the world's largest snow and ice festival! "It's like Disneyland in winter." Harbin, one of China's coldest cities where temperatures can drop as low as 35 degrees Celsius below zero, has held its ice festival since 1983.

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  18. An RCMP officer in Nova Scotia has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend and pointing a firearm.

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  19. Emotional Filipino workers spoke out against a Halifax businessman at his sentencing hearing today.

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  20. A woman who accidentally donated her lifelong collection of gold, diamonds and pearls is hoping against the odds that her jewelry will be returned.

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