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SYDNEY, N.S. — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says his government will invest $58.9 million to develop a new medical school at Cape Breton University by fall 2025.

HALIFAX — RCMP in western Nova Scotia are investigating two incidents involving mannequins found hanging from overpasses, and the Mounties have confirmed one of the cases is likely related to a violent death reported last year.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King called a provincial election for April 3 on Monday night, and political experts say the top issues on the campaign trail are expected to be health care, housing and leadership.

WINSLOE SOUTH, P.E.I. — Prince Edward Island residents will go to the polls on April 3, thanks to an early election call Monday from Progressive Conservative Premier Dennis King.

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MONCTON, N.B. — Two men and a woman from western Africa are facing charges related to online exploitation after police in New Brunswick executed search warrants last week in Moncton and Dieppe.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Government inspectors in New Brunswick have shut down a child-care facility in Saint John, saying they found evidence that the 40 children being cared for were facing risks to their health and safety.

HALIFAX — Two men are facing firearms-related charges after a shooting Friday that prompted the Nova Scotia RCMP to issue an emergency alert.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The family of a young deaf boy in Newfoundland is hoping their successful human rights case against the province's English school board will spark change for deaf students across the country.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's attorney general says it is disappointing and regrettable that the parole ineligibility period for a man who murdered three Mounties in Moncton in 2014 has been reduced.