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A wildfire in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada, continues to burn out of control, becoming the largest wildfire in the province's history.
2023-06-3

New Brunswick reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was originally detected in India.
2021-04-26

New Brunswick reports its first two cases of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2.
2021-02-2

New Brunswick's Edmundston region begins a 14-day lockdown. Non-essential travel is prohibited in and out of the area. In addition, all non-essential businesses, schools and public spaces are closed, and all indoor and outdoor gatherings among people of different households are prohibited.
2021-01-23

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a ban on assault-style weapons, which includes buying, selling, transporting, importing or using the designated weapons. The legislation is said to be motivated by last month's killing spree in Nova Scotia.
2020-05-1

The death toll in last Sunday's killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, rises to at least 23, including the perpetrator.
2020-04-21

A house fire in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, kills seven children from a Syrian family.
2019-02-19

Canadian police arrest Justin Bourque, wanted for the alleged murders of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and for shooting two others in Moncton, New Brunswick.
2014-06-6

Voters in Canada's Nova Scotia Province go to the polls to select members to the province's Legislative Assembly.date=October 2013
2013-10-8

One person is killed, three people declared missing, and three people rescued after a sailboat sinks off the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.
2012-03-26