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The annual evergreen Christmas tree gifted to Boston by Nova Scotia is slated to arrive at the Boston Common Friday with renewed meaning. This year, Nova Scotia is dedicating the tree to healthcare workers, honoring both Boston’s response to the 1917 Halifax Explosion and those who are working on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Boston police will escort…

A Canadian police official says the country’s worst mass shooting started as a domestic dispute between the gunman and his girlfriend, who survived the attack

Police fanned out across more than a dozen crime scenes Monday after a rampage by a gunman disguised as a police officer left at least 18 dead and homes in smoldering ruins in rural communities across Nova Scotia — the deadliest mass shooting in Canada’s history.

Police fanned out across more than a dozen crime scenes Monday after a rampage by a gunman disguised as a police officer left at least 18 dead and homes in smoldering ruins in rural communities across Nova Scotia — the deadliest mass shooting in Canada’s history.

Scientists have discovered a mash-up of two feared disasters — hurricanes and earthquakes — and they’re calling them “stormquakes.” The shaking of the sea floor during hurricanes and nor’easters can rumble like a magnitude 3.5 earthquake and can last for days, according to a study in this week’s journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Shark experts say the coast of Florida is starting to heat up with white shark activity. OCSEARCH, a research group, says the annual migration to warmer waters off the Florida and Carolinas coasts is underway.

The 2019 Nova Scotia Tree for Boston has been picked out and it’s a beauty! The 45-foot white spruce is being provided by Desmond Waite and Corina Saunders of Trenton, Pictou County, according to the Tree for Boston’s Facebook page.

U.S. emergency workers on Monday found five bodies in the debris left by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, and they said they expected to find more victims a week after the devastating storm hit. Bahamians, meanwhile, were also searching the rubble, salvaging the few heirlooms left intact by the Category 5 storm that, according to the official count over the...

The storm that already walloped the Virgin Islands, Bahamas and North Carolina lashed at far-eastern Canada with hurricane-force winds for much of Sunday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people before weakening and heading into the North Atlantic.

Strong winds gusted across Cape Cod, the Islands and parts of New England along with rain as the fringes of Hurricane Dorian passed over parts of the region early Saturday. Provincetown, the northern tip of the Cape, saw winds of up to 63 mph, while winds of 58 mph hit Welfleet, Massachusetts and Charlestown, Rhode Island. In Boston, 32 mph winds were recorded.

Numerous ferry trips were cancelled Saturday as the fringes of Hurricane Dorian brought waves, wind and rain to Cape Cod and the Islands, as well as other coastal areas.

Friday night: Tropical Storm Warning Cape and Islands, rain and wind. Lows in the 50s. Saturday: Early morning rain and wind, isolated coastal wind damage, then afternoon drying. Highs in the 60s. Sunday: Bright, pleasant. Highs in the 70s.

Wednesday night: Clearing sky, fresh breeze. Lows around 60. Thursday: Sun to clouds. Highs in the 70s.

After days pummeling the Bahamas, Dorian’s anticipated turn toward the Florida coastline is upon us. While the storm has weakened, the waves, water and rain are still swirling around and under the storm. That has to go somewhere, and with a track hugging the southeast coast of the United States, there are likely to be pockets of significant damage....

Monday night: Clear and cool. 40s in the suburbs, mid 50s in Boston. Light and variable wind. Tuesday: More sun, blending with some afternoon high clouds. Mid and upper 70s. Wednesday: Partly sunny. A shower possible toward day’s end. Warmer. Near 80.

U.S. lobster exports to China have fallen off a cliff this year as new retaliatory tariffs shift the seafood business farther north. China, a huge and growing customer for lobster, placed heavy tariffs on U.S. lobsters — and many other food products — in July 2018 amid rising trade hostilities between the Chinese and the Trump administration. Meanwhile, business is...

America’s lobster exports to China have fallen off a cliff this year as new retaliatory tariffs shift seafood business north to Canada.

Baby lobsters are continuing to appear in high numbers off some parts of Canada while tailing off in New England, raising questions about what the valuable shellfish’s population will look like in several years.

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, known for his controversial comments, has a new summer job. After escaping to Florida this past winter, he’ll be tending bar at McSeagulls Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor. LePage already has some familiarity with the establishment because his wife Ann has worked there as a server the past few summers.

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, known for his controversial comments, has a new summer job. After escaping to Florida this past winter, he’ll be tending bar at McSeagulls Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor. LePage already has some familiarity with the establishment because his wife Ann has worked there as a server the past few summers.