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SWIFT CURRENT, N.L. — RCMP in Newfoundland have issued an emergency alert regarding an armed person near the community of Swift Current. Police say 36-year-old Tony Farrell of Marystown, N.L., is believed to be armed and violent.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Newfoundland police officer found guilty of raping a woman in her living room while he was on duty is once again seeking bail.

HALIFAX — The RCMP have called off a search for a 31-year-old man who they believe has been swept out to sea after a tubing mishap on a Nova Scotia river.

WINDSOR, N.S. — The Nova Scotia RCMP provided a description Tuesday of the terrifying power of torrential floodwaters that took the lives of a man and two children early Saturday and left a youth missing. Sgt.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP reminded people on Tuesday to use extreme caution on the province's waterways, as police continued their search for a man who went missing while tubing down a river about 80 kilometres west of Halifax.

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HALIFAX — A flooded Nova Scotia field was the focus of an intense weekend search for four people, including two children, lost after rushing waters caused by torrential rains swamped the vehicles they were travelling in. RCMP Cpl.

FREDERICTON — RCMP in New Brunswick say their police operation in the Minto area is over after searching for a man who allegedly shot a firearm.

HALIFAX — Two children were among four people reported missing Saturday after a long procession of intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of Nova Scotia, washing away roads and bridges amid widespread flooding.

HALIFAX — Heavy rain is expected throughout the weekend in much of Nova Scotia, with Environment Canada issuing a rainfall warning for the province's Atlantic coast. An evacuation order has been issued for the St.