NS & NB deer bait stations

Deer bait stations could help fight Lyme disease in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Deer bait stations attract deer, which can carry infected ticks that cause Lyme disease.

When the deer feed on corn from a central bin, their ears; head and neck rub against rollers that are treated with a pesticide that kills ticks.

Halifax homicide

Police have now ruled the death of a teen in Dartmouth a homicide.

18 year old Chelsie Probert was found dying on a park path in the north-end of Dartmouth, just off Albro Lake Road.  She died later in hospital.

Police have not released the cause of death. They are canvassing the area looking for any witnesses or video from surveillance cameras that will held in the investigation.