Biologists are trying to determine what has caused thousands of herring to wash up on the shores of St. Mary’s Bay in Digby County. The fish, considered an important feed species in the food chain, have been washing ashore in huge numbers over the past week. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans tells the CBC that samples have been taken and sent to a lab in Moncton. Pollution is a possible cause but considered unlikely as other species seem unaffected. A Biology professor at St.Anne’s University tells the CBC that other causes could be a parasite in the water or predator that’s been chasing the fish on to shore.
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Man Threatened with Knife at Halifax Bus Stop
Police are investigating after a man was threatened with a knife at a Halifax bus stop early Saturday morning. Police say shortly after 2am a 29-year-old man was walking by a bus stop on Willet Street. A man sitting at the bus stop stood up with a knife and told the victim not to move. the man was able to kick the suspect and flee the area. The suspect is described a 5-foot-ten, wearing a long black winter trench coat and a scarf over his face.