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Halifax-based public servant has front-row seat to Olympic action as women’s hockey referee in Italy

Plus, Liberals lose an MP as Supreme Court overturns election result in Terrebonne, Chrystia Freeland is fined for speaking politically at a government event in 2024, and former Liberal MP Yvonne Rumbolt-Jones will launch her memoir in Ottawa.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is cheering on Halifax-based hydrographer Shauna Neary who is in Italy to referee the women’s hockey games at the Winter Olympics.Photograph courtesy of Facebook

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

February 18, 2026

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