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Dartmouth woman accused in robberies on trial in February
A Dartmouth woman accused of committing three armed robberies in Halifax in just over an hour will g...


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Early winter storm closes schools, roads
Nova Scotians were met this morning with school closures, power outages and icy road conditions.The ...


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Five-point fiscal insulation
OTTAWA — The Harper government is promising aid to the beleaguered auto sector as part of a five-poi...


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Is Republican party in trouble?
WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of Democrat Barack Obama’s commanding election win two weeks ago, the ...






'An awful night for a lot of people'

Up to 1,500 vehicles stranded overnight on Cobequid Pass



COBEQUID PASS – Police say the line of vehicles stranded behind two stuck transfer trucks on this snowy highway Wednesday night stretched for eight kilometres.

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TSX slides more than 750 points




TORONTO — The Toronto stock market was down more than 750 points shortly before the closing bell as bad news ripped through key sectors of the market, including energy and banks.

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RCMP probe conjoined twins' death on flight off N.S. coast




Halifax RCMP and Nova Scotia’s medical examiner are investigating the sudden death of a set of one-month-old conjoined twins during a flight from Brussels, Belgium to New York City.

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Slain woman's body buried 24 hours after death, RCMP say




The body of a Valley woman was put in a shallow grave within a day of when she was last seen, RCMP forensics experts have ruled.

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N.S. woman killed while crossing road




YARMOUTH — RCMP say a 41-year-old woman is dead after being hit by a vehicle in southwestern Nova Scotia.

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Time to play hardball

Gangs shooting up Halifax will feel full force of the law, top cop vows



Halifax’s police chief says a long-standing drug war is behind two shootings this week and he’ll take unprecedented measures to stop the violence.

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Deft touch gets Bernard promoted
Being in the right place at the right time is one thing, but Jessyko Bernard seems to know how to make the most of those opportunities when they present themselves.
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Tories: Cellphones have no place in class
The MacDonald government is moving to ban kids from using cellphones during class.
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Advertising slowdown forcing CTV to cut jobs
CTV Inc. will lay off some employees, freeze hiring and cut spending to cope with "sharp decreases" in advertising as the television industry braces for a deep slump.
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Bill finds a treasure in Truro
IT WAS AT a barbecue in Windsor this summer that a woman told me about a restaurant in Truro I must visit.
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Bill finds a treasure in Truro
IT WAS AT a barbecue in Windsor this summer that a woman told me about a restaurant in Truro I must visit. Since her husband was manning the grill, thereby controlling when I got my hamburgers, and is also among the biggest individuals in Nova Scoti...

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In the Twilight zone
GIRL-MEETS-BOY stories are not the usual stuff of Hollywood blockbusters, even when it’s girl-meets-vampire. Neither are stories created by women, with a predominantly female audience, shot on a bargain budget with a cast of relative unknowns and...

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Testing the tidal waters
Nova Scotia Power says it will be in the water next year with its test program to produce electricity from the Bay of Fundy. NSP president Rob Bennett told The Chronicle Herald in an exclusive interview Tuesday that the utility still intends to laun...

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$156m contract awarded to fix Aurora aircraft
Ten Aurora aircraft based in CFB Greenwood will be get life-extending refits under a $156-million contract awarded to Lockheed Martin. Under the terms of the deal to be released later today, the company will retrofit 10 CP-140 Aurora aircraft t...

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Making his mark
IT’S BEEN A SMOOTH TRANSITION from major junior hockey to the university ranks for Acadia’s Jonathan Laberge. After five seasons in the QMJHL, Laberge has made his mark in the Atlantic university conference as a rookie. The 21-year-old from Ste-Foy,...

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Deft touch gets Bernard promoted
Being in the right place at the right time is one thing, but Jessyko Bernard seems to know how to make the most of those opportunities when they present themselves. The Halifax Mooseheads rookie forward is showing good awareness around the net early...

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