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8 hrs ago | Salem News

MUNICIPAL

In Columbiana County Municipal Court on Monday, Alex D.M. Cook, 19, Millrock Road, New Waterford, was sentenced to 90 days in jail consecutive with time he is serving on an underage consumption charge for criminal damaging.

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16 hrs ago | Cape Breton Post

Rants & Raves

Rave: for a sweet deal. According to the Victoria Standard, members of the Aerial Experiment Association 2005 from the Welland, Ont.

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20 hrs ago | Cape Breton Post

Alice (Peach) Fraser gave back to others

On April 28, at 7 p.m., my sister Alice Fraser closed her eyes at Soldier's Memorial Hospital, Middleton, N.S. In her final hours, she was supported by a cloud of witnesses - Paulette, an ICU nurse, to whom she proclaimed, "I am dying and I'm not afraid;" her daughter Cathy and husband David; her brother Ted and wife Helen; their daughter Nina.

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Yesterday | Cape Breton Post

Merchant marine from North Sydney earned prestigious honour

"Boarded SS J. Pinckney Henderson which was burning near entrance to Sydney harbour, Nova Scotia, on Aug.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Life, Veteran Affairs, North America, Opinion

Mon May 20, 2013

Morning Journal

Gary Quetot

Gary C. Quetot, 60, of Dogwood Circle passed away at 10:35 a.m. Saturday at Hospice House, Poland, following a ten-month illness.

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Related Topix: New Waterford, OH, Canada, Rogers, OH

Sun May 19, 2013

CBC News

Cape Breton fishermen pray as lobster season begins

Nova Scotia lobster fishermen and their families gathered on their boats in Main-a-Dieu on Sunday for the annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony.

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Sat May 18, 2013

DurhamRegion.com

Ajax campaign anything but bombing

Ajax campaign anything but bombing. AJAX -- Lori Jackson, left, co-chairwoman of the Bomb Girls Legacy Committee, along with Nancy Maxwell, right, also a member of the committee, in front of pieces of Ajax's history located in Town hall.

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CBC News

Bomb defuser from FLQ crisis remembered by friends, family

Walter Leja was remembered for his heroism during a service near the Roslyn Elementary school in Westmount on Friday.

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Herald Gazette

Spring Bird Walk

Spring Bird Walk on the Pleasant Point Nature Preserve, Cushing, led by Georges River Land Trust volunteer and Midcoast Maine Audubon Society former president Bill Goodwill.

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Fri May 17, 2013

CBC News

Marine Atlantic accepting bids for new N.S. terminal

Two requests for proposals have been issued for the construction of a new ferry terminal in North Sydney, N.S. Marine Atlantic says interested contractors have until June 10 to submit bids for work on the site, including utilities and paving.

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CBC News

Wolf cubs among new arrivals at C.B. wildlife park

Timber wolf cubs snuggle for warmth at the Two Rivers Wildlife Park near Marion Bridge.

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ComputerWorld

North Sydney Council begins electronic monitoring of parking

North Sydney Council will start using licence plate recognition technology to monitor parking from Monday, May 20 in restricted areas which don't have meters.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Amherst Daily News

Tar ponds work: half full or half empty?

Cape Breton content in the Sydney tar ponds and coke ovens remediation project is just over 50 per cent, a figure that cheers some and disappoints others.

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Cape Breton Post

Old Scottish tunes take turn in spotlight

Old Scottish tunes that have been so much a part of the history and culture of Cape Breton are in the spotlight in a new compilation book from Cranford Publications.

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Globe and Mail

Lives Lived: William Gillis Sampson, 71

Health inspector, community volunteer, father, true Cape Bretoner. Born Sept. 27, 1941, in Sydney, N.S., died Oct.

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Cape Breton Post

Two acclaimed singer-songwriters to perform in Sydney

"I see a difference between songwriters and singer-songwriters and even though I am definitely the latter in that I write material and then I perform it, I try to write songs as if it wasn't necessarily just going to be for me.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Cape Breton Post

Province taking steps to improve safety in Kytes Hill area

The Nova Scotia government is adding new and improved signs and clearer road markings in the Kytes Hill area of Grand Lake Road where safety concerns have been raised by local residents.

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Herald Gazette

Having a ball at Lura Libby School

Each student has a Wittfitt stability ball "chair" to use during the day. The balls were purchased in fall 2012 as part of a grant funded by the Georges River Education Foundation.

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Tue May 14, 2013

The Chronicle Herald

'Large amount' of drugs seized in traffic stop

With help from the RCMP drug unit, regional police pulled over a vehicle on Coxheath Road near Sydney River containing two women and a man at about 2 p.m. A woman, 35, has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and is due in Sydney provincial court Aug.

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HarnessLink.com

Fissato prevails in feature Harrington Pace

Johnny Waite's Fissato notched his 21st career win Monday in the $18,000 Open Pace at Harrington Raceway in 1:53.1. Trained by his owner, the 8-year-old Cambest gelding was hustled from post five to the early lead before 1-to-5 favorite Main a Dieu Too assumed command approaching the quarter mile in 27.2. The fractions were modest from that point ... (more)

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