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Friday | The Globe and Mail

The long and winding road facing Canada's rural unemployed

The federal government has outlined its Employment Insurance reforms, including a provision that calls on recipients to accept work within one hour's commute.

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Friday May 25 | Western Star

Moose fences will have to prove worth

People running into moose is common at this time of year, yet many drivers choose to ignore the problem and crash into these large animals.

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Related Topix: Canada, Opinion

Wed May 23, 2012

The Globe and Mail

Financial ground shifts beneath would-be retirees

The business owner based in Grand Falls-Windsor, Nfld., wants to work well into his 60s or longer.

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Related Topix: Canada, Personal Finance, Retirement

Mon May 21, 2012

CBC News

Mill union looking for second chance with Kruger

Kruger Inc. says it is reviewing the viability of Corner Brook Pulp and Paper, the only remaining newsprint mill in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Sun May 20, 2012

Western Star

Her day

I know this is a week or more after the fact, but it's hard to write about something when you don't know in advance what's going to happen.

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Related Topix: Canada, Home Gardening, Home, Opinion

Thu May 17, 2012

Nor'Wester

A star is born

Taylor Vincent of Springdale is on her way to her movie debut, with filming starting later this month in St.

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Wed May 16, 2012

CBC News

Deputy steps in behind resigning Lab City mayor

Following a private meeting Tuesday night, Karen Oldford was named as the acting mayor until an official vote is held May 24.

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Related Topix: Canada,

The Times Colonist

Ex-Island pastor accused of sex crime

University of Victoria president David Turpin will step down in June 2013 after 13 years at the university's helm.

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Related Topix: Canada, Startups, Facebook, North America, World News,

Squamish Chief

Minister says serious talks underway for purchase of closed Newfoundland mill

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's minister of natural resources says serious talks are underway with a company interested in taking over the shuttered mill in Grand Falls-Windsor. Jerome Kennedy isn't naming the company, but says the proposal includes using part of the site to make wood pellets to export to Europe.

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Related Topix: Canada

CBC News

Company eyeing former mill site in Grand Falls-Windsor

An unnamed company is in talks with the provincial government over Grand Falls-Windsor's former paper mill site.

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Tue May 15, 2012

The Province

Snakehead fish sighting in Burnaby lagoon raises alarm

A youth pastor from Colwood, B.C. has been charged with sexually exploiting a teenager who attended his church.

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Related Topix: Canada, Entertainment, Television, The X Factor, Celebrities, Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, North America, World News

CBC News

Kruger pension offer deemed 'lesser evil'

Mill workers at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper held a demonstration Tuesday against the use of outside contractors for maintenance work.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Mon May 14, 2012

CBC News

RCMP release sketch of break-in suspect

RCMP released this sketch of a man believed to have committed a break-in in Grand Falls-Windsor in late March.

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Fri May 11, 2012

The Sir Robert Bond Papers

The Comprehension Constant #nlpoli

Premier Kathy Dunderdale seems to have a chronic problem of saying things that are not correct and also saying things she does not mean.

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Related Topix: Canada

Sat May 05, 2012

Western Star

Better linkages needed for apprenticeship system to work: delegates

STEPHENVILLE While industry stakeholders from across the province gathered Friday at three locations to help guide the direction of the apprenticeship system in the province, it became quickly apparent at the Stephenville location there are some burning issues that need to be solved.

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Brandon Sun

Trash piles of appliances and cars prompt St. John's, N.L., to hire private eyes

Newfoundland's vast beauty, soaring seaside cliffs and famed hiking trails have been showcased in award-winning ads that draw scores of tourists from around the world.

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Related Topix: Canada, Newfoundland, NJ

Thu May 03, 2012

Western Star

Sent to the hinterland

Earlier this week, the government of Nova Scotia announced it would be moving some civil service jobs out of the capital city, Halifax, and into smaller communities around the province.

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Related Topix: Canada, Opinion

Wed May 02, 2012

Telegram

Man charged after RCMP seize 11,000 illegal cigarettes

A man has been arrested following a RCMP seizure of more than 11,000 illegal cigarettes in Grand Falls-Windsor. This form is NOT used for emailing the article to a friend.

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Related Topix: Canada

Mon Apr 30, 2012

CBC News

Alberta crash deaths devastating, pastor says

Shannon Wheaton and Trena Thompson-Wheaton and their younger son, Ben, right, were killed in Friday's collision on Alberta's Highway 63.

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Brandon Sun

'One of the kindest gentlemen:' pastor killed in Alberta car crash remembered

A pastor killed in a fiery crash in northern Alberta is being remembered as someone who was a mentor to young people and an example to all.

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