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10 hrs ago | The Toronto Star

Bill C-4 tips the balance against refugees

Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney says Bill C-4 will punish human smugglers, but in reality the law would punish refugees who have given up everything to reach Canada.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Opinion

Sat Feb 11, 2012

CBC News

East Coast braces for severe weather

Environment Canada issued weather warnings across Quebec and Atlantic Canada Saturday, caused by an "intensifying low pressure system" approaching from the southwest over the Gulf of St Lawrence by Sunday morning.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

PR-inside.com

Fundamental Research Initiates Coverage on Anaconda Mining (TSX:ANX)...

Vancouver, British Columbia, February 10, 2012 - Fundamental Research has initiated coverage on Anaconda Mining .

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Nova News Now

Bringing iconic elm back to life

As the artist representing the Planters in the developing triptych sculpture at Grand Pre National Historic Site, he is enjoying the freedom to create.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

Nor'Wester

Full circle

Corporal Justin Hewlett, originally of Baie Verte, has returned home to head up the Baie Verte detachment.

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Nor'Wester

officer

Published on February 9, 2012 Corporal Justin Hewlett, originally of Baie Verte, has returned home to head up the Baie Verte detachment.

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metromonctonnews.com | Monckton News - Views

Letters to the Editor:Matthew Glenn President, Anglo Society of N.B.

Dear Editor,

Recent news articles have revealed the ever increasing need for food banks in New Brunswick.

It was reported that seven hundred more families used this service in 2011 than in 2010 of which six thousand were children.

What a degrading situation for the province when there appears to be endless sums of tax dollars to support duplication and segregation.

One recent example being the high cost of providing translation services for every council meeting in the city of Fredericton which is approximately $2500.00 per meeting.

The cities director of corporate services administrator’s recent report to council recommends changing the currant policy to “when service is required”. It was reported that the service has only been used twice in the past eight years which has cost $ 35,000.00.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

fullcomment.nationalpost.com | Monckton News - Views

Lorne Gunter: Quebec to blame for its own declining prosperity

Quebec's provincial per capita GDP is just 85% of the national average of $47,438. Only three provinces have proportionately smaller economies, New Brunswick , Nova Scotia and PEI .

According to a new study of provincial economies across the country by l’École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal (HEC), the problem is not so much Quebec declining as it is other provinces racing ahead much faster. Still, according to the study’s author, economist Martin Coiteux, if Quebec doesn’t take action to increase the productivity of its labour force and spur development of its natural resources, “it runs the risk of finding itself last among Canadian provinces with respect to income and standard of living.”

In Quebec, the percentage of working-age residents in the labour market is under 65%. In Alberta, it’s nine percentage points higher. And Alberta’s labour market is expanding, while Quebec’s is stagnating. None of this is to say that Quebecers are lazy or unwilling to take entrepreneurial risks. On the contrary, I think the political culture in Quebec is what is standing in the way. The provincial government can rely on Ottawa shipping in $8 billion to $10 billion a year in equalization payments. Quebec receives half of all the federal top-up funds distributed to have-nots in a year. So the province’s politicians do not have to make rational economic decisions.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

Shoreline Beacon

Anti-turbine group to boycott CAW union

Chrysler, General Motors, Air Canada and about 50 other companies are in the crosshairs of an anti-turbine group in Saugeen Shores that is planning a major boycott of the Canadian Auto Workers Union.

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www.sunnewsnetwork.ca | Monckton News - Views

Quebec does not share Canadian Values

Bloc Quebecois MPs are turning their nose up at their Diamond Jubilee medals in a bid to get the prime minister to end his "monarchist follies."

"It just doesn't correspond to Quebec values," Bloc MP Louis Plamondon said of the medals and elaborate celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the accession of the Queen to the throne.

The $7.5 million price tag for those celebrations, including the $3.5 million for the 60,000 medals, is also "extravagant" in a time of austerity, he said.

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It is High time that Quebec learns that official bilingualism and their apartheid bill 101 do not correspond to the MAJORITY of Canadian values.

In this time of austerity, we need to rid the country of those that are bleeding us try.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

CBC News

RCMP rescue man from ice in Bouctouche Bay

The RCMP flew in a helicopter early Sunday morning to rescue a man who wandered onto the ice in Bouctouche Bay.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

Cape Breton Post

Canada to mark Queen's Diamond Jubilee in a big way, ties to monarchy run deep

Queen Elizabeth II attended the church of St. Peter and St. Paul at West Newton, eastern England, this morning.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

Journal-Pioneer

NB to address moose accident hazards near Confed Bridge

The provincial government is currently considering additional precautions with regards to the hazards posed by moose crossing local highways, particularly in the Timber River to Cape Tormentine area.

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Related Topix: Canada, Agriculture, Science,

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Shoreline Beacon

Anti-turbine group to boycott CAW union

Chrysler, General Motors, Air Canada and about 50 other companies are in the crosshairs of an anti-turbine group in Saugeen Shores that is planning a major boycott of the Canadian Auto Workers Union.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

CBC News

Aids Pei appealing to province for funding

The organization currently runs on a budget of $110,000. It offers information on AIDS, HIV and other sexually-transmitted infections, as well as counselling services to Islanders.

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CBC News

37 moose accidents too many, say N.B., P.E.I. drivers

New Brunswick has put up signs along Route 16 warning drivers of moose on the road.

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CBC News

37 moose accidents too many, say N.B., P.E.I. drivers

New Brunswick has put up signs along Route 16 warning drivers of moose on the road.

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Tue Jan 31, 2012

CBC News

Rare list of P.E.I. Acadians intrigues N.B. researchers

Acadian researchers at l'UniversitA© de Moncton have discovered a list of 289 names of Acadians who were living on Prince Edward Island in 1763, but they're still trying to reach a consensus about what exactly the rare list was for.

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Shoreline Beacon

Area men face child pornography charges

Two Bruce County men face child pornography charges after police say they accessed images of young girls being "sexually abused." OPP Det.-Sgt. Terry Paddon issued a news release Wednesday about the results of a South Bruce OPP and Saugeen Shores Police Service investigation.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012

CBC News

Cap-Pele man dies in crash

A 26-year-old Cap-PelA© man is dead after the vehicle he was driving left the road and collided with two trees early Sunday morning.

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