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Sunday | CBC News

Maritimers without power after storm

Thousands of Maritimers are without power after high winds, snow, and freezing rain caused widespread outages across the region overnight Saturday.

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Related Topix: Weather, Canada, Cumberland County, ME

Thu Feb 09, 2012

The Chronicle Herald

Dickson brokered key offshore deals for N.S.

Sen. Fred Dickson is being remembered as a powerful political operative, a prominent lawyer and a man who permanently reshaped Canada's offshore energy landscape, winning over $1 billion for his home province of Nova Scotia in the process.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Paul Martin

Amherst Daily News

Moving government has merit, says Liberal leader

Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil speaks to members of the Springhill and Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday while Springhill Mayor Allen Dill looks on.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Canada,

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Sackville Tribune-Post

Prospect Acres named Chignecto Soil And Crop's farm of year

Prospect Acres and the father/son/daughter owners were recently named as Farm of the Year by the Chignecto Soil and Crop Improvement Association.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Canada, Drink, Milk

The Chronicle Herald

Truro home inspector named national president of Canadian association

The Atlantic Chapter of the Canadian Association of Home & Property Inspectors is pleased to announce the recent election of Truro-based home inspector Blaine Swan, RHI, to the office of national president of the Canadian Association of Home & Property Inspectors.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Mon Feb 06, 2012

The Chronicle Herald

Drums welcome funding boost

The Kiju's Boyz drum thundered a traditional Mi'kmaq welcome for Paq'tnkek First Nation elders and Central Nova MP Peter MacKay on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sat Feb 04, 2012

The Chronicle Herald

NDP mum about plans when Casey is no longer N.S. emissary to Ottawa

With his wife Rosemary and granddaughter Willow looking on, Independant MP Bill Casey thanks supporters for his victory at his headquarters in Truro in October 2008.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Fri Feb 03, 2012

The Globe and Mail

Nova Scotia teacher-turned-author wrote award-winning Pit Pony

As a child, Joyce Barkhouse dreamt of becoming a missionary. Instead, she trained as a teacher, nurtured generations of children in the pleasures of reading and writing and became a published author herself in middle age.

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Related Topix: Pit Pony, Drama Movies, North America, Canada, World News,

Truro Daily News

Truro man recognized for community youth work

Ralph Willis, who was honoured yesterday, looks over a cutout from The Truro Daily News in 1990 with Sherry Jackson-Smith and his grandson, Tyrece Paris, 12.

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Related Topix: Canada

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Truro Daily News

Postcard photo contest hosted by Town of Truro

The Town of Truro Tourism Committee is hoping avid photographers of all ages, both professional and amateur, will be willing to share their photographs for a new souvenir postcard project.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Mon Jan 30, 2012

CBC News

Jeffrey Lynds death investigation continues

Police continue to investigate the death of Jeffrey Albert Lynds, once the highest-ranking Hells Angel in Nova Scotia, in a prison cell last week.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Canada,

Fri Jan 27, 2012

Truro Daily News

Young entrepreneurs setting up shop in Debert

In case you missed it last week, the Colchester Regional Development Agency and the Truro and District Chamber of Commerce recently forwarded to the media the names of more than 50 new businesses which have set up shop in Truro and Colchester County in the past couple of years.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

Thu Jan 26, 2012

The Chronicle Herald

Carsand-Mosher to close Bayers Lake location

The onslaught of online shopping and an influx of big box outlets has forced Carsand-Mosher Photographic Ltd.

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Related Topix: Canada, Cameras

Tue Jan 24, 2012

Truro Daily News

Museum hosting Titantic presentation

This April marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The "unsinkable" ship will be the topic of discussion during a special presentation at the Truro museum this Thursday night.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sun Jan 22, 2012

Truro Daily News

All about Scottish culture

James Finnie, who is originally from Scotland but now lives in Truro, said it's about bringing Old and New Scotland together.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sat Jan 21, 2012

The Chronicle Herald

Bank's video service to link rural clients with financial experts across N.S.

Financial experts will spend less time on the road and residents living in remote corners of Nova Scotia will have access to their services thanks to a new video-conference service launched by the Bank of Montreal.

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Related Topix: Travel, Australia Travel, Sydney, Australia Travel, Canada,

Tue Jan 17, 2012

Truro Daily News

NDP share blame for Truro's ecomomic woes, Conservative leader says

The Hubtown's business community would be in much better shape if not for high taxes and economic bungling on the part of the NDP government, Conservative MLA Jamie Baillie says.

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Related Topix: Canada,

The Chronicle Herald

Demand for storage units on rise in N.S.

Two local self-storage companies are working on large-scale expansions to accommodate rising demand and a third doubled its footprint last year after operating at 98 per cent capacity for four years straight.

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Sun Jan 15, 2012

National Post

Heroes Force, Canada's answer to G.I. Joe

Heroes Force action figures reflect "a new-found pride in Canadian militarism, which since World War Two was basically taboo," says Scott Taylor, publisher of Esprit de Corps magazine.

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Related Topix: Canada,

 

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