National award for St. FX prof

ANTIGONISH – A St. Francis Xavier professor has received the 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award. This prestigious award, given to Dr. Angie Thompson, exemplifies teaching excellence and...

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• On track for fun at museum on March Break The News March 11th, 2010
• Weeks wins $2 million contract for repaving section of highway The News March 11th, 2010
• Atwood returning to county courts, this time as a judge The News March 11th, 2010
• New scam making the rounds; police issue public alert The News March 11th, 2010

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St. John’s Sea Dogs coaches share words of wisdom with local...

NEW GLASGOW – If  Pictou County coaches were looking for some magic formula, they didn’t get it from Gerard Gallant. What they got was the simple hockey strategies that win games.Gallant,...

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• Gryphon boys fighting for second chance Adam MacInnis March 11th, 2010
• NNEC girls strong at provincials The News March 11th, 2010
• N. Ont. skip Brad Jacobs leads rink to a 9-2 record The Canadian Press March 11th, 2010
• Playoff unpredictability Kevin Adshade March 11th, 2010

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Current provincial government doing good job

To the editor,Over the past several weeks there has been a lot of news coverage concerning the MLAs’ expenses.  Now with the open door meeting to deal with all MLAs’ spending and a full...

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• End of an era as last of Great War soldiers passes The News March 11th, 2010
• Like the canary in the coal mine The News March 11th, 2010
• Daewoo agreement a step toward emerging green economy The News March 10th, 2010
• Worthwhile looking back at socialists of the world The News March 10th, 2010

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Scotiabank, Thanachart to buy part of Thailand’s Siam City Bank

TORONTO — The Bank of Nova Scotia and its Thai affiliate, Thanachart Bank, have reached an agreement to acquire nearly 48 per cent of Thailand’s Siam City Bank from the country’s Central...

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• GDP growth of 3.1 per cent expected this year, says RBC Economics The Canadian Press March 11th, 2010
• Transat AT’s Q1 revenue down, company posts $13.9 million loss The Canadian Press March 11th, 2010
• Oil hovers around $82 in Europe as traders look for US crude demand to match growing economy The Associated Press March 11th, 2010
• Devon Energy to partner with BP in Alberta oilsands, sell US$7 billion of assets elsewhere to BP The Associated Press March 11th, 2010

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More than 12,000 left without electricity in the Halifax area for a...

HALIFAX, N.S. - A large swath of the Halifax area was hit by a power outage late Thursday. The lights went out shortly after 11 p.m. AT, leaving more than 13,000 Nova Scotia Power customers in...

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• Japan coast guard arrests New Zealand anti-whaling activist for boarding whaling ship Rochelle Roberts March 11th, 2010
• Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets The Canadian Press March 11th, 2010
• BC Hydro selects 19 projects for first clean power purchase agreements The Canadian Press March 11th, 2010

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’Lost Boys’ actor Corey Haim, whose career was blighted by drug use,...

LOS ANGELES — Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in “Lucas” and “The Lost Boys” whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38. The Toronto-born actor died...

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• Sandra Bullock wears Oscar statuette-inspired gown among fashion-forward looks The Associated Press March 7th, 2010
• Bryan Adams, Buffy Sainte-Marie among GG performing arts recipients The Canadian Press February 23rd, 2010
• U.K. says The Beatles’ Abbey Road Studios gets historic building status The Associated Press February 23rd, 2010
• Sports songs feature prominently on iTunes’ downloads with Yanofsky, lang on top The Canadian Press February 23rd, 2010