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• Eroding coastline a growing concern for some Glace...
  GLACE BAY - Some residents of Glace Bay feel the Cape Breton Regional Municipality could be doing more to help them in a situation that basically ...
• Luge death brings back memories for skating pair
  VANCOUVER- Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison were preparing for a final Pre-Olympics training session Friday afternoon at a suburban Vancouver rink ...
• Pressure is on for Canadas hockey team, silver or...
  VANCOUVER - This is Canada and let's be honest, little else really matters. For the next two weeks, a few speed skaters, lugers, cross-country ...
• No simple solution
  AMHERST - Creating a separate gas tax zone in Cumberland County may seem like an easy fix for Amherst area retailers, but probably won't work, ...
• March Break 2011 dates to remain unchanged
  TRURO - Chignecto-Central Regional School Board members are not interested in changing when the annual spring break takes place. The provincial ...
• Plan for virtual shutdown of N.S. hospital in event...
  TRURO - A plan to virtually shut down the Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital because of a strike threat is a "barbaric" move, says a terminally ill ...
• Sydney, N.S., signs container terminal MOU with two...
  SYDNEY, N.S. - The Sydney Marine Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with the ports of Philadelphia and Delaware to develop a ...
• Icy Roads cause spill
  WENTWORTH - Highway 4 is expected to be closed for most of the day after slippery roads sent a tanker truck carrying 51,000 litres of aviation ...
• Single mom in Cape Breton loses everything in...
  SYDNEY, N.S. A single mother has lost everything she owns after an apartment fire in Cape Breton. Ashley Layes, 22, said she was working at a ...
• Man facing charges in connection with 911 calls dies...
  SYDNEY MINES - A Northside man facing charges in connection with hundreds of fake 911 has died. Thomas Gerrard Bruno, 41, of Sydney Mines, died ...
• Coyote spoted in Summerside
  SUMMERSIDE - They say it's bad luck to cross paths with a black cat, but is there any superstition about coyotes? One Summerside woman wasn't ...
• Unescorted prison leaves renewed for man serving...
  SYDNEY, N.S. - A man serving a life sentence for his part in the murders of three McDonald's restaurant workers in Cape Breton in 1992 has had ...
• Cape Breton police waiting to question suspected...
  SYDNEY, N.S. - A man being treated in hospital for severe burns is a suspect in a large number of arsons in Cape Breton, police said Wednesday. ...
• P.E.I. Tories cry patronage over Liberal...
  CHARLOTTETOWN - Two Liberals have been named to the P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission, prompting accusations of patronage by the Opposition ...
• County man struck twice by tractor trailers
  MASSTOWN - A Pictou County man is in stable condition in a Halifax hospital after surviving a collision with two tractors-trailers early Monday. ...
• N.S. woman who waited 2 1/2 years for double lung...
  HALIFAX - A Cape Breton woman who waited 2 1/2 years for a double lung transplant has died less than a week after finally receiving the surgery. ...
• Woman airlifted to hospital after attack by coyotes...
  UPDATE - RCMP Confirm Death of Woman Attacked by Coyotes (From RCMP) Cheticamp, Nova Scotia , October 28, 2009 - RCMP can confirm a 19-year-old ...
• N.S. search and rescue volunteers to meet government...
  HALIFAX - People representing Nova Scotia's search and rescue volunteers are to meet Wednesday with provincial government officials to discuss ...
• Top horses have local breeding
  Nova Scotia standardbred breeding farms produced three of the six Atlantic Breeders Crown champions at Charlottetown Driving Park earlier this ...
• Heavy catch marks the start of fall tuna season in...
  SOURIS, P.E.I. - The fall tuna season had only been open a couple of hours when Prince Edward Island fisherman Terry Harris nabbed a giant. The ...
• Periodontist wants Health Canada to cover surgery...
  SYDNEY, N.S. - A Cape Breton periodontist wants Health Canada to cover the costs of dental surgery for a First Nations teenager with special ...
• Armed man eludes police near Stewiacke
  STEWIACKE, N.S. - An armed man who was holed up in a home in central Nova Scotia for more than a day has apparently eluded police. The ...
• Canadian Forces launching investigation into...
  SYDNEY, N.S. - The Canadian Forces is investigating allegations of misuse of firearms that first surfaced in videos entered as evidence during ...
• Crushers add Roland to roster
  NEW GLASGOW - Cody Roland is looking forward to a fresh start. Roland, 20, was traded from the Truro Bearcats to the Pictou County Weeks Crushers ...
• Couple furious after N.S. government destroys...
  BAYHEAD, N.S. - The Nova Scotia government's decision to destroy a picturesque pond created by industrious beavers more than 30 ago has left a ...
• Charges laid after man cut with bottle at house party
  NEW?GLASGOW - A Stellarton man accused of seriously injuring a Tatamagouche man during a weekend incident in Brule is to appear in court today ...
• Businesses file appeal, unhappy with roundabout plan...
  CHARLOTTETOWN - Six business owners have banded together to try to stop the City of Charlottetown from installing a roundabout at a busy ...
• Charlottetown man dead after single-vehicle collision
  ROSE VALLEY, P.E.I. - A 32-year-old Rose Valley man is dead following a single-vehicle motorcycle collision Sunday evening in that community. ...
• Soldier accused in shooting of colleague could take...
  SYDNEY, N.S. - Defence lawyer Lt.-Col. Troy Sweet wouldn't say Thursday if a soldier accused of shooting and killing a colleague in a tent in ...
• Bay of Fundy earns international honour
  PARRSBORO - The Bay of Fundy is up against some pretty stiff competition as it moves to the next phase of the international New7Wonders of Nature ...