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Nova Scotia, Canada: The Next New EnglandI've found a traveler's dream. It's like New England at prices that won't break the bank. It's Nova Scotia in Canada...
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Posted by capebretoner on Sunday, August 07 @ 00:00:00 CDT
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Rockets not a ThreatJeff MacKinnon
It was released today that there are no worries about debris from an American booster hitting oil rigs off the coast of Newfoundland. Last week and earkier this week there were fears that the oil rigs would have to be evacuated prior to a launch in the case that something goes wrong and debris lands near the oil rigs.
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Posted by capebretoner on Thursday, April 14 @ 10:55:58 CDT
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Calls to Ban VLTs in NSApril 14, 2005
"Rodney MacDonald, minister responsible for health promotion, doesn't believe an all-out ban is necessary. "
There has been a strong push to ban VLTs in Nova Scotia. However this will not affect VLTs in the two Casinos and First Nations communities. This is NOT a the way to do things. It limits peoples right to spend their money as they please. However I do think that there should be regulations in place to prevent problem gamblers from hurting themselves.
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Posted by capebretoner on Thursday, April 14 @ 09:20:34 CDT
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Globalization gone horribly wrongby Ralph Surette
April 4, 2005
Nova Scotia Power gets the best quality coal it can at the cheapest price on the international market. Always sensitive to the price of electricity and, increasingly, to pollution, Nova Scotians would blame it if it did any less.
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Posted by El-Diablo on Tuesday, April 05 @ 18:36:36 CDT
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2 Cape Breton Men in Jail in South KoreaTo Cape Breton men found themselves behind bars after breaking a locals jaw outside a bar in South Korea. CBC picked up the story recently and there is an attempt to raise money for the two.
Also a website dedicated to legal issues for people teaching overseas picked up the story in their forums
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Posted by capebretoner on Friday, March 25 @ 16:37:45 CST
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Pizza worker threatened with needleBURG writes "http://novascotia.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ns-pizza-theft20050324
FROM CBC:
HALIFAX – Police in Halifax say a man used a hypodermic needle to rob a pizza shop Wednesday night.
The man entered Mia's Pizza on North Street just before 10 p.m., and demanded some cash. He was given the money.
Then before he left, he asked for three slices of pizza. He was given that too.
Police are looking for a man who wore a green jacket, light green pants and a black toque.
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Posted by capebretoner on Thursday, March 24 @ 20:25:37 CST
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MINISTER’S GAS REGULATION EXCUSE RUNNING ON EMPTYMarch 17, 2005
NDP Release
Halifax - Frank Corbett, MLA for Cape Breton Centre and NDP Energy Critic, is responding to recent comments by the Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, Barry Barnet, that opposition parties are stalling the governments’s proposed bill to re-introduce gasoline price regulation in Nova Scotia.
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Posted by capebretoner on Thursday, March 17 @ 16:00:00 CST
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HAMM INSURANCE PLAN: REALITY SETS INMarch 16, 2005
Issued by: Darrell Dexter
Halifax - Nova Scotia NDP Leader Darrell Dexter is calling for the withdrawal of the 2003 amendments to the Insurance Act that are compounding the harm done to victims of motor vehicle accidents.
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Posted by capebretoner on Thursday, March 17 @ 14:37:30 CST
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HST RELIEF EIGHTEEN MONTHS OVERDUENS NDP News Release
February 18, 2005
Issued by: Darrell Dexter ()
Halifax: NDP Leader Darrell Dexter is calling on the Hamm government today to give notice to the Federal government and to New Brunswick and Newfoundland, that Nova Scotia intends to remove its share of the HST from essentials, like home heating fuel. Notice to change the HST agreement must be given eighteen months in advance.
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Posted by capebretoner on Wednesday, February 23 @ 13:57:01 CST
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MCNEIL CALLS FOR MORE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN SCHOOLSNS Liberal Press Release
February 23, 2005
(Halifax, NS) Liberal Sport and Recreation Critic Stephen McNeil is renewing calls for the Hamm government to institute a mandatory program of 30 minutes of physical activity each day in schools.
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Posted by capebretoner on Wednesday, February 23 @ 13:54:13 CST
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