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  Cancelled ferry service could cost N.S. taxpayers under Tory agreement: NDP govt

  January 29th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  HALIFAX - A cancelled ferry service between southwestern Nova Scotia and Maine could cost taxpayers in the province millions of dollars. Percy Paris, Nova Scotia's economic development minister, said Thursday that Bay Ferries Ltd.'s agreement with...

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  Two Irving-owned trucking firms merge in N.B., Sunbury closing in Fredericton

  January 22nd, 2010 - 5 h 00

  FREDERICTON - The mayor of Fredericton says he is shocked by news that Irving-owned Sunbury Transport is leaving his city and moving to Saint John, N.B. Mayor Brad Woodside says between 40 and 45 workers will be affected by the decision. He says...

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  N.S. premier says he has asked for early release of transportation study

  January 8th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter says his government is following up on commitments made to people in the Yarmouth area concerning the future of their ferry service. He promised a delegation from the town that he would try to get a...

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  Surface transportation trade with U.S. fell 19 per cent in October to US$36.3B

  January 7th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  MONTREAL - Cross-border trade continued to improve last October even though goods carried mostly by trucks, rail and pipelines was down 19 per cent to US$36.3 billion from the same month in 2008, the U.S. Department of Transportation said...

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  Tanker crash shuts down Highway 4

  January 6th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  WENTWORTH - Highway 4 was closed for most of the day Tuesday after slippery roads sent a tanker carrying 51,000 litres of aviation fuel skidding into the ditch shortly after 7 a.m. Hazardous materials units from Amherst and New Glasgow were called...

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  Autopsy results expected Wednesday on remains found in burned-out Labrador house

  January 6th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The RCMP expect to release information Wednesday on the results of an autopsy on remains found last week in a burned-out house in Sheshatshiu in Labrador. Sgt. Wayne Newell says the Mounties expect to receive a report from Dr....

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  High winds and blowing snow create whiteout conditions across P.E.I.

  December 31st, 2009 - 5 h 00

  CHARLOTTETOWN - Motorists are being urged to use extreme caution when travelling on P.E.I. roads today as high winds are causing blowing and drifting snow, resulting in dangerous whiteout conditions across the province. High winds, flurries and...

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  Below freezing temperatures makes for slippery roads, accidents

  December 31st, 2009 - 5 h 00

  AMHERST - Snow and falling temperatures leads to icy roads and in the past 48 hours, it has meant a lot of cars sliding off them. Sgt. John Berry of the Cumberland RCMP said officers have been responding to numerous accidents since the snow began...

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  Bombardier gets US$137-million order from Swedish leasing company

  December 23rd, 2009 - 5 h 00

  MONTREAL - Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B) has received a US$137-million order for 11 three-car Contessa commuter trains from a Swedish leasing company. The Bombardier Contessa trains will run in the Oresund region of southern Sweden and will be...

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  Premier not budging on jail decision

  December 23rd, 2009 - 5 h 00

  AMHERST - It's highly unlikely the province is going to reconsider its plan to exclude Cumberland County from bidding on northern Nova Scotia's new jail. Speaking to members of the media during a conference call from Sydney, Premier Darrell Dexter...

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