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N.S. Tory who bought generator used public cash to buy, install TV for $3,000 Post a comment 

HALIFAX — A Conservative member of the Nova Scotia legislature who apologized last week for spending nearly $8,000 on a generator also charged taxpayers over $3,000 for the purchase and insta...  (more)  3:54 PM  


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Baxter Trucking unloads soil over a dyke on the Amherst marsh on Friday. Ducks Unlimited has spent several thousand dollars repairing and raising the 4,000-foot-long dyke on the marsh. <i>Darrell Cole – Amherst Daily News<i>
Baxter Trucking unloads soil over a dyke on the Amherst marsh on Friday. Ducks Unlimited has spent several thousand dollars repairing and raising the 4,000-foot-long dyke on the marsh. Darrell Cole – Amherst Daily News

AMHERST – Ducks Unlimited is spending several thousand dollars to fix one of its largest dykes in the Amherst area.
Work began early last week on raising the level of the dyke several ...  (more)  Post a comment  07/02/10 11:04 PM  

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DNR ceasing issue of fuel wood permits View comments2 

JOGGINS – Cumberland County residents who cut their own firewood from provincial land will no longer be able to after this month.
The Department of Natural Resources is ceasing issue o...  (more)  07/02/10 11:04 PM  

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Nova Scotia Tories ready to rebuild, look forward to choosing leader in October Post a comment 

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives have wrapped up their annual general meeting in Halifax.
It’s the first time the party has gathered since last June’...  (more)  07/02/10 11:04 PM  

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G7 ministers have no appetite to talk about seals at Iqaluit conference Post a comment 

IQALUIT, Nunavut — It seems everyone in this Arctic community was trying to put the issue of seals in front of the European delegation at the G7 finance ministers meeting.
But regardle...  (more)  07/02/10 11:04 PM  

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Gas explosion at power plant under construction in U.S. kills at least five Post a comment 

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — An explosion blew out walls of an unfinished power plant and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five workers.


At le...  (more)  07/02/10 11:04 PM  

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Ramblers clinging to playoff berth View comments1 

AMHERST – The Ramblers are hanging on to that final playoff berth in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League’s Bent Division.
Amherst hit the road for a pair of contests, winning 4-3...  (more)  07/02/10 11:04 PM  

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’Dear John’ bumps ’Avatar’ with US$32.4M debut; sci-fi blockbuster lifts global total to $2.2B Post a comment 

LOS ANGELES — A sci-fi love story has given way to an earthbound romance at the box office, livening up typically slow times at theatres over Super Bowl weekend.
Released by Sony&rsquo...  (more)  07/02/10 11:04 PM  

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Power-sharing idea is a betrayal View comments1 

Mullah Omar, despite what proponents of a negotiated peace in Afghanistan may say, is not a reasonable man. The Taliban leader, who was ousted as president of Afghanistan by the American invasion i...  (more)  07/02/10 11:04 PM  

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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, but are they enough? Post a comment 

WASHINGTON — Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker.
The company has sought to sow good will and wi...  (more)  9:19 AM  

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Community Happenings

Feb. 9
Community Luncheon
A community luncheon will be held at noon at the Log Building on Mills Road in Advocate.

Feb. 10
Valentine Crafts
Grades Primary...  (more)  07/02/10 11:04 PM  

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More than 18,000 members of local choirs from around the country performing live every five years.
More than 18,000 members of local choirs from around the country performing live every five years.
Singing Estonia

Far less high-profile than its Lithuanian great sister – Vilnius was the European Capital of Culture in 2009  – Estonia is doubtlessly the most discreet of the three Ba...  (more)  29/01/10 8:29 PM  


 






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