News Minute | May 18, 3:30 p.m.
Reward of up to $150,000 offered in Melissa Peacock case
Facebook stock up slightly in first day of trading
Dutch group buys Ocean Nutrition for $540 million
Shear Wind seeks to delay annual meeting because of possible deal
Matt Dempsey
News Minute | May 18, 3:30 p.m.
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Police suspect foul play in the disappearance of Melissa Dawn Peacock last November. A reward of up to $150,000 is now being offered in the case.
Reward of up to $150,000 offered in Melissa Peacock case
By DAN ARSENAULT Crime Reporter

UPDATED 4:07 p.m. Friday

The mother of a young Dartmouth woman who’s been missing for more than six months won...

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rings the Nasdaq opening bell Friday from his corporation's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Facebook stock up slightly in first day of trading
By BARBARA ORTUTAY The Associated Press

UPDATED 3:39 p.m. Friday

NEW YORK — Facebook is trading up 8 per cent Friday, as investors seek to put a dollar...

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Robert Orr, co-founder of Ocean Nutrition, speaks at an event in Halifax in 2006. He resigned as chairman last year. (PETER PARSONS / Staff / File)
Dutch group buys Ocean Nutrition for $540 million
By BILL POWER Business Reporter

Dartmouth’s Ocean Nutrition Canada — a darling of Nova Scotia’s emerging bio-science sector — has been purchased by a...

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Shear Wind Inc. is in negotiations regarding a possible business deal, company CEO Mike Magnus says in a court affidavit. (STAFF / File)
Shear Wind seeks to delay annual meeting because of possible deal
By JOANN ALBERSTAT Business Reporter

A Bedford-based wind energy developer is asking the court for approval to delay its annual general meeting because of a possible business deal...

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Nicholas Edward White, 26, is charged with second-degree murder in the 2010 killing of an elderly neighbour in Lower Sackville. (STAFF / Filer)
Lower Sackville man’s murder trial set for September 2013
A Lower Sackville man charged with second-degree murder will stand trial in the fall of 2013.
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Ron MacDonald is the director of the province's Serious Incident Response Team, which will be investigating a shootout Thursday involving Truro police. A suspect was critically wounded in the gunfight. (PETER PARSONS / Staff / File)
Truro police charge 18-year-old after shootout
Truro police have laid charges in connection with a home invasion and shooting in the town's east end early Thursday morning.
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Average: 4.7 (25 votes)
Man pleads guilty to possessing submachine-gun, other weapons
Border services charge three in alleged immigration scam
Bridgewater police cuff one of Halifax's most wanted
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Man arrested in phoney money scam
RCMP charge Falconer in death of Amber Kirwan
Opinions
Parents and teachers confront Quebec provincial police in support of students protesting against tuition hikes in Ste. Therese, Que., on May 15. (CP)
Reaffirm rule of law in Quebec student protests
QUEBEC Premier Jean Charest and his Liberal government have badly mishandled the student strike, all the way to retaking the lead in public opinion...
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Average: 3.2 (5 votes)
Dr. Gus Grant, registrar and CEO of the College of Physicians of Nova Scotia. (CHRISTIAN LAFORCE / Staff / File)
LE PIERRÈS: Maybe our assumptions about addictions are wrong
If you’re in a room with a bunch of doctors and they ambush you with some surprising information, this is not normally a good thing. Unless, of...
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LOWE: No water on tap for BMO Centre spectator
Kings County takes wrong turn in wind farm fracas
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Business
The flashy Cotton Candy Dahlia is expected to be a hot seller.
Greenhouse grows relationship with Atlantic Superstore
Talk about a blooming relationship. About 27 years ago, Judy and Lee Thompson started a modest greenhouse operation just outside Brookfield with a...
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Wilson's customer Mary Goodwin was refunded the amount of tax she paid topping off her vehicle on Thursday in Halifax. Goodwin received about $8, courtesy of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. (CHRISTIAN LAFORCE / Staff)
Gas-tax refund tactic wins smiles at pumps
Halifax’s Mary Goodwin was apprehensive at first when approached by a man with a bag of money at some gas pumps on Farnham Gate Road on...
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Facebook stock: Buyer beware
Refinery closure likely to lead to higher gas prices
SMU prof to Flaherty: Actually, there are bad jobs
Report: Halifax shares its clout
Berwick poultry plant gets $1 million from province
Maine developer urges more tidal power co-operation in Bay of Fundy
Sports
Los Angeles Kings defenceman Drew Doughty (8) celebrates with teammates Trevor Lewis (22), Jarret Stoll (28) and Rob Scuderi after they won Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Western Conference finals on Thursday in Los Angeles. The Kings won 2-1. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Kings take commanding 3-0 series lead over Coyotes
LOS ANGELES — For a team that hadn’t trailed in a game since last month, the Los Angeles Kings were awfully good at playing from behind.
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Defenceman Morgan Ellis is one of the Shawinigan Cataractes' leaders as they head into a Memorial Cup game tonight against the Edmonton Oil Kings. (ERIC WYNNE / Staff / File)
PALOV: Cataractes, Sea Dogs will represent QMJHL well
This has not been an easy time in Shawinigan. Like in 2000, when the Halifax Mooseheads lost in the second round and then had to kill five weeks...
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Nova Scotian Langille excited about Memorial Cup
Pacers shut down Heat
Slovakia eliminates Canada at world hockey championship
Tortorella terse and testy after games
Oilers part ways with head coach Renney
Blue Jays blast Yankees
Arts & Life
Jenna Talackova, right, the first transgendered Miss Universe contestant is seen on stage with two competitors during the preliminary round of the Miss Universe Canada contest in Toronto on Thursday. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Reaction mixed to transgender contestant at Miss Universe Canada
TORONTO — A transgender contender at Miss Universe Canada is unfairly taking the spotlight away from other contestants, complained friends and...
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Average: 2.6 (5 votes)
Director Tim Burton, left, and actor Johnny Depp at the Tokyo premiere of Dark Shadows. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
OOSTVEEN: Time for film partners Depp, Burton to divorce
It’s time we stage an intervention, friends. This has gone on long enough and the heartache is simply too much to deal with. We need to do...
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Play reveals three faces of I, Animal
Disco legend Donna Summer dead at 63
The laughs will have it in Antigonish this summer
Big party on tap to hail Tall Ships
Trottier feels Maritime love
Reid takes all in Tartan Army performance

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Trail bike enthusiasts say construction of housing units is crowding out bike trails in the Purcells Cove area at the end of Drysdale Road. (ERIC WYNNE / Staff)
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Wearing your pants low enough to show your boxers or bare buttocks in a small town in Louisiana could get you six months in jail and a $500 fine. Trenton, N.J., is considering a law where a first bust for low-riding trousers could mean an assessment by a city worker on where your life is going. (MEL EVANS / AP)
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