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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 5:29pm | By BRIAN MEDEL Yarmouth Bureau

FREEPORT — A diver has been reported missing in waters near the tip of Digby Neck.
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Judge dismisses gun charges against ex-basketball star

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 5:07pm | By STEVE BRUCE Court Reporter

A former basketball star at Cape Breton University has been cleared on 14 gun-related charges laid against him after a shooting in Dartmouth last spring.
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Talks break down between Dal and its security, maintenance staffers

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 12:18pm | By PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG Staff Reporter

The province’s largest university has another labour problem on its hands.
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Steele: No tax increases planned in spring budget

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 11:05am | By THE CANADIAN PRESS

BRIDGEWATER — Nova Scotia's finance minister says there will be no tax increases in his spring budget.
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Teen charged in Sydney Mines high school robbery

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 10:35am | By MARY ELLEN MacINTYRE Cape Breton Bureau

SYDNEY MINES – A 15-year-old boy was arrested at Memorial High School on Monday after allegedly using a knife to rob two students inside the school.
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RCMP identify woman killed in highway crash

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 9:55am | By AARON BESWICK Truro Bureau

RCMP have identified Stacey Joanne Allen as the victim of a fatal single-vehicle crash Tuesday night in Tidnish Bridge, near Amherst.
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Probe to examine First Nation’s health

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 4:31am | By IAN FAIRCLOUGH Staff Reporter

A Dalhousie University re-searcher is going to study the health of the people and environment at the Pictou Landing First Nation in an attempt to find out if the pollution in Boat Harbour is making them sick. Heather Castleden will spend three...
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Two towns shrinking councils

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 4:31am | By EVA HOARE Staff Reporter

Two Nova Scotia towns wanted their local governments to get smaller in order to save money, and the province has made it official. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board granted Bridgetown’s and Annapolis Royal’s applications to...
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N.S. to limit OxyNeo coverage

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 4:31am | By JOHN McPHEE Health Reporter

The province is restricting access to OxyNeo, the newest member of the controversial oxycodone family of painkillers. As of March 1, the Health and Wellness Department won’t cover the drug under Pharmacare, with exceptions for cancer and...
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Communities have made their case to save schools

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 4:31am | By AARON BESWICK Truro Bureau

In less than a month, the Strait regional school board will decide whether to shut the doors of three community schools. Board members will meet tonight for a final time to gather answers to their remaining questions before travelling to the...
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Halifax man faces trial in child porn case

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 4:31am

A Halifax man has been committed to stand trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court on three child pornography charges. Devin John Greene, 25, had a preliminary inquiry Tuesday in Halifax provincial court on charges of accessing, possessing and...
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Bible Hill man's trial on sex charges set for April

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 5:20pm | By STEVE BRUCE Court Reporter

A Bible Hill man accused of masturbating in his vehicle while attempting to talk to two children on a Dartmouth street will go to trial in April.
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RCMP identify man found dead in Lower South River

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 11:47am | By The Chronicle Herald

Antigonish RCMP have identified the man found dead in a wooded area off Highway 104 in Lower South River in December.
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Man who died on snowmobile did not crash, police say

Monday, February 20, 2012 - 4:12pm | By THE CANADIAN PRESS

TRURO — The Mounties say a man who died while snowmobiling in Nova Scotia did not crash as first thought.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 4:31am

Police identify senior killed in highway crash The RCMP have released the name of an elderly man killed in a car crash on Highway 102 near Exit 9 at Milford on Saturday afternoon. Police say the driver of the car was Bill Harper, 82, of Enfield.
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