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Freak snowstorm hits Gander, N.F on Victoria Day weekend
Victoria :: Canada | 1 day ago
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While Ontarians were lounging on beaches and barbecuing on the Victoria Day weekend, Newfoundlanders were digging out after a freak snowstorm buried parts of the province under about two feet of snow. According to accuweather.com , Gander tallied a
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Nova Scotia shipwrecks swallowed by sea, ignored by government
Halifax :: United Kingdom | 18 days ago
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Its captain was unfamiliar with Nova Scotia's jagged shoreline and slammed the vessel onto the rocks at full speed. survivors. (Library of Congress) The rugged coastline of Nova Scotia is home to more than 10,000 shipwrecks a coveted treasure of
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Who wet the bed? Nova Scotia family takes teen to court to decide
Toronto :: Canada | 19 days ago
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Nova Scotia family takes teen to court to decide Ann Hui The Globe and Mail Last updated Friday, May. AM EDT A judge's gavel. (Nikolay Mamluke/Getty Images/iStockphoto) A squabble between two 19-year-old friends that pitted the men's families against
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A tale of two monarchs
Amsterdam :: NY :: USA | 23 days ago
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Netherlands, Curacao (pictured), Aruba and Saint Maarten UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua
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Funny money? Focus groups felt new $5 bill too ‘cartoonish'
Toronto :: Canada | 24 days ago
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The Bank of Canada is set to unveil its latest plastic bank notes this week but documents show some people found one of the new bills too cartoonish and the other too old-fashioned. Focus groups consulted about the proposed images for the new bank
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Top soldier defends committee's danger pay decision
Toronto :: Canada | 26 days ago
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The committee that decided to cut danger pay for Canadian troops serving on four international missions "followed current regulations," Canada's chief of defence staff says. more » A case study on what it means to be Aboriginal Apr. 26, 2013 1:11 PM
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Rita MacNeil sang for Nova Scotia, and for women everywhere
Toronto :: Canada | 1 month ago
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The Canadian Press Video Many years ago, CBC pegged Rita MacNeil's musical variety show Rita and Friends for cancellation in spite of good reviews and ratings. In Photos Video Yet all of that stuff fell away when you saw Rita MacNeil the person and
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Mary! Your message in a bottle finally arrived ... 28 years later
Zagreb :: Croatia | 1 month ago
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A Canadian man's message in a bottle honouring his promise to write to a woman named Mary has finally washed ashore 28 years later in Croatia. Surfers cleaning the debris from a beach at the mouth of the Neretva river in the southern Adriatic came
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Nova Scotia Teen Commits Suicide After Rape, Bullying
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Her mother stated that a rape in 2011 and subsequent bullying lead to her daughter's suicide. In 2011, Rehtaeh Parsons attended a party where she consumed enough vodka to not remember most of the evening...Four boys then raped her; one of the boys
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Amid skeptics, Nova Scotia vows to end deficit
Commerce :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Video video video A recent editorial cartoon in the Halifax Chronicle Herald showed the Premier sitting on top of an obese bunny, with a big deficit sign on its belly, yanking desperately on its ears to pull it through a tiny hat. This really looks
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