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• Debert man fined for drinking and driving...
  NEW GLASGOW - Pangs of conscience got one brother out of trouble he didn't even know he was in at provincial court in New Glasgow this week. On ...
• Jail sentences imposed on two PEI men in child...
  CHARLOTTETOWN - Jail sentences were imposed Wednesday in a Prince Edward Island provincial court in the case of two Charlottetown men charged ...
• NDP leader Dexter promises more community college seats
  In a brief campaign stop in New Glasgow this morning, NDP leader Darrell Dexter announced that if elected, his party will create 250 new seats in ...
• Cape Breton high school drops Biggest Loser name for...
  BADDECK, N.S. - A healthy living initiative at a Cape Breton high school called "The Biggest Loser" is being renamed after two parents objected ...
• Glace Bay post office closes after asbestos is...
  GLACE BAY, N.S. - The post office in Glace Bay was closed Monday after air-quality tests detected airborne asbestos. "It is a pretty serious ...
• N.S. approves dredging of Sydney harbour,...
  SYDNEY, N.S. - Nova Scotia has given its approval to the proposed dredging of Sydney harbour and construction of a container terminal in the ...
• Two suspects on loose after attempted robbery of cab...
  SYDNEY, N.S. - Two male suspects are on the loose in Cape Breton following an attempted robbery of a cab driver in South Bar early Saturday ...
• Tribunal into firing of N.S. police chief to begin...
  STELLARTON - The former chief of police in Stellarton will have to wait until the fall to have a hearing before a Nova Scotia Police Board ...
• Cape Breton Mikmaq leader named to N.S. natural...
  SYDNEY, N.S. - A Cape Breton Mi'kmaq man has been appointed to a new panel that will develop strategies to govern the province's natural ...
• Cape Breton police investigate possible drive-by...
  MILL CREEK, N.S. - Police are investigating a possible drive-by shooting in Cape Breton after a homeowner discovered a broken window. The man was ...
• Man charged for driving over firehose
  GLACE BAY - A Glace Bay man has been charged with driving over a hose at the scene of a fire. Bernie Bennett, deputy fire chief for the Glace Bay ...
• Caps' MacIsaac out
  The Capitals will be without forward Mike MacIsaac, who has 19 points in eight playoff games, for Game 1. MacIsaac, who's been playing on a line ...
• Head-to-head
  A recap of Caps-Truro regular-season meetings: Oct. 25 -- Capitals 4 at Bearcats 3 (SO) Nov. 23 -- Bearcats 2 at Capitals 3 (SO) Jan. 11 -- ...
• Pinkney still perfect
  SUMMERSIDE - It took Colleen Pinkney four ends to hit the scoresheet but once she did, she took control. The Nova Scotia women defeated the Lois ...
• Pinkney maintains top spot at national senior...
  SUMMERSIDE - Truro's Colleen Pinkney will enter Day 5 of the 2009 Canadian senior curling championship in first place. But despite a 6-0 record, ...
• N.S. man, 84, found guilty of sexually assaulting...
  SYDNEY, N.S. - An elderly Cape Breton man has been found guilty of sexual assault. Robert Joseph Murphy, 84, of Glace Bay, appeared in a Sydney ...
• RCMP release name of man killed in snowmobile accident
  On Saturday evening, Feb. 14, at approximately 9 p.m., Antigonish RCMP were dispatched to a snowmobile accident on the Irish Road in Antigonish ...
• Glace Bay man badly burned in fire in weekend garage...
  GLACE BAY, N.S. - A 70-year-old Glace Bay man is in serious condition in a Halifax hospital after suffering burns in a garage fire. Deputy Chief ...
• Provinces vehicle inspection manual can leave...
  NEW GLASGOW - If "grey areas" exist in the practice of inspecting vehicles - as pointed out by a local mechanic in a newspaper article Monday - ...
• N.S. Appeal Court latest ground for dispute over...
  SYDNEY, N.S. - The next step in a lengthy legal battle between the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and the province has its say in Nova Scotia ...
• School board plans workshop on hiring
  Cape Breton Post The Strait Regional School Board is planning a day-long workshop for its board members to help settle who should be involved in ...
• P.E.I. liquor officials complete probe related to...
  CHARLOTTETOWN - The P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission has concluded its investigation into allegations of liquor code violations at a New Year's ...
• Former workers at Cape Bretons Atlantic Castings...
  NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. - Members of the labour community in North Sydney kept a close watch on the Atlantic Castings Ltd. plant over the weekend, ...
• Nova Scotia woman, 64, dead after two-vehicle...
  RIVER RYAN, N.S. - A 64-year-old Nova Scotia woman is dead following a two-vehicle accident in Cape Breton. The crash occurred about 5 p.m. ...
• Provincial budget needs to be on time
  Expect the looming world financial crisis - and how it might trickle down and make an impact on Nova Scotia - to be a big factor in the ...
• Skull mystery slowly unfolding
  PARRSBORO - When a human skull was discovered beneath a Parrsboro church in November, Nova Scotia's medical examiner called upon the same expert ...
• More drugs seized at prison
  SPRINGHILL - Correctional officers have intercepted another drug shipment into the medium security prison in Springhill. Drugs, including 44.2 ...
• Lobster fisherman concerned by proposal to dredge...
  NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. - A lobster fisherman from Cape Breton says he's worried about a $35-million plan to dredge Sydney harbour, despite assurances ...
• Cape Breton sealer says new regulations wont halt...
  SYDNEY - A Cape Breton sealer says an attempt by the federal government to put a more humane face on the seal hunt by quietly instituting new ...
• Fire damages thermal heating unit on new Marine...
  NORTH SYDNEY - A fire broke out in one of the boiler rooms aboard Marine Atlantic's newest ferry late Saturday night. The North Sydney, N.S., ...