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Postmedia plans to buy Atlantic Canada's insolvent SaltWire newspaper chain

Postmedia plans to buy Atlantic Canada's insolvent SaltWire newspaper chain

HALIFAX — Postmedia Network Inc. has announced plans to buy "certain businesses" belonging to SaltWire Network Inc. and The Halifax Herald Ltd., the two insolvent media companies behind Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain.
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Nova Scotia generated $144M surplus last fiscal year; budget predicted $279M deficit

Nova Scotia generated $144M surplus last fiscal year; budget predicted $279M deficit

HALIFAX — As the Nova Scotia government announced it ended the last fiscal year with a surplus of nearly $144 million, opposition parties called for changes to spending practices that allow the governing party to approve extra spending without oversi
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As caterpillars eat N.B. maple leaves, syrup producers consider insecticide solution

As caterpillars eat N.B. maple leaves, syrup producers consider insecticide solution

GRAND FALLS, N.B. — New Brunswick's maple syrup industry is considering using an insecticide to kill off forest tent caterpillars that have chewed through a portion of the province's northwestern woodlands this summer.
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Nova Scotia verifying accuracy of lengthy family medicine wait-list

Nova Scotia verifying accuracy of lengthy family medicine wait-list

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's health minister says the province is trying to "validate" whether everyone on the wait-list for family medicine is still looking for a physician or nurse practitioner.
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N.S. premier says he was told he'd be 'lightning rod' if he walked in Pride parade

N.S. premier says he was told he'd be 'lightning rod' if he walked in Pride parade

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston on Thursday defended his absence from this year's Halifax Pride parade, saying he didn't attend because police feared he'd be a lightning rod for protesters.
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Insurance claim tally for last year's floods, wildfires in Nova Scotia: $490 million

Insurance claim tally for last year's floods, wildfires in Nova Scotia: $490 million

HALIFAX — The devastating wildfires and deadly flooding that plagued Nova Scotia last year have resulted in $490 million in insured losses, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said in a report released Thursday.
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Unclaimed bodies are piling up in Newfoundland. A funeral director blames government.

Unclaimed bodies are piling up in Newfoundland. A funeral director blames government.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Unclaimed bodies are piling up in Newfoundland, and a funeral director says they likely belong to people whose loved ones couldn't get enough government help to pay for a funeral.
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Adventure-seeking B.C. couple were victims found on Nova Scotia island: relative

Adventure-seeking B.C. couple were victims found on Nova Scotia island: relative

HALIFAX — The British Columbia couple whose remains recently washed ashore on Nova Scotia's remote Sable Island have been identified as 70-year-old James Brett Clibbery and his 54-year-old wife, Sarah Packwood.
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Canada's premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters

Canada's premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters

HALIFAX — As Canada’s premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-related natural disasters that have only escalated
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Publication ban imposed on details about Halifax student who stabbed school staff

Publication ban imposed on details about Halifax student who stabbed school staff

HALIFAX — The mental health of a 16-year-old who stabbed two people at a Halifax high school was the subject of a sentencing hearing Wednesday, but details about his medical history were immediately banned from publication.
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