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Father killed in crash outside Truro

Highway 102 between exits 12 and 13 now open to traffic



A Cumberland County family is in mourning after a father was killed in an early-morning crash outside Truro.

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Band lawyer: HPD downplayed facts in shooting report

Halifax cops deny blame in disciplinary delay of Mountie


WAGMATCOOK — The lawyer for the Wagmatcook First Nation says a Halifax police report that cleared an RCMP officer of any criminal wrongdoing in a fatal shooting failed to make logical conclusions based on the facts it uncovered.

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Criminal court, health collide

Few options as judge jails mentally ill man for assault


The criminal justice system doesn’t always work for the mentally ill, a provincial court judge said Wednesday in sentencing a man for pushing his estranged wife into a bathtub, putting his hands around her throat and threatening to smother her.

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Reports of her death were greatly exaggerated — twice

Ottawa declares woman deceased twice, halts her old age pension


Theresa Fraser has a good sense of humour, but the 76-year-old wasn’t laughing when the federal government told her for a second time that she was dead.


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Bauer Hockey recalls 100,000 hockey sticks over lead concern



TORONTO — Bauer Hockey is launching a massive recall of about 100,000 kids' hockey sticks after Health Canada testing raised concerns about lead.


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44 North: Come for the view, not food

I STILL THINK of it as the Sheraton, which it was before it was the Marriott and before it was the casino, the place where elaborate all-you-can-eat Sunday buffets first came to Halifax.

Today, the big dining room with the spectacular view of the harbour is called 44 North, so named for its location on the compass.



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