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With help from Pitbull, Newfoundland cabbie shows spoons aren’t just for folk music

With help from Pitbull, Newfoundland cabbie shows spoons aren’t just for folk music

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Harold Butler scrolled through a long playlist glowing on his iPhone screen in his spacious taxi, which was parked on a downtown street in St. John's, N.L., on a recent rainy night. Flo Rida? Not now.
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Two people discovered dead after tent fire in Saint John

Two people discovered dead after tent fire in Saint John

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A tent fire has claimed the lives of two people in New Brunswick.
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Notorious Nova Scotia crime figure B.J. Marriott designated a dangerous offender

Notorious Nova Scotia crime figure B.J. Marriott designated a dangerous offender

HALIFAX — Notorious Nova Scotia crime figure B.J. Marriott has been designated a dangerous offender and will be locked up indefinitely — a decision his lawyer intends to challenge.
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Sales and investment process started for SaltWire Network and The Halifax Herald

Sales and investment process started for SaltWire Network and The Halifax Herald

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge approved a process Monday aimed at finding buyers or investors willing to bid on SaltWire Network Inc. and The Halifax Herald Ltd., the two companies that operate Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper enterprise.
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Sexual assault survivor says N.S. bill gives too much access to patient health data

Sexual assault survivor says N.S. bill gives too much access to patient health data

HALIFAX — Lives could be put at risk if the Nova Scotia government doesn't maintain limits on who can access sensitive medical information about patients, a sexual assault survivor told a legislature committee on Monday. Carrie Smith, of Digby, N.S.
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Ex-Tory seeking N.B. Liberal nod after 'very' conservative takeover of Higgs's party

Ex-Tory seeking N.B. Liberal nod after 'very' conservative takeover of Higgs's party

FREDERICTON — A former two-term Progressive Conservative member of Parliament is seeking the New Brunswick Liberal party nomination to take on a Christian television host who he says is pushing the province's Tories to the fringes of right-wing polit
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Mother says package presenting cannabis like 'treat' put children in N.S. hospital

Mother says package presenting cannabis like 'treat' put children in N.S. hospital

HALIFAX — The mother of a nine-year-old boy says packaging that depicts highly potent cannabis as a "treat" led her son and several classmates at a Halifax school to consume them and become violently ill earlier this week.
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N.L. fish harvesters reach deal, ending demonstration that shut down government

N.L. fish harvesters reach deal, ending demonstration that shut down government

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A fisherman who led protests this week that shut down the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature says he has reached a deal with the government to make it easier for harvesters to earn a living.
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Atlantic Canada's insolvent SaltWire Network granted extension to creditor protection

Atlantic Canada's insolvent SaltWire Network granted extension to creditor protection

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge approved Friday an extension to a court order protecting Atlantic Canada's largest media company from a long list of creditors owed more than $90 million.
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Nova Scotia strikes deal with private company for renovated health centre

Nova Scotia strikes deal with private company for renovated health centre

HALIFAX — A provincial health-care renovation project that has drawn pointed criticism from Nova Scotia’s auditor general is being turned over to a private company.
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