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N.B. Covered Bridge Potato Chips factory destroyed by fire, premier offers sympathies

N.B. Covered Bridge Potato Chips factory destroyed by fire, premier offers sympathies

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's premier is offering his sympathies to workers and their families after a fire destroyed the Covered Bridge Potato Chips factory in Hartland, N.B.
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Newfoundland and Labrador asked to figure out cost of shutting down oil projects

Newfoundland and Labrador asked to figure out cost of shutting down oil projects

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.
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Former New Brunswick minister Allain says he won't run in fall election

Former New Brunswick minister Allain says he won't run in fall election

FREDERICTON — A former minister in New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government announced Friday he won't be running in the coming provincial election.
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Electricity cut to shrinking Halifax homeless encampment as temperatures plunge

Electricity cut to shrinking Halifax homeless encampment as temperatures plunge

Halifax officials delivered on a promise Friday to cut electricity to the dozen or so people living in a homeless encampment set up last fall outside city hall. As of 9 a.m.
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Final prosecution from 26 charges in 2021 Halifax housing protest ends in acquittal

Final prosecution from 26 charges in 2021 Halifax housing protest ends in acquittal

HALIFAX — The last of 26 charges laid after a 2021 Halifax housing protest has ended with an acquittal, capping a two-and-a-half-year legal saga during which just a handful of prosecutions proceeded.
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Nova Scotia legislature pays tribute to the late Brian Mulroney

Nova Scotia legislature pays tribute to the late Brian Mulroney

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia legislature has paid tribute to the late Brian Mulroney, lauding the former prime minister’s ties to the province.
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P.E.I. budget projects $85-million deficit, increase in health-care spending

P.E.I. budget projects $85-million deficit, increase in health-care spending

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservative government tabled a $3.2-billion budget Thursday with a projected deficit of $85 million.
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Fair treatment of African Nova Scotians at the centre of new prosecution policy

Fair treatment of African Nova Scotians at the centre of new prosecution policy

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Crown prosecutors were handed new tools Thursday to root out systemic anti-Black racism long embedded within the province's justice system.
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Newfoundland constable can't appeal rape conviction, ending case that shook province

Newfoundland constable can't appeal rape conviction, ending case that shook province

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.
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Income tax indexing highlights Nova Scotia budget as inflation complaints rise

Income tax indexing highlights Nova Scotia budget as inflation complaints rise

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has tabled a $16.5-billion budget that indexes provincial income tax rates to inflation — a move the government said Thursday will provide relief from the province's rising cost of living.
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