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Atcon grew too big, too fast: N.B.

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:31:08 +0000

The New Brunswick government has acknowledged that the Atcon Group, in receivership and fighting for its survival, got too big, too fast.
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N.B. woman wins N.L. pathology negligence suit

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:31:07 +0000

A New Brunswick woman has won a negligence lawsuit against a Newfoundland hospital and two pathologists after being told a mole she had removed was benign, only to find out six years later she had life-threatening skin cancer.
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Prayers offered for missing N.B. woman

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:31:06 +0000

People across the country prayed on Sunday for a New Brunswick woman, who has been missing for more than a week.
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Yellow Pages bilingual blunder sparks apology

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:31:05 +0000

The Yellow Pages Group is apologizing to francophones in northern New Brunswick for the region’s new phone books, which are not completely bilingual.
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Riverview to celebrate Travis Jayner

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:31:04 +0000

Riverview, N.B., is looking for a way to celebrate Travis Jayner, who grew up in the town and recently won a bronze medal in the Olympics for the men’s 5,000 metre speed skating relay.
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Plaskett’s Three nabs 6 awards at ECMA gala

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:31:03 +0000

Joel Plaskett’s latest album is called Three, but the Nova Scotian singer-songwriter more than doubled that at the East Coast Music Awards, presented in Sydney, N.S. Sunday night and capping four days of events celebrating Atlantic Canadian music.
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Carry whistle to scare coyotes: N.B. town

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:31:02 +0000

Residents of St. Andrews, N.B., are being advised to carry whistles in case they encounter an aggressive coyote as they walk around the coastal community.
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N.B. hog farmers fear N.S. processing halt

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:31:01 +0000

The closure of hog-processing operations at a Nova Scotia plant is creating a serious problem for New Brunswick farmers who no longer have a place to ship their pigs.
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Show N.B. the Lepreau money

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:31:00 +0000

Times & Transcript: Opinion Show N.B. the Lepreau money

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government must accept their responsibility and make good on the approximately 0 million that project delays in refurbishing the Point Lepreau nuclear generating plant will cost New Brunswick. Read More…

Expect worst, hope for best

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:30:59 +0000

Times & Transcript: Opinion Expect worst, hope for best

The Conservative government's fifth budget delivered all that Canadians had expected, which was, after all, not much. Read More…