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Market panic spreads as freefall grips Europe, Asia


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Without Alexa, Halifax race is wide open
The Halifax Farmers’ Market is bustling this sunny October morning. The historic brewery building i...


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Candidates woo young professionals
Sheila Fougere says if she were mayor, she would work to make Halifax more attractive to young profe...


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Pumpkin people pummelled
A MASSACRE OF this scale could only be committed by the Gourdfather. Well, maybe not. But police ...


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Two dead in Snowbird crash
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — A pilot and military photographer were killed when the Snowbird aircraft they wer...







Dion rules out coalition with NDP as race tightens

'I can’t govern with somebody who wants to raise taxes by $50b’



Stephane Dion said Thursday that he would not form a coalition with the NDP to stop Stephen Harper from becoming prime minister — even if the two parties have more seats than the Tories — because NDP Leader Jack Layton wants to raise corporate taxes.

A Liberal-NDP coalition government has come to seem more likely in the past few days, since the polls have flatlined with the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals, but not so far ahead that they are sure to win more seats than the Liberals and the NDP combined.

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Finland's Martti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize



OSLO, Norway — Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East.


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Jobless rate steady; 107,000 new jobs in September




OTTAWA — Statistics Canada has surprised economists and tossed a wild card into the federal election campaign, reporting that the Canadian economy generated a record 107,000 new jobs in September.

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Liquor board directors not employees, NSLC says over McCreath tax battle



The Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. says the Canada Revenue Agency is infringing on its board’s independence. The liquor corporation has taken issue with the agency considering its board of directors to be employees. Chairman Peter McCreath is testing the decision in federal tax court.

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Sydney woman being held in Dubai

Passport seized, drunk and disorderly charge laid after run-in with authorities


Authorities in Dubai have detained a Nova Scotia woman for the past 10 days after she had a run-in with airport security.


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Song with C.B. roots finalist in CBC anthem faceoff



TORONTO — Sticks To The Ice by Robert Fraser Burke and Canadian Gold by Colin Oberst are the two finalists from over 14,000 entries in the search for a new Hockey Night in Canada anthem.

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Developers of a $700-million liquefied natural gas terminal in Goldboro are switching direction. Instead of sending gas to markets in the U.S. northeast, MapleLNG Ltd. — the Canadian subsidiary of 4Gas, a Rotterdam company developing LNG termin...

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Nova Scotia’s $3-billion Sable Offshore Energy Project got a big boost Thursday. ExxonMobil, the majority owners of the Sable gas development, announced plans to drill an additional production well and is looking at exploring for more gas in the sur...

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It wasn’t the prettiest win but the Halifax Mooseheads did enough Thursday night at the Metro Centre to snap their five-game losing streak. Tomas Knotek scored a nice goal at 10:55 of the third period to snap a 2-2 tie and help the Mooseheads earn a...

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