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Premier shuffles cabinet

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Story by DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter

New ministers are at the helms of government's three biggest departments after Premier Rodney MacDonald shuffled his cabinet today.

Karen Casey takes over at health, moving from education. Former health minister Chris d'Entremont goes to community services, and Judy Streatch is the new education minister, moving from community services.

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Witness says car pulled up, window went down and then �Boom�
By DAN ARSENAULT Crime Reporter
Wed. Jan 7 - 10:58 AM

A drive-by shooter put a bullet through the back of a 14-year-old boy as he stood on a west-end Halifax street Tuesday evening.

The shooting happened on Romans Avenue near Bayers Road just before 6:25 p.m.

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Report: Air Canada doing internal review on holiday storm troubles

By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Wed. Jan 7 - 10:59 AM

TORONTO � The Globe and Mail reports that Canada's largest air carrier is reviewing how it responded after winter storms led to widespread cancellations and delays during the holidays.

Air Canada had to foot the bill for more than five-thousand hotel rooms, issue thousands of meal vouchers and conquer a mountain of luggage at airports.

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Former Community Services worker pleads guilty to fraud

Wed. Jan 7 - 1:17 PM

A former employee of the Community Services Department has admitted to defrauding the provincial government of goods worth more than $5,000.

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Israel's top leaders meet to mull cease fire proposal

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed. Jan 7 - 10:40 AM

JERUSALEM � Israel's top leaders are meeting to discuss whether to accept a cease-fire plan or expand their military offensive in Gaza.

The meeting of Israel's security Cabinet comes a day after France and Egypt sketched a proposal to stop the fighting.

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So long, cheap prices

Wholesale prices double, fishermen feel cheated
By BRIAN MEDEL Yarmouth Bureau
Wed. Jan 7 - 5:21 AM

DIGBY � The price lobster fish�ermen are getting for their catch almost doubled overnight Monday, a move that has a lot of angry captains and crew mem�bers scratching their heads.

With big January boat payments coming due, many fishermen feel they�ve been duped, with the price hike to $6.25 per pound coming at a time when some of them have tied up their boats to await warmer weather in the spring.

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Study: Past overfishing has left N.S. fishery vulnerable to current economic woes

By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Wed. Jan 7 - 10:40 AM

A new study says Nova Scotia's fishery is still reeling from past overfishing and has been left ``vulnerable'' to the global economic crisis as a result.

The report, by Nova Scotia-based research group GPI Atlantic, says the province's fishing industry is less diverse than before and is relying more ``on species lower in the food chain, notably lobster and other shellfish.''

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Taking it out on their patients?

Nursing home staff involved in 30 of 41 abuse cases; NDP blames heavy workload
By MICHAEL TUTTON The Canadian Press
Wed. Jan 7 - 4:46 AM

Residents of nursing facilities in Nova Scotia suffered 30 incidents of physical, financial or emotional abuse by staff members over a one-year period, which an Opposition politician calls a “disturbing” signal that some caregivers are overworked and undertrained.

The list obtained by The Canadian Press under access to information laws is from 73 investigations the Health Department did between Oct. 1, 2007, and Sept. 30, 2008. The investigations were done after complaints were filed under the Protection of Persons in Care Act, legislation that has been in force in the province for just over a year.

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