• Cape Bretoner creates Facebook group about MLA expenses

  February 16, 2010 - 6 h 00

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• Malls gift certificates beat new law

  February 13, 2010 - 6 h 00

  SYDNEY - The Mayflower Mall has some advice for its Halifax counterparts when it comes to offering shoppers convenient gift ideas. Three major shopping centres in Nova Scotia - Mic Mac Mall, Halifax Shopping Centre and Greenwood Mall - announced...

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• One family empire rises, another declines

  February 13, 2010 - 6 h 00

  CALGARY - Control of Canada's second-biggest private broadcaster is moving from the hands of one Western Canadian dynasty to another. Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX:SJR.B), launched in the 1960s by JR Shaw, is now helmed by his feisty and colourful...

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• Cape Breton landscapes can now be seen around the world with a click of a mouse

  February 12, 2010 - 6 h 00

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• Shaw Communications to buy control of Canwest, pay off its creditors

  February 12, 2010 - 6 h 00

  TORONTO - Canwest Global Communications has struck a deal that will see Global TV, Canada's second-largest private television network, and a handful of lucrative specialty channels move under the control of Western Canadian cable giant Shaw...

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• N.S. auditor general to probe deeper, looks for illegalities in politicians expenses

  February 12, 2010 - 6 h 00

  HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's auditor general will conduct a forensic investigation into the spending habits of some provincial politicians based on new information that he says raises concerns about possible illegalities.

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• Video game among items purchased on public dime as N.S. spending scandal widens

  February 10, 2010 - 6 h 00

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• Province launches enhanced cellular 911 system

  February 8, 2010 - 6 h 00

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• Former premiers expense questioned in AG report

  February 5, 2010 - 6 h 00

  INVERNESS - Former MLA and Tory premier Rodney MacDonald says he has been notified that a projector screen he purchased for business presentations in his riding is on the list of questionable expenses in the auditor general's report.

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• MLAs fess up over expense report

  February 5, 2010 - 6 h 00

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