• Gadhafi’s security chief, other loyalists, flee to Niger in what rebels call turning point

  September 6, 2011 - 12 h 41

  TARHOUNA, Libya — Armed loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi, including his security chief, fled into neighbouring Niger in multiple convoys across hundreds of miles of desert on Tuesday. Libya’s former rebels — now the country’s de facto rulers...

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• Chickenpox vaccine: doctors’ group says Canadian kids should get 2 shots

  September 6, 2011 - 12 h 39

  TORONTO — Two shots are better than one to ward off chickenpox, the Canadian Paediatric Society said Tuesday as it recommended a new regimen for protecting the population from the highly contagious disease.

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• Defence Minister MacKay says he’s monitoring developments in mill closure

  September 6, 2011 - 11 h 22

  HALIFAX — Defence Minister Peter MacKay says he will do all he can to address the impending closure of the NewPage pulp and paper mill outside Port Hawkesbury, N.S.

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• Liberals reassign critic roles

  September 6, 2011 - 11 h 05

  SYDNEY — Liberal leader Stephen McNeil has announced a number of newly assigned critic roles for Liberal MLAs, which include changes for some Cape Breton members.

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• RCMP investigating tire slashing

  September 6, 2011 - 8 h 48

  PORT HAWKESBURY — Port Hawkesbury RCMP are conducting an investigation of an incident of mischief at Church Street in Port Hawkesbury.

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• RCMP reminding motorists to watch for students

  September 6, 2011 - 8 h 26

  SYDNEY — The RCMP is reminding the motoring public that students are back to school today and they should be cautious when driving in school zones.

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• Inverness RCMP investigating theft

  September 6, 2011 - 8 h 20

  PORT HOOD — Inverness RCMP are investigating a break and enter which occurred at the D&M Mobile food bus on Main Street IN Port Hood in the early morning Saturday.

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• Youth facing charges in break-in

  September 6, 2011 - 8 h 16

  PORT HAWKESBURY — Port Hawkesbury RCMP detachment investigators have laid charges in relation to recovered property that was stolen from a break and enter to a business in the town.

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• RCMP plan dinner to heal community relations

  September 5, 2011 - 22 h 04

  SYDNEY — Three years after the fatal shooting of a Wagmatcook man, the RCMP plan to host a community dinner in a bid to repair community relations.

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• ‘Live Here, Buy This’ visits Cape Breton

  September 5, 2011 - 22 h 03

  SYDNEY — A crew from “Live Here, Buy This,” a new show produced by JV Productions for HGTV, was on the island recently filming several homes.

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