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Panel to be created in effort to resolve lobster dispute

May 16, 2013 - 10 h 10

Nova Scotia Fisheries Minister Sterling Belliveau said the panel will review a number of issues including allegations of price-fixing and efforts to set prices before fishermen set their traps.

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NS: Chronicle Herald staff stage 'walkout' over disciplinary action

May 16, 2013 - 9 h 59

A source told Metro that management gave out disciplinary notices to some union members regarding a misspelled headline which appeared in Monday’s paper.

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NS: Destination Eastern and Northumberland Shores pushes for accommodations levy

May 16, 2013 - 9 h 50

Cindy MacKinnon, managing director of DEANS, says that additional revenue from the levy would go towards the groups' marketing of the region as a tourism destination.

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NS: Next generation of leaders selected for 4Front Atlantic Conference

May 16, 2013 - 9 h 37

The 2013 conference will bring together over 200 Atlantic Canadian business and academic thought leaders for a critical undertaking to help Atlantic Canada businesses succeed in a changing global economy.

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NS: Halifax groups to share plans for 'road to nowhere' interchange

May 16, 2013 - 9 h 17

A veteran urban designer says both realistic and avant-garde ideas will be brought to the table tonight as the city prepares for the demolition of the Cogswell Interchange.

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NB: On a crusade for the West East pipeline

May 15, 2013 - 10 h 56

Mel Norton, mayor of Saint John, says he and other delegates have been in Alberta for the last couple of days talking about the benefits of a pipeline that would carry western crude oil to eastern refineries.

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NL: First steel cut in Marystown for Hebron drilling support module

May 15, 2013 - 10 h 46

Geoff Parker, Hebron's senior project manager for ExxonMobil, was among a large group of government officials, project partners and workers in attendance for the milestone event at Peter Kiewit's Cow Head fabrication facility.

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PE: Harper makes $7.7 million funding announcement in P.E.I.

May 15, 2013 - 10 h 40

Three companies received funding under the Atlantic Innovation Fund which strives to promote jobs, growth and long-term prosperity.

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NS: Velsoft opens new office in South Africa, wins export recognition

May 15, 2013 - 10 h 26

Velsoft, an online training content and technology company in New Glasgow, has expanded its global footprint with the announcement of a new office in Johannesburg.

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NS: Eastern lobster fishermen stand their ground

May 15, 2013 - 10 h 20

Fishermen in Cape Breton’s largest lobster fishing area, 27, are holding their own in hopes of earning a better price for their catch, despite a decision by others to return to the seas.

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