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Nova Scotia News
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Friday, 02 December 2005 |
Nova Scotia Liberal Gambling Critic, Leo Glavine says that changing the hours of operation for video lottery terminals in Nova Scotia does not even come close to addressing the issue of problem gambling.
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Canada News
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Written by CPC
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Friday, 02 December 2005 |
Stephen Harper and health critic Steven Fletcher announced today in Winnipeg that a Conservative government will work with provinces to develop a Health Care Guarantee that ensures patients receive essential medical treatment within clinically acceptable waiting times.
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Columnist - Frank Streicher
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Written by Frank
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Friday, 02 December 2005 |
 Dear Oxfordians, I would like express my deep appreciation for your recent actions. It was, after all, high time that someone pointed out to the rest of the world that the ‘Holiday season’ is really all about Jesus and, therefore, should be named after him. In the motion that you passed earlier this week, you stated that "the holiday originated from the birth of Jesus Christ", and that in Oxford, henceforth , the entire month of December will be known as the Christmas season. I could not agree with you more. |
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Canada News
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Written by NDP News Release
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Thursday, 01 December 2005 |
NDP Leader Jack Layton today delivered a strong warning about what people get when they vote Liberal.
Speaking with Ed Broadbent and NDP candidate Sid Ryan in Oshawa, Layton noted that in the last election, a fair number of people who voted Liberal must be disappointed.
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Canada News
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Written by Wire Services
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Thursday, 01 December 2005 |
The Conservative Party plan to reduce the GST from 7% to 5% comes as welcome news to Canada's restaurant operators, who have long protested the unlevel playing field created by this unfair tax. The GST was added to restaurant meals in 1991, but most grocery store purchases remained tax-exempt.
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Science & Technology
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Written by Wire Services
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Thursday, 01 December 2005 |
Mail-Filters.com, Inc., the global leader in OEM anti-spam solutions providing technology for its OEM partners filtering billions of messages a day in more than 100 countries and over 30 languages, announced today that during the holiday season it will be offering charitable organizations of all sizes free anti-spam filtering
technology through the end of 2006.
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Canada News
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Written by Staff
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Thursday, 01 December 2005 |
After an initial investigation, the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) does not plan to lay charges in relation to the LAV III rollover accident in Afghanistan Nov. 24 which claimed the life of Pte. Braun Scott Woodfield, 24, from Eastern Passage, N.S. and injured four other soldiers.
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Nova Scotia News
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Written by NS Government
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Thursday, 01 December 2005 |
The cost of cleaning up domestic fuel oil spills is expected to fall with changes to soil and water remediation criteria announced today, Dec. 1, by the Department of Environment and Labour.
The changes will, for example, raise the total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) allowed in residential soil to 140 parts per million from 60.
This will reduce the amount of soil that has to be removed after fuel oil contamination.
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Nova Scotia News
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Written by NS Government
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Thursday, 01 December 2005 |
Some of Nova Scotia's youngest learners will be better prepared for school thanks to a new pre-primary pilot program launched today, Dec. 1.
The pilot program will run for two years, providing 720 four-year-olds with an early childhood learning experience that is intended to help them adapt to Grade Primary more easily.
"This is an educational first for Atlantic Canada," said Education Minister Jamie Muir, who officially launched the program at Elmsdale District School. "This program will help more young children get started on the right path."
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Canada News
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Written by Wire Services
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Wednesday, 30 November 2005 |
Quebec Superior Court Justice James Brunton's decision to lift all previous court-ordered restrictions on Karla Homolka means that the convicted child killer can go wherever she wants, do what she pleases and talk to anyone she wishes including the families of the two schoolgirls she murdered.
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Canada News
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Written by NDP News Release
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Wednesday, 30 November 2005 |
NDP Leader Jack Layton said that this wide-open election campaign allows Canadians to choose between the Liberal record of broken promises and the NDP’s plans to make parliament put people first.
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