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Weekend cold snap leaves Maritimers with burst water pipes and power outages

Weekend cold snap leaves Maritimers with burst water pipes and power outages

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's power utility is under pressure to explain why tens of thousands of customers were without power over the weekend as an arctic air system blanketed the province and brought temperatures that felt as low as -45 C.
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Tentative deal reached between Cape Breton University and faculty union

Tentative deal reached between Cape Breton University and faculty union

SYDNEY, N.S. — Cape Breton University says it has reached a tentative agreement with its faculty union after a weeklong strike. Details of the proposed deal weren't immediately available, but the main bargaining issue had been wage increases.
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Eastern Canada cold snap ends, but thousands in N.S. and N.B. still without power

Eastern Canada cold snap ends, but thousands in N.S. and N.B. still without power

HALIFAX — Cold weather alerts that blanketed eastern Canada for the past two days have largely lifted, but some Nova Scotians and New Brunswickers remain without power due to outages caused by the frigid temperatures and high winds.
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Nova Scotia Premier revives campaign promise to fix health care at party AGM

Nova Scotia Premier revives campaign promise to fix health care at party AGM

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is reassuring his party faithful that he still intends to fix the province's health-care system at whatever cost it takes.
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Extremely cold temperatures prolong cold weather alerts for much of Eastern Canada

Extremely cold temperatures prolong cold weather alerts for much of Eastern Canada

HALIFAX — A cold snap that triggered Environment Canada alerts involving eight provinces and territories extended into a second day on Saturday, shattering several past temperature records and leaving thousands of customers in Atlantic Canada without
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Plunging wind chill values prompt extreme cold warnings across Eastern Canada

Plunging wind chill values prompt extreme cold warnings across Eastern Canada

HALIFAX — As an immense arctic air mass expanded over the eastern half of the country on Friday, Environment Canada issued an unusually long list of extreme cold warnings that covered six provinces — from Ontario to Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Former Liberal N.S. member of legislature to enter guilty plea for impaired driving

Former Liberal N.S. member of legislature to enter guilty plea for impaired driving

HALIFAX — The lawyer for a former Liberal member of the Nova Scotia legislature says his client intends to plead guilty to a charge of impaired driving.
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Utility board defies Nova Scotia government, allows 14 per cent power rate hike

Utility board defies Nova Scotia government, allows 14 per cent power rate hike

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's utility regulator has defied the provincial government and approved an average 14 per cent increase in electricity rates over two years. Premier Tim Houston said last November that his government opposed the increase of 6.
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Atlantic Canadians warned to prepare for extreme cold this weekend

Atlantic Canadians warned to prepare for extreme cold this weekend

HALIFAX — The three Maritime provinces are bracing for dangerously cold temperatures on Friday and into the weekend as an arctic air mass makes its way to the region.
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Groundhog Day: Fred is dead in Quebec, Willie and Sam at odds over spring's arrival

Groundhog Day: Fred is dead in Quebec, Willie and Sam at odds over spring's arrival

SHUBENACADIE, N.S. — In what will likely be heralded as a bleak Groundhog Day prognostication, one of Canada's most famous rodents died before he was set to make his prediction about spring's arrival.
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