• MPs return to Ottawa; sharply polarized Parliament expected

  September 19, 2011 - 9 h 08

  OTTAWA — Canada’s 41st Parliament gets back to business today with a brief period of non-partisan esprit de corps.

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• Group expected to submit Iona tidal energy proposal to province

  September 18, 2011 - 22 h 39

  IONA — The group behind a tidal energy venture in central Cape Breton is expected to submit its proposal to the province today.

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• Paddle of the bulge: new dragon boat club promote healthy lifestyle

  September 18, 2011 - 22 h 34

  SYDNEY — If you’ve ever wanted to join a crew of rhythmic paddlers slicing through the open waters on a dragon boat, now’s your chance.

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• Terry Fox Run not slowing down

  September 18, 2011 - 22 h 32

  SYDNEY RIVER — More than three decades after the first Terry Fox Run started, it’s showing no signs of slowing down.

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• Police charge man with theft from Island View cottages

  September 18, 2011 - 15 h 15

  ISLAND VIEW — Cape Breton Regional Police have charged a 19-year-old man from the community of Island View over the weekend.

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• Man facing charges of trafficking marijuana, ecstacy

  September 18, 2011 - 15 h 12

  SYDNEY — A 20-year-old Sydney River man has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking marijuana and ecstasy.

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• Air Canada running out of time to avoid strike by flight attendants

  September 18, 2011 - 11 h 19

  MONTREAL — The union representing Air Canada’s flight attendants presented a new contract proposal to management on Saturday, saying the airline’s position at the bargaining table continued to be “unacceptable.”

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• Gary Mar leads Alberta Tory leader vote, but campaign sees low voter turnout

  September 18, 2011 - 11 h 15

  CALGARY — Former cabinet minister Gary Mar was the top choice of Alberta Progressive Conservatives as the province’s next premier, but he didn’t get enough votes to win outright and there will be a run-off vote in two weeks.

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• WWII-era plane crashes during routine at West Virginia air show; pilot’s condition unknown

  September 17, 2011 - 19 h 17

  A West Virginia Air National Guard spokesman says a World War II-era plane has crashed at an air show.

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• Hiring of white woman to help oversee Africville Heritage Trust sparks uproar

  September 17, 2011 - 19 h 16

  The hiring of a white woman as executive director of the Africville Heritage Trust, a body created to redress the destruction of a Halifax-area black community in the 1960s, has generated a polarizing debate on race.

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