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Saint John drowning death investigated

CBC NB News - Mon, 2010-09-06 12:47
Saint John police are investigating the drowning death of a 21-year-old man at a lake in the city's Rockwood Park.
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N.B. parties pitch election promises on Labour Day

CBC NB News - Mon, 2010-09-06 12:29
New Brunswick's three main political parties crisscrossed New Brunswick on Labour Day, trumpeting a raft of new policy ideas.
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N.B. private sector needs pay equity law: NDP

CBC NB News - Mon, 2010-09-06 10:01
New Brunswick's New Democratic Party is demanding pay equity legislation covering the private sector, Leader Roger Duguay announced on Monday.
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Liberals plan help for businesses, mining firms

CBC NB News - Mon, 2010-09-06 09:09
The Liberal Party is promising a series of initiatives designed to save small businesses money on their power bills and to spur on new activity in the province's mining industry.
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Hilary Bonnell's mother still mourns her death

CBC NB News - Mon, 2010-09-06 08:14
A year after Hilary Bonnell disappeared from a northern New Brunswick First Nation community, the teenager's mother says her pain is unbearable.
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Scrap fixed election date law: N.B. expert

CBC NB News - Mon, 2010-09-06 05:01
A political scientist says New Brunswick's experiment with a fixed election date has been a failure and should be scrapped.
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N.B. Liberals, PCs pledge arts support

CBC NB News - Sun, 2010-09-05 18:18
The campaigning Liberals and Progressive Conservatives made duelling arts announcements Sunday, with PC Leader David Alward's failure to name any Acadian artist reverberating through both.
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Algae in Saint Andrews water supply

CBC NB News - Sun, 2010-09-05 16:31
Small amounts of blue-green algae found in Saint Andrews, N.B., water supply have the town asking residents to closely monitor their water.
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Earl leaves thousands without power

CBC NB News - Sun, 2010-09-05 15:02
Hurricane Earl has left thousands in Atlantic Canada without electricity.
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Graham promises new N.B. holiday

CBC NB News - Sun, 2010-09-05 14:57
New Brunswick's Liberal Party is promising a February statutory holiday if elected Sept. 27.
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Earl causes N.B. travel disruptions

CBC NB News - Sat, 2010-09-04 21:33
Tropical storm Earl caused less havoc than feared in New Brunswick, but disrupted plane and ferry schedules.
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N.S. man dies swimming during Earl

CBC NB News - Sat, 2010-09-04 14:09
Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved over Nova Scotia but brought heavy rain and intense wind, knocking out power to thousands.
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Greens get top marks from activists

CBC NB News - Sat, 2010-09-04 11:59
Environmental activists give top marks to the Green Party in the New Brunswick election campaign.
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Earl packs less force than feared in U.S.

CBC NB News - Sat, 2010-09-04 00:10
Earl swooped into New England waters Friday night as a tropical storm after sideswiping North Carolina's Outer Banks, where it caused flooding but no injuries and little damage.
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New Brunswick braces for Hurricane Earl

CBC NB News - Fri, 2010-09-03 17:54
New Brunswick communities in the path of Hurricane Earl are bracing for the storm's impact Saturday.
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Hotel striker charged with mischief

CBC NB News - Fri, 2010-09-03 17:15
A striking worker in Saint John, N.B., is facing a charge of public mischief after she told police she was struck by a vehicle on the picket line.
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MacKay hails military families at awards

CBC NB News - Fri, 2010-09-03 13:27
Defence Minister Peter MacKay hailed Canadian Forces members and their families as the "best Canadians" as he helped hand out scholarships to eight sons and daughters of those killed in service.
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Grits, PCs must 'come clean on cuts:' NDP

CBC NB News - Fri, 2010-09-03 10:17
The New Democratic Party is continuing its ongoing attack on the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals over the pricetag of the long list of campaign promises.
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Voting stations arrive on N.B. campuses

CBC NB News - Fri, 2010-09-03 08:32
Elections New Brunswick is setting up satellite voting stations on university campuses across the province to increase the number of young voters.
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First Nations languages need protection: prof.

CBC NB News - Fri, 2010-09-03 04:45
First Nations languages are on the verge of extinction unless future governments help children learn their traditional languages, says an expert.
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