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N.S. leaders spar over economy

KEITH DOUCETTE — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00 EDT

Floodgates of recrimination open up at first televised leaders' debate of summer election

Veterans march in NB over Agent Orange issue

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00 EDT

About 75 people completed a march to Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson's office in St. Stephen yesterday to protest against the handling of the Agent Orange spraying at CFB Gagetown.

N.S. leaders spar over economy

KEITH DOUCETTE — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00 EDT

Rodney MacDonald, Leader of Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative Party, was on the defensive last night over his government's handling of the economy, facing accusations from both opposition leaders that he has led the province into a deep deficit.

Newfoundland nurses poised to hit picket lines

TARA BRAUTIGAM — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00 EDT

Nurses across Newfoundland and Labrador are poised to hit the picket lines today in an increasingly bitter labour dispute that prompted some of them to throw copies of their expired collective agreements on the front steps of the provincial legislature in disgust.

Being 'blackmailed,' CAW says

GREG KEENAN — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00 EDT

Union accuses Ottawa, Ontario of interfering in negotiations with GM

Post crash, workers return to oil rig

TARA BRAUTIGAM — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00 EDT

Spouses hugged and kissed each other before Cougar Flight 151 left yesterday for the White Rose offshore oil field, the first helicopter to carry Newfoundland oil workers to their jobs since a chopper crash two months ago killed 17 of their colleagues.