CBC | Nova Scotia News http://www.cbc.ca/ns/?ref=rss FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-ca Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:06:02 EST Copyright: (C) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, http://www.cbc.ca/aboutcbc/discover/termsofuse.html#Rss http://www.cbc.ca/rss/ CBC.ca http://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif http://www.cbc.ca/ns/?ref=rss Hurlburt resigns amid spending flap http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/09/ns-hurlburt-resignation.html?ref=rss 2000348876 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:24:58 EST Yarmouth MLA Richard Hurlburt has resigned in the wake of a spending controversy involving several Nova Scotia politicians. Trenton colonel's charges spur cold case review http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/09/belleville-williams-murder-charges.html?ref=rss 2000348822 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:32:17 EST The 2001 slaying of a Nova Scotia woman at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario is among the cases being re-examined after murder charges were laid against Col. Russell Williams. Man arrested in North Preston death http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/09/ns-downey-suspect.html?ref=rss 2000348894 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:01:45 EST Halifax RCMP have arrested a man in connection with a killing in North Preston, N.S., over the weekend. Man attacks police, wrestles for gun: HRP http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/09/ns-halifax-police-gun.html?ref=rss 2000348814 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:28:28 EST Police officers used a Taser to subdue a man after he punched them and tried to grab a gun, say Halifax Regional Police. April Wine added to Canadian Hall of Fame http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/09/april-wine.html?ref=rss 2000348840 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:00:08 EST Rockers April Wine have earned a spot in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences says. Halifax concert raises $270K for Haiti http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/09/ns-halifax-concert-haiti.html?ref=rss 2000348818 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:08:21 EST Thousands of people packed the Halifax Metro Centre Monday night to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to help the people of earthquake-devastated Haiti. Jazz buys 15 Bombardier planes http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/09/jazz-bombardier-plane-deal.html?ref=rss 2000348922 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:00:44 EST Halifax-based Jazz Air LP has signed a deal to buy 15 Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft, the airline announced Tuesday. All MLAs named for excessive expense claims http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/08/ns-expense-lists-changes-dexter.html?ref=rss 2000348725 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:03:19 EST The Nova Scotia Speaker's Office released the names Monday of all politicians with expense claims deemed excessive or inappropriate by the auditor general. MLA expenses audit provokes mea culpas http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/04/ns-mla-expense-claims.html?ref=rss 2000348202 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:55:16 EST On Monday, the Speaker's Office released the full list of questionable expenses after Premier Darrell Dexter ordered that it be made public. N.S. teen charged with murder http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/08/ns-murder-charged-wright.html?ref=rss 2000348670 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:48:08 EST A 17-year-old boy charged with second-degree murder remains in the mental-health ward of a Halifax children's hospital. Man attempts to douse fire he started http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/08/ns-house-fire-blowtorch.html?ref=rss 2000348713 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:45:26 EST A Dartmouth, N.S., man who accidentally set his house on fire Sunday when he used a propane blowtorch to thaw a frozen pipe was sure he had successfully doused the fire on his own, but was wrong. RCMP ID homicide victim http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/08/ns-downey-north-preston.html?ref=rss 2000348634 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:13:49 EST RCMP are treating the death of Casey Marleen Downey in North Preston, N.S., as a homicide. CFB Trenton commander charged with murder http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/08/belleville-jessica-lloyd-dead-missing.html?ref=rss 2000348648 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:41:42 EST Canadian military commander Col. Russell Williams has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two eastern Ontario women. Driver dies in rollover in Digby County http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/08/ns-fatal-crash-centreville.html?ref=rss 2000348610 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:31:08 EST A driver was killed and his passenger seriously hurt when their vehicle rolled near Centreville, N.S., early Sunday. Beaver Bank school will reopen Tuesday http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/08/ns-beaverbank-monarch-school.html?ref=rss 2000348619 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:37:23 EST A Halifax-area elementary school willl reopen Tuesday, after being closed Monday because intruders made a mess over the weekend.