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Canada Council names winners of $15,000 mid-career awards
Seven mid-career artists based in cities across Canada have won the Canada Council's Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Awards, the national arts funding body announced on Tuesday.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 16, 2008 7:45 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Arson suspected in Cape Breton school fire
Police are investigating a suspicious fire at Riverview Rural High School near Sydney.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 16, 2008 6:44 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Early holiday for students at water-damaged school
A school in Digby County faces major repairs after a water tap was left running all weekend, causing severe damage to a chemistry laboratory.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 16, 2008 4:27 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Audits coming for Atlantic construction firms
Canada Revenue Agency is targeting construction companies for audits, but is first giving them a chance to confess to undeclared revenue.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 16, 2008 3:52 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
'Acceptable range' of insider wins, says Atlantic Lotto
Atlantic Lottery Corporation employees, lottery retailers and their families are not winning more than they should, says ALC, although they are more likely to win big prizes than the general public.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 16, 2008 2:49 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Violence in Afghanistan to worsen next year: Canadian general
The head of Canada's military mission in Afghanistan said Tuesday he expects to see an escalation in violence in the war-torn country over the next year.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 16, 2008 2:26 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Halifax airport improvement fee rising from $10 to $15
The Halifax International Airport Authority is hiking its airport improvement fee to $15 in March.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 16, 2008 1:48 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Doctors squeeze patients in as isotope supply halved
Doctors and hospital staff in Halifax are scrambling to make use of a critical diagnostic tool as they run low on medical isotopes.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 16, 2008 1:37 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Crowd brawls with officers investigating assault: Halifax police
Fourteen people face charges after a brawl outside a bus terminal in Dartmouth that had police calling for backup.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 16, 2008 1:23 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Saint John court hears details of botched robbery that led to killing
A murder trial in Saint John heard testimony on Monday from a convict with a lengthy criminal record, who admitted to being involved in a violent home invasion last March.
CBC.ca  –  Dec 16, 2008 1:20 PM [GMT]  –  comment?