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The RCMP has completed its investigation into a fatal crash that claimed the lives of four people in Marshfield, P.E.I., last December.
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N.B. government takes over former addiction treatment centre for conservation
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Unknown Newfoundland soldier from the First World War heads back home from France after 100 years
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Halifax clinic renamed in honour of young hockey player who lost his life to rare heart disease
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New Cape Breton bylaw aims to crack down on overcrowding
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N.S. government reaches settlement agreement with Northern Pulp
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Saint John Police Force holds first-ever Inclusion and Diversity Recruitment Camp
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RCMP believe deceased man was driver in fatal P.E.I. collision
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