A suspect has been arrested in the beating of Sheila Nabb, 37, who was assaulted at a hotel resort in Mexico. Nabb, 37, is originally from Nova Scotia. She's now in hospital in Calgary. (CP)
By The Canadian Press

UPDATED  6:36 p.m.

A Mexican official says a suspect has been arrested in the bloody beating of a Canadian woman...


Sailor Danielle Dube of Glen Haven has qualified for the London Olympics. (STAFF / File)
By MONTY MOSHER Sports Reporter

Nova Scotia has its first representative for this summer’s London Olympics.

Sailor Danielle Dube of Glen Haven did well enough...


RCMP assistant commissioner Craig Callens pauses as he issues a   formal apology to the families of serial killer Robert Pickton's   victims during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday.   Decades after women started to go missing from Vancouver's Downtown   Eastside, the RCMP has apologized for not doing more to find the killer. (DARRYL DYCK / The Canadian Press)
By The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — Decades after women started to go missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the RCMP has apologized for not doing more...


Timing is running out if Halifax is to have a stadium ready for the   2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. PCL Constructors Canada Inc.   fast-tracked the construction of BMO Field in Toronto in 2006 so that it was completed in 14 months.
By COLLEEN COSGROVE Business Reporter

Construction of a multimillion-dollar stadium takes time and a local developer says if a decision isn’t made soon, Halifax will need...


The Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service will appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to overturn the stay of Fenwick MacIntosh's sex-related convictions. (ERIC WYNNE / Staff / File)
By AARON BESWICK Truro Bureau

UPDATED 8:38 p.m.

A law professor is warning that the province will have a hard time convincing the Supreme Court of...


News
A pedestrian makes his way down Granville Street during an afternoon snow squall in Halifax on Jan. 20. Another storm bringing snow, rain and ice pellets is headed this way today. (TIM KROCHAK /  Staff)
Some schools have been cancelled and salt trucks are already on roads in anticipation of messy weather conditions headed this way today.
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Steven Laffin will stand trial for second-degree murder in the disappearance of Halifax sex worker Nadine Taylor. (ERIC WYNNE / Staff / File)
Steven Elliot Laffin has been committed to stand trial for second-degree murder in the disappearance of a Halifax prostitute.
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Opinions
Salam Fayyad, left, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority; Israeli President Shimon Peres and Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, shake hands at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. (AP)
TALKING about the woes of inequality while enjoying five-star amenities at a Davos hotel is far nicer than living them in the wastes of Detroit or...
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Protestors against the Keystone XL pipeline, dressed as referees ,'blow their whistles on fossil-fuel funded corruption in Congress' and wave red flags, as they march on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. (AP)
Stephen Harper is kissing up to those who used to get the kiss-off. For the first time in six years, he has hosted a First Nations summit. And now,...
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Editorial Cartoon
Business
The chief executive of Emera says an announcement will be made Friday on whether a deal is in place with Newfoundland and Labrador's Crown energy company to build the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project.
The partners in the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project say they need yet more time to negotiate a final agreement on the $6.2-billion venture.
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A shopper checks out at the Walmart in Dartmouth Crossing. Statistics Canada data show that Nova Scotians' wages lag behind the national average. (TIM KROCHAK / Staff)
Money isn’t everything but figures released Thursday by Statistics Canada underscore that it’s getting harder to make a living in Nova...
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Sports
Boxer Mary Spencer poses in a photo shoot with The Canadian Press in Toronto on Monday.  Sprinters, swimmers and female boxers are the buzz heading into the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London from July 27 to Aug. 12. (CHRIS YOUNG / The Canadian Press)
As the countdown clock for the London Olympics prepared to hit six months Friday, Canada's top athletes weren't counting.
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Skip Heather Smith-Dacey releases her last rock of the fourth end in her match against Team Nix in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts at CFB Halifax Curling Club on Thursday.  (ERIC WYNNE / Staff)
The defending champ is alone in first at the provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts. CFB Halifax’s Heather Smith-Dacey dropped previously...
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Arts & Life
We're looking for some of Nova Scotia's fittest men and women. (STAFF / File)
We're looking for Nova Scotia's fittest men and women, of all ages, to be featured in a photo essay in the pages of the Chronicle Herald and...
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Lauren Oostveen hopes the Oscars are livened up this year with a musical number from Kermit and the rest of the Muppets. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
There are going to have to be some pretty wacky dresses to make the Oscars interesting this year.
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Wheels
Every road trip has one, as does any journey through time or space. Sometimes it’s a cause for merriment, but it can be worrisome or sad too...
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A customer looks at a Hyundai Motor Co.'s i40 wagon at a showroom in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Hyundai Motor Co. said its 2011 earnings reached a record high on increased demand at home and abroad.(AP Photo/Ahnn Young-joon)
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Homes
Nobody can deny the impact and value of a great kitchen renovation. It is arguably the most effective change one can make to a home — after all...
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A Hi Ellen. Thanks for your question. This is such a common problem with older homes; the bathrooms aren’t large enough and they never seem...
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Community
John Robidoux and other members of the Nova Scotia Wildlife Carvers and Artists Association are carving birds and animals on a mahogany and basswood table that they are donating to the farmers market at Alderney Landing as a vendor’s table for community groups. Robidoux is shown here in his Cole Harbour workshop with a section of the table.  (INGRID BULMER / Staff)
A crew of carvers with a will to give back to the community are donating a vendor’s table to the to the farmers market at Alderney Landing in...
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Sydney Kennedy, 10, watches her teammates during an Atom AAA game at the BMO Centre in Bedford last week. Sydney, the only girl on the Bedford team, was the top Atom girl in the country to qualify for the Canadian Tire NHL Junior Skills National Championship in Ottawa on the weekend. (INGRID BULMER / Staff)
Sydney Kennedy is going to put her hockey skills to the test at the National Hockey League All-Star Celebration in Ottawa.
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