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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 4:11am | By COLLEEN COSGROVE Staff Reporter

Rays of inviting sunshine peeked in through the windows but it wasn’t enough to distract focused young chess players Monday.
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Firefighters hopeful large blaze may soon be under control

Monday, May 21, 2012 - 5:52pm | By SELENA ROSS and PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG Staff Reporters

UPDATED 7:45 a.m. Tuesday Crews spent a restless night on watch in the woods near Spryfield, hoping that Monday's fire didn't spread.
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Missing patient picked up by police near hospital

Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 2:34pm | By KELLY SHIERS Staff Reporter

UPDATED 5:30 a.m. Monday A patient missing two weeks from the East Coast Forensic Hospital is back at the Dartmouth facility.
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Prof: More must be done to ready for radiation mishap

Monday, May 21, 2012 - 4:10am | By CLARE MELLOR Staff Reporter

The military may be ready for a radiation emergency in Halifax but better preparedness is needed at a municipal and provincial level, says Carl Jarvis, an emergency physician at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre.
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Group of teens sought after students robbed

Monday, May 21, 2012 - 4:10am | By THE CHRONICLE HERALD

Police are looking for a group of teens they say robbed and assaulted two university students in central Halifax on Sunday.
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Enfield teen charged with stunting

Monday, May 21, 2012 - 4:10am | By THE CHRONICLE HERALD

An Enfield teenager has been charged with stunting after losing control of a vehicle and crashing into a ditch.
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Highlights from 2012 Blue Nose Marathon

Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 8:25am | By THE CHRONICLE HERALD

We've collected some of the best pictures and comments from the 2012 Blue Nose Marathon. Check them out:
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Pedestrian hit on downtown sidewalk

Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 9:37am | By THE CHRONICLE HERALD

A man is charged with impaired driving after his car jumped a curb on a downtown Halifax street and hit a pedestrian early Saturday morning.
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Police warn car owners about break-ins

Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 4:10am | By THE CHRONICLE HERALD

The long weekend brings with it a checklist for most of us: getting the barbecue ready and possibly a trip for cold beer. But thieves’ checklists can be a bit different, and it can involve breaking into cars. Halifax police warned the...
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Daye's dream will 'uplift' black learners

Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 5:24am | By PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG Staff Reporter

It’s been more than 16 years in the making, but the Delmore (Buddy) Daye Africentric Learning Institute is going to happen.
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Landowner offers to help Purcells Cove

Friday, May 18, 2012 - 7:41pm | By EVA HOARE Staff Reporter

The man at the centre of a squabble involving the future of lands in the Purcells Cove Road area of Halifax says he wants to sit on a steering committee to help the community.
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Man gets house arrest for defrauding auto shop with forged cheque

Friday, May 18, 2012 - 5:20pm | By STEVE BRUCE Court Reporter

A Fall River man who used a forged cheque to pay for car repairs has been placed on house arrest for six months.
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Man pleads guilty to possessing submachine-gun, other weapons

Friday, May 18, 2012 - 4:20pm | By STEVE BRUCE Court Reporter

A Halifax man faces a sentence of at least three years in prison after pleading guilty to 10 weapons and drug charges, including possession of a submachine-gun with ammunition.
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Mom clings to 'bit of hope'

Friday, May 18, 2012 - 2:55pm | By DAN ARSENAULT Crime Reporter

The mother of a young Dartmouth woman who’s been missing for more than six months won’t let go of the desperate hope she’ll come home alive.
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Lower Sackville man’s murder trial set for September 2013

Friday, May 18, 2012 - 2:36pm | By STEVE BRUCE Court Reporter

A Lower Sackville man charged with second-degree murder will stand trial in the fall of 2013.
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