The fear factor

The fear factor

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As the second wave of H1N1 influenza washes over New Brunswick, experts say fear of the pandemic is having a much greater impact than the virus itself on people's lives.

Entrepreneurs receive inaugural arts partnership award

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Parise Côté has lived in Edmundston for most of her life, but she didn't see the inside of the city's old United church until 2007, after it was put up for sale.

Auditor wants sell-off detailed

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The Liberal government needs to be more specific about the proposed energy deal with Hydro-Québec, Auditor General Mike Ferguson said Friday.

Russian military plane crashes

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A military plane crashed late Friday in Russia's Far East and all nine crew members aboard were feared dead, Russian news agencies reported.

Official says Canada, allies must train Afghan police better

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Canada and its international allies in Afghanistan must do a better job of developing local police officers and curbing corruption if their counter-insurgency strategy is to succeed, the senior Canadian police official in the country said Friday.
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Britain's Brown stands firm on Afghanistan

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms.

Bigfoot winner stomps competition

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You could say the owner of the B.C. Okanagan region's biggest feet stomped the competition.

Jurors convict man who claimed he was too fat to kill

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A jury on Friday convicted a man of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defence that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quick getaway.

At least four Toronto hospitals offered H1N1 vaccine to board members

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Members of at least four hospital boards in Toronto have been offered the swine flu vaccine that's intended for priority groups only, and while one doctor said Friday he now regrets that decision another said it's the right thing to do.

Medical community wants eHealth funds released

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A newly released report may add to the pressure on Health Canada to release $500 million it has frozen while federal officials decide the merits of a national eHealth project.

Provincial journal

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The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has released its latest report "Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the New Brunswick Forest: A Conversation."

Award winners

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TD Canada Trust Award for the Arts Organization of the Year: $3,000 to the Frye Festival in Moncton for developing young audiences for the literary arts.

Colourful theft

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The RCMP are investigating a bizarre ATV theft. A man recently entered a business on Marble Street and asked to take a yellow, 2007 Suzuki ATV for a test drive. The ATV, however, was never returned.

H1N1 sending more people to hospital

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The H1N1 flu pandemic is forcing the hospitalization of a steadily growing number of New Brunswickers, says the province's chief medical officer of health.

Couple's pain will never heal

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It has been 17 years since Wilbur and Irene Beatrice Dedam lost their son in a car accident, but still, it hurts.

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Entrepreneurs receive inaugural arts partnership award Auditor wants sell-off detailed Province freezes municipal grants H1N1 sending more people to hospital N.B. natives receive Order of Canada Power rate cap seen as possible Premier sticks to his guns on agreement Online opposition grows to proposed pact Art auction aims to raise profile of adoption foundation Francophone group launches advertising blitz

Province freezes municipal grants

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The Liberal government is freezing municipal funding for next year, meaning cities and towns will have to get by without an extra boost from the province in 2010.

Murder charge laid in killing of Corrections Canada employee

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Montreal police say the slaying of a federal corrections employee last month was an entirely random act that had nothing to do with her prison-related job.

Prince Charles gets a little dirty in Ontario

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Prince Charles trekked through manure-laden mulch Friday and later a construction site as the Prince of Wales' last day in Ontario saw him visit two ventures dedicated to giving city-dwellers a taste of rural living.

Massacre was a betrayal of medical oaths

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Canadian soldiers reacted with horror, dismay and sympathy Friday to the shooting rampage that claimed 13 lives at a U.S. Army base with deep ties to the Canadian military.

Fort Hood shooting suspect cleaned out apartment

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An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment and left a phone message saying goodbye to a friend in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, neighbours said Friday.

Gunman surrenders after killing one, injuring five at office building

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A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm from which he was sacked more than two years ago, authorities said, killing one person and injuring five others.

Girlfriend urged to 'take care' of witness

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A jury has heard the man accused of killing an RCMP officer tell his girlfriend during a recorded conversation that somebody should "take care" of a cab driver who was a potential witness in the case.

Court says prosecutor not malicious in pressing case

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The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled a Saskatchewan Crown prosecutor did not act maliciously when he pressed a controversial satanic sex-abuse case against two foster parent families.

Securing global warming agreement still possible

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U.N. climate negotiators assured Friday that, despite low expectations for setting legally binding emissions targets next month, it was still possible to conclude a strong, 192-nation deal that would define future work in fighting global warming.

Power rate cap seen as possible

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The door is open to inserting a cap on residential power rates in the proposed deal for NB Power, a Hydro-Québec spokesman says.

Art auction aims to raise profile of adoption foundation

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Roxanne Reeves and her husband Shawn Graham were in the early stages of the adoption process a few years ago when the prospect of taking on a much bigger family and its concerns derailed their personal plans.

Another $200M for AECL

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The federal government has given another $200 million to Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. to complete the overdue, over-budget refurbishment at Point Lepreau and another running into trouble at the Bruce nuclear plant in Ontario.

Survivor's statement

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Excerpts from the statement from Robert Decker, 28, the lone survivor of a helicopter crash that claimed 17 lives off Newfoundland in March 2009:

Whereabouts of Camilla's ancestor's magic necklace remains a mystery

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The whereabouts of a coral necklace that adorned the neck of the Duchess of Cornwall's great-great grandmother, and is said to ward off evil spirits, aren't known, but the royal couple are sure of one thing.

Chopper survivor recalls escape

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The lone survivor of a helicopter crash off Newfoundland last March said Thursday he doesn't know the answer to the question so many have been asking - why he survived when 17 others did not.

Provincial journal

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The RCMP are investigating a break and enter earlier this week at a Dieppe residence during which a 29-year-old woman was sexually assaulted.

Corrections

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Jeff Curry is a co-founder of Fredericton- based firm OrangeSprocket. Incorrect information appeared on page B1 of the Nov. 3, 2009, edition of the Telegraph-Journal.

Military making 20 000 doses of H1N1 vaccine available

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Canada's military is making 20,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine available to the provinces. This is on top of the 30,000 doses put back into the national system earlier by the military.

N.B. natives receive Order of Canada

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Buzz Hargrove can hardly believe the day he had Thursday.

Premier sticks to his guns on agreement

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Premier Shawn Graham has had a few people ask this week how he thinks historians will one day judge his proposal to sell NB Power to Hydro-Quebec.

Boy admits setting fire that destroyed cabinet manufacturer

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A New Brunswick teenager has admitting to setting a fire that led to the destruction of a Keswick business.

Online opposition grows to proposed pact

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There is growing opposition online to the proposed energy agreement between Quebec and New Brunswick, but it remains to be seen whether web-based protest will translate into real-world consequences for the Liberal government.

Francophone group launches advertising blitz

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The francophone group locked in a legal battle with the province over health-care reforms says it needs to pad its war chest by $500,000 to take on the Graham government in court.

Northern journal

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A Tracadie-Sheila taxi driver has pleaded guilty to charges of drug trafficking. Paul Savoie appeared in provincial court this week and pleaded guilty to three charges of drug trafficking.

MP chose constituency over party in gun vote

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It's rare that an MP parts with his leader on a national issue that is defining for political parties and divisive among Canadians.

Police experts wrap up forensic search of First Nation home

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Forensic experts have finished searching a home on the Esgenoopetitj First Nation and have begun focusing on a property in Tabusintac that RCMP Insp. Roch Fortin says is linked to the same criminal investigation.

Hospitals, ICUs filling as swine flu spreads

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Hospital admissions, intensive-care unit transfers and deaths from swine flu are three times higher this week than last, says Canada's chief public health officer.

WHO says vaccine is safe, no serious side-effects seen

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Millions of doses of H1N1 vaccine have been given so far and no serious side-effects have been seen, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

Infant missing for five days found alive

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Investigators spent five days searching dense vines and marshes for a missing infant, only to find her lying quietly in a small cedar box hidden under her babysitter's bed.

Google allows users to view, delete personal data

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Google Inc. on Thursday launched new privacy controls so users can see the reams of personal information the Internet giant is storing about them and insist the data are deleted if they want.
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