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CBCNS

  1. UPDATE includes video of Sunday's Fundraiser: Halifax bar staff rallies behind co-worker with cancer soc.li/qhsbgLc
  2. Halifax man accidentally shoots his hand bit.ly/LXdvGT
  3. Hundreds pedal to stop heart disease and stroke bit.ly/M1wdRg
  4. Nova Scotia government weighs in on cake controversy bit.ly/M1m5YI
  5. Police search homes in connection to Jessome murder bit.ly/LWBFRJ
  6. Cape Breton Police say no one is in custody on connection to Laura Jessome's murder. Investigation ongoing. #cbcns
  7. RT @blairhfx: CB police seized "a couple of vehicles". Search warrants executed yesterday and earlier in week in Glace Bay. @CBCNS...
  8. Doctor retirements a worry for Inverness patients bit.ly/NwgyZc
  9. Halifax bar staff rallies behind co-worker with cancer bit.ly/KYkAJ8
  10. N.S. cutting cake out of school fundraisers bit.ly/JIMif1
  11. Cake warning! Two NS departments send memo to schools about cake walk fundraisers. The story on CBC Maritimes television news at 7 #cbcns
  12. Federal cash for roads, sewers to continue, minister pledges bit.ly/Nt9b4K
  13. Be sure to tune into CBC television tonight at 7 for our Maritime newscast #cbcns
  14. Clayton Park shooting an 'execution', says witness bit.ly/MjPMXk
  15. School hopes pre-prom contract keeps students in-line bit.ly/JG7lyH
  16. $150K for help solving 20-year-old cold case bit.ly/L5TlZM
  17. Community groups step up to protect N.S. lighthouses bit.ly/JFYptc
  18. HRM Bike Week focuses on safety bit.ly/Mh04Y5
  19. UPDATE: Tattoo shop mourns loss of 'family member' ow.ly/bjkLI
  20. UPDATED: Clayton Park shooting story updated with video and a request from police for public's help ow.ly/bjhl0