Lynn Curwin
Digital Journalist based in Truro, NS, Canada.
Joined on Aug 22, 2009
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Truro -
A new art show in Nova Scotia features works of art created from materials which could have been destined for landfill sites, as well as works designed to show the value of the earth around us.
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The Supreme Court in the UK has ruled that proper care was not taken to protect a woman who committed suicide after being sent home on leave in 2005.
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Shubenacadie -
Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam emerged from his shelter on Groundhog Day, the day after a snow storm, to predict an early spring in 2012.
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Shubenacadie -
Winter provides an opportunity to view wildlife in a very different way, as a January walk through Nova Scotia's wildlife park shows.
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Visalia -
Eric James Borges, a gay 19-year-old California man who was an intern with The Trevor Project and had recently made an "It Gets Better" video, took his own life.
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North Royalton -
Scott Bickel, a competitive eater and writer from Ohio, was found dead on Jan 11, after he posted a suicide message on Facebook.
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A NASA study predicts that parts of Canada are among the areas that will experience massive ecological changes by the year 2100.
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Mattel is being urged to mass produce a bald Barbie in order to make girls suffering from hair loss feel more attractive and to help children cope with hair loss among friends and relatives.
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Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has vowed to take steps toward removing the Queen as head of state and turn the country into a republic.
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London -
A court in the UK heard that a 15-year-old boy was tortured and killed by his sister and her boyfriend because they believed he was a sorcerer.
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Raymond Lahey, the disgraced Canadian Roman Catholic bishop who was caught with hundreds of pornographic images of young boys, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison, and released on time served.
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London -
A report has warned London's Metropolitan Police that relationships with the media must appear not to be "partial or selective".
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A group of Canadians who believed in peacefully co-existing with wild animals, and wanted to reduce the suffering of these animals, formed a group in 1944 which still shares the same goals.
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Hale -
Long time Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell, who has played Kevin Webster since 1983, will not face charges over child sex allegations.
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Cleveleys -
The white stuff which covered roads in a UK town may have looked a lot like snow, but it was foam which high winds blew in from the sea.
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Southam -
Three people escaped from a car which collided with another before crashing through a railway bridge and landing in front of an on-coming train in the UK.
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A seven-month-old moose has decided that a New Brunswick community is her home, and will even enter homes if doors are left open.
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A video released by Delta Air Lines uses cameras inserted inside a suitcase to show the journey through the baggage system at a couple of airports.
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Los Angeles -
Joe Bodolai, a Saturday Night Live writer and Kids in the Hall producer, is dead at the age of 63 in what is believed to be a suicide.
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Halifax -
Tracey Galusha has been using Facebook to help lost cats from across Nova Scotia make it back to their homes and families.
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