Kevin Jess
Digital Journalist based in Kingsport, NS, Canada, Canada.
Joined on Jul 14, 2009
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Dartmouth -
Hurricane Irene is on track to hit eastern Canada late Sunday into early Monday, say forecasters, and its impact will be felt throughout the region.
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Sydney -
Travel and Leisure magazine's 2011 World's Best Awards has voted Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island as one of the best islands to visit, beating out the Great Barrier Reef Islands and Sicily.
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Halifax -
The government of Nova Scotia is warning residents to take precautions early in 2011 as indications show this year will be an above average year for hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean.
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A new poll says that a majority of Americans believe that Osama bin Laden is now in hell. It is a view widely held among those religiously inclined but what does the Bible have to say about it?
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Halifax -
Today, April 15, 2011 marks the 99th anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Titanic. More than 1500 lives were lost in one of the most famous of all tragedies at sea.
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Raleigh -
A recent poll conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP) shows that 46 percent of Mississippi Republicans are in favor of outlawing interracial marriage.
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New York -
A boy and a girl, both from New York City have been arrested for hate crimes after several alleged attacks on a female Muslim classmate.
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Wolfville -
Principal Brad Stokes, in a letter going home to Horton High School parents this afternoon, has confirmed that a student at the school has been diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as flesh eating disease.
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Ottawa -
The President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has asked the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada to ensure the staff and volunteers of Elections Canada will be able to attend worship during Holy Week.
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Halifax -
Nova Scotia has ended the 2010-2011 fiscal year with a $447 million surplus. Premier Darrell Dexter made the announcement Monday, April 4 to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
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London -
A thorn that is claimed to be a relic from Jesus's execution crown will soon go on display at the British Museum in London.
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A recent study conducted by a group of mathematicians using census data suggests that organized religion is heading for extinction in nine western democracies.
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Halifax -
The Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee has recommended March 10 to the goverment that the minimum wage be raised to $10 from $9.65 per hour beginning October 1, 2011.
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Ottawa -
A new study shows Canada will spend at least $22.3 billion on its military forces in 2010-11 which represents an increase of 54 percent since 9/11.
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Washington -
Pastor Terry Jones, who last September caused an international uproar when he and his congregation decided they would burn the Koran on Sept. 11, has declared March 20 to be "International Judge the Koran Day."
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Revisions to the New American Bible scheduled to be released March 9 (Ash Wednesday) is causing some controversy as it replaces words such as "booty" and "virgin" to reflect a more modern meaning.
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Los Angeles -
The embattled Two and a Half Men star has been dealt another blow as police have removed his twin boys from his Los Angeles mansion Tuesday evening.
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Chicago -
In 2009 a Chicago university scientist died from what some thought might be from being infected with Bubonic Plague. He was studying a federally approved strain of the bacteria at the time and now the results are in.
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Liverpool -
A Nova Scotia man told the RCMP he played a role in his wife's death last month. The man says he gave his terminally ill wife a lethal injection to end her suffering from breast cancer.
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Wolfville -
A Wolfville, Nova Scotia group calling themselves the "Friends of Jane" have launched a letter writing campaign in hopes of keeping a 24-year-old Bangladeshi student from being removed from Canada.
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