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Chicken plea doesn't fly

Photo by DARREN PITTMAN / Staff

Story by JENNIFER STEWART Court Reporter

Fanny fluffed her feathers up to her full six pounds and made a soft cooing noise as she settled in Wednesday to enjoy her last few hours as a legal resident of her owners� quiet Stillwater Lake neighbourhood.

The two-year-old heritage chicken, a much-adored pet of Trevor Smedley, his wife and their three young children, pecked her way into the hearts of many in Halifax Regional Municipality when the provincial court ruled earlier this year that her owners were violating the city�s land-use bylaws by keeping her in a coop outside their sprawling two-storey home.

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Premier on rejected Halifax development: 'It's the wrong decision'

By AMY PUGSLEY FRASER City Hall Reporter
Wed. Oct 22 - 7:49 PM

Premier Rodney MacDonald says Halifax regional council was wrong to reject the proposed Waterside Centre office tower at Historic Properties.

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Suspended student assaults three staff members at Halifax high school

By DAN ARSENAULT Crime Reporter
Wed. Oct 22 - 8:38 PM

Halifax Regional Police were on the look out Wednesday evening for a teenaged student after three staff members were punched at Halifax�s Citadel High School in the afternoon.

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N.S. citizens group sets sights on ATVs

By The Canadian Press
Wed. Oct 22 - 12:59 PM

A new citizens group says it is fed up with the way the Nova Scotia government is ``bending over backwards'' to placate those who drive and ride all-terrain vehicles.

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Boudreau waives right to preliminary hearing

By BEVERLEY WARE South Shore Bureau
Wed. Oct 22 - 7:50 PM

BRIDGEWATER � Penny Boudreau has waived her right to a preliminary inquiry, which means she accepts the prosecution has at least a basic case against her.

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Retired Mounties may replace paramedics in a strike

By JOHN GILLIS Health Reporter
Wed. Oct 22 - 6:05 PM

Emergency Medical Care is recruiting retired RCMP officers to drive ambulances should the province�s unionized paramedics go on strike.

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Preliminary continues for man accused of abusing N.S. boys in the '70s

By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Wed. Oct 22 - 10:41 PM

PORT HAWKESBURY � A preliminary inquiry for a man facing 43 sex-related charges against boys dating back to the 1970s is set to resume in January after sitting for three days this week.

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LEWIS CARROLL would be proud of the Pumpkin Regatta. The author of Alice in Wonderland would appreciate the strange spectacle of 60 gargantuan pumpkins, painted in various colours and designs, bobbing across a lake on a bright October afternoon.
That image alone would give Windsor�s annual pumpkin festival the feel of a mad hatter tea party. Add to the picture 60 paddlers, each kneeling inside one of the pumpkins and splashing mightily to reach the finish line before capsizing, and you have the kind of absurd scene in which the Chesire Cat and the Queen of Hearts would be perfectly at home.

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