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Saturday Edition, Below
MacPolitics: Party Leaders’ Debate Shows Philosophical Differences On Housing, Healthcare
MacPolitics: Liberals Charge Susan Corkum-Greek Campaign With Vote Buying
MacPolitics: Peter Zwicker In His Own Words As Liberals Accuse Lunenburg Tory Candidate Of Vote Buying
MacPolitics: ‘Can I Have Your Vote For A Pint Of Dark Rum, A Load Of Gravel?’
MQO Poll: Majority Favours Tim Houston, PCs Lead Everywhere
MacPolitics: Poll Shows Nova Scotia PCs Extend Lead At Halfway Mark Of Campaign
Chender Reaffirms Support for Small, Local Businesses; Promises To Reduce Business Taxes
MacPolitics: Houston Tories Claim NDP’s Lisa Lachance ‘Double-Dipping’ By Collecting $1.1M From Ottawa
MacPolitics: NDP Points Out Tory Candidate’s Company Received Millions To Build Housing For Seniors
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MacPolitics: Politicians Beating Up Nova Scotia Power Good For Votes, But Not For Private Sector Corporations
MacPolitics: Zach Churchill’s Liberals Would Create Women’s Health Ministry, Expand Collaborative Care Clinics
MacPolitics: Claudia Chender’s NDP Aims Guns At Housing Minister John Lohr Protecting Friends and Family’s Airbnb’s
MacPolitics: Eastern Passage NDP Candidate Tammy Jakeman Parts Way With Party After ‘Deeply Troubling’ Social Media Posts
MacPolitics: Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish’s Fiona MacLeod Was Schooled In Mulroney Era Politics – Worked For Legends Like Stewart McInnes & Pat Nowlan
Donald Trump’s Return To The White House Very Concerning For Canada — Greg MacEachern
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Don Mills: ‘A Business Point Of View’ – Cannabis Has Become Big Business in New Brunswick
MacPolitics: Fillmore Takes the Reins at City Hall
MacPolitics: Sen. Jane Cordy’s Retirement A Big Loss of Institutional Memory In Upper Chamber: Greg MacEachern
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MacPolitics: Rob Batherson In His Own Words
PC Spending ‘Reckless, In Many Cases Useless’: NDP Leader Chender
MacPolitics: Lots Of Similarities Between Tim Houston & John Buchanan
MacPolitics: Antigonish Candidates Debate At Mulroney Hall – Early Election Call Draws Comments From PC, Liberal & NDP Candidates
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