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He fought the law and the law won
Skateboarder jailed in Saint John after breaking bylaw prohibiting skating on public streets
By OLIVER MOORE
-- A skateboarder was jailed yesterday after refusing to pay the fine for breaking a Fredericton bylaw that prohibits skating on city streets.Surrounded by supporters, Lee Breen was taken into custody and shipped to Saint John to begin a five-day sentence. Rumours swirled through the skating community that he would be freed as early as last night, but the 25-year-old was still behind bars as the day ended. FULL STORY 
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Angry parents want N.B. judge to weigh in on early immersion
By JILL MAHONEY
-- A group of New Brunswick parents is asking a judge to intervene in the provincial government's controversial decision to eliminate early French immersion. Opponents filed an application in the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday seeking judicial review of the move, saying they weren't sufficiently consulted. FULL STORY
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Of wine and song
A new study says music can influence the way wine tastes
By PHILIP JACKMAN
-- ''Ah, waiter. I'll have the steak frites, a glass of cabernet sauvignon and some brown sugar. By that I mean slap Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones on the sound system.'' FULL STORY
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U.S. to protect polar bears
By MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
-- The United States has listed the polar bear as a threatened species, concluding that the rapid melting of the sea-ice habitat that the large marine carnivores depend on is undermining their future. FULL STORY
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Poor funding hampered health care, inquiry told
ST. JOHN'S -- A former deputy minister of health says the 1990s were a dismal period for health-care funding in Newfoundland and Labrador, which made it difficult to deliver services.Testifying yesterday at an inquiry into botched breast-cancer tests, Bob Williams said when he pointed out in the late 1990s that the medical school was underfunded, he was told by the provincial government that everything was underfunded. FULL STORY
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Doomed copter was flying lower than allowed
'My first reaction is, what it's doing is illegal,' witness says. 'My second reaction was, the pilot's in trouble'
By ROBERT MATAS AND ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
VANCOUVER, CRANBROOK, B.C. -- The Bell helicopter that crashed Tuesday in a residential area of Cranbrook, killing four people, may have been flying lower than permitted under federal safety rules for several minutes before suddenly dropping to the ground. FULL STORY
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