6pm Hour – saving the border

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Posted Nov 8, 2011 04:44:00 PM.

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Hamish Russell joins us to talk about the Occupy Manifesto. Cecil eats some crow after last night’s NFL predictions. UNB history professor Bill Parenteau checks back at this day in history. Why do we need to protect the border between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick? Craig Smith with the Nature Conservancy of Canada joins us.

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