6pm Hour – Bluenose time!

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Posted May 18, 2012 10:13:00 AM.

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Bluenose Marathon organizer Gerry Walsh joins us to talk about the final hours before the race. Cecil our sometimes rowdy sports fan is by. Blair Beed looks back at this day in history. Leanne Hachey talks about the effect of power rates on small business.

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