5pm- New bat tracking initiative

Posted Aug 9, 2013 06:25:18 PM.

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RCMP corporal SCOTT MACRAE will tell us about charges against a man who allegedly tried to hire a hitman. BRAD TOMS from the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute will talk about a new tool to track bats, which are facing a dwindling population, in Nova Scotia. Atlantic Convenience Stores Association president MIKE HAMMOUD will tell us about a study into the number of illegal cigarettes smoked in the province. Agriculture minister JOHN MACDONELL will talk about a loan program the province has launched to help farmers.

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