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Posted Nov 7, 2014 08:21:52 AM.

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Friday November 7, 2014

We discuss Amherst Regional High School’s lack of a Remembrance Day assembly with  Chignecto-Central School Board spokesperson Debbie Buott-Matheson. In light of a recent pawn shop bust we discuss pawn shops with Halifax District 1 Councillor Barry Dalrymple. We discuss comments Justin Bourque’s lawyer made about our gun control  laws with Tony Rogers from the NS Federation of Anglers and Hunters. After a third report of a pin in a candy bar RCMP Corporal Greg Church tells us what to look for when checking Halloween candy.

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