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Reviewing electoral boundaries

An indepedent commission was struck to examine the electoral boundaries in Nova Scotia. A huge part of the debate has included the future of Acadian ridings, which have been protected constiuencies in the past.

Southwest Nova Scotia Electoral Districts

03 Argyle-Barrington

08 Clare-Digby

42 Queens-Shelburne

51 Yarmouth

Yarmouth unchanged; Acadian ridings eliminated

September 25, 2012 - 9 h 42

By Tina Comeau THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com The Electoral Boundaries Commission has released its final report. The report calls for no changes to the...

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Acadian commission member against changes

September 25, 2012 - 9 h 25

Not all members of the Electoral Boundaries Commission agree with the recommendation made to government to eliminate three protected Acadian constituencies. The final...

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Landry accepts boundaries report will be late

August 22, 2012 - 8 h 24

By Tina Comeau THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com The province’s attorney general accepts that that Electoral Boundaries Commission requires more time to file its final...

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Commission seeking 3-week extension

August 21, 2012 - 10 h 16

By Tina Comeau THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com Just like it needed more than the allotted time to hear presentations at its session in Yarmouth, the commission...

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Commission focusing on final report

August 20, 2012 - 10 h 32

By Tina Comeau THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com For one group comes the work. For everyone else comes the wait. The Nova Scotia Electoral Boundaries...

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Boundaries meeting draws 2,500 people

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August 13, 2012 - 23 h 18

By Tina Comeau THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com You know people are passionate about an issue when you have around 2,200 chairs at a meeting and it still isn’t enough...

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Keep Yarmouth united says MLA

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August 14, 2012 - 5 h 54

By Tina Comeau THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com Yarmouth Liberal MLA Zach Churchill told members of the province’s electoral boundaries commission that if the...

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Province's actions 'indefensible and unacceptable'

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August 15, 2012 - 13 h 09

By Eric Bourque THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com The approach and the setting may have been different, but the message was basically the same. A day after a...

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Go back to original report, commission urged

August 14, 2012 - 14 h 56

By Eric Bourque THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com Representatives of the Acadian community told the commission reviewing Nova Scotia’s provincial electoral...

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Clare tells commission: keep status quo

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August 14, 2012 - 21 h 55

The province's Electoral Boundaries Commission held a public consultation session in Clare on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 14. Around 300 people turned out for the...

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