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HALIFAX — Parks Canada says it has decided to continue leasing a facility in a Halifax-area business park for an archeology lab that houses artifacts from the Atlantic region.

GOULDS, N.L. — The chase for the elusive ace of spades will continue in Newfoundland after huge crowds descended upon a community on the outskirts of St. John's for a chance to win the $1.42-million jackpot. George Chaulk, of Goulds, N.L.

HALIFAX — Two geese are dead after being hit by a vehicle at a crosswalk the popular birds use to access a pond at a park in Dartmouth, N.S.

TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corporation, Ltd. (TSX:CTC.A) says its second quarter results benefited from a pickup in sales growth in June after a slow start to the spring and summer season. The Toronto-based company's overall revenue was $3.

OTTAWA — "In my prime," Jack Nicklaus once wrote, "my legs were very strong.

MEAFORD, Ont. — A 31-year-old man is in custody following an overnight standoff at a home in Meaford, Ont.

Six stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 10 ——— B.C. TO OUTLINE NEXT STEPS ON TRANS MOUNTAIN Two key NDP cabinet ministers in British Columbia are expected to outline the government's next steps today on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

TORONTO — An Ontario church congregation is celebrating news of the release of their pastor from a North Korean prison more than two years after he was arrested in the country.

TORONTO — The beat goes on for Toronto's beleaguered pitching staff.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Halton Region police say they have located a 77-year-old woman who allegedly slapped an eight-year-old girl at a grocery store in Oakville, Ont., on Tuesday.