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GRAND PRE, N.S. — A centuries-old friendship between the Mi'kmaq people and Acadians will be celebrated at a major festival scheduled for the Grand Pre national historic site this summer in Nova Scotia.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — An Ontario man is in good condition after spending the night lost in the bush east of Kamloops, B.C. Kamloops Search and Rescue spokesman Alan Hobler says the man, in his 50s, became lost during a hike Thursday.

CRANBROOK, B.C. — A woman accused of counselling her husband to commit suicide has been acquitted by a provincial court judge in Cranbrook, B.C.

TORONTO — Octavio Zambrano watched the 2006 World Cup as a fan, opting to mix in some travelling once his native Ecuador was knocked out by a David Beckham free kick.

BURLINGTON, Ont. — Police say an Ontario chiropractor has died after a former patient allegedly shot him at his clinic. Halton regional police say Ferdinand Mejilla, 50, was gunned down at his clinic in Burlington, Ont.

OTTAWA — Three years ago, Chris DiDomenico was the leading scorer for an Italian hockey team in Asiago, a small, scenic town in the foothills of the Alps. The NHL seemed a world away for the former sixth-round pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

OTTAWA — Canadian manufacturing sales in January were better than expected, the latest in a series of promising reports for the economy. Statistics Canada said Friday that manufacturing sales climbed 0.6 per cent to $53.

WOODSTOCK, Ont. — A former Ontario nurse charged in the deaths of eight seniors made a brief video appearance in court Friday.

TORONTO — Warren Moon, who helped the Edmonton Eskimos win five straight Grey Cups from 1978-82, will participate in a CFL panel discussion next week.

SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA, Ont. — Police have identified a driver killed in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 6 in South Bruce Peninsula, Ont. They say 63-year-old Paul Ferretti of Georgian Bluffs, Ont.