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    <title>Struggling to put books on the shelves</title>
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                    Nova Scotia&amp;#039;s rural libraries facing cuts to staff hours, positions, and book budgets in 2015        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) &amp;ndash; Shiny new libraries, especially of the flagship variety, appear not just in downtown Halifax, but also in Antigonish, New Glasgow, and many other Nova Scotia towns.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/author/robert-devet">Robert Devet</category>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/nova-scotia">Nova Scotia</category>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>&quot;If you can&#039;t read it you don&#039;t know it&quot; - Federal cuts threaten community learning programs </title>
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    <description>&lt;p&gt;K&amp;#39;JIPUKTUK (Halifax) -&amp;nbsp; Well over a hundred people from all over Nova Scotia rallied today in the Town of Windsor to draw attention to federal cuts to literacy and adult learning programs in the province.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 20:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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