CBC News Online - Nova Scotia Digest - 2015-02-11

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Do you want to adopt a fire hydrant? Halifax needs help clearing them Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:48:04 EST Nova Scotia residents know the pain of clearing their driveways of snow, but for Halifax Water you can multiply that by 8,000 — which is the number of fire hydrants they have to dig out. Read More Cape Breton student dies after being struck by school bus Wed, 11 Feb 2015 14:06:33 EST Cape Breton Regional Police say a male student died after being struck by a school bus in front of Sydney Academy on Wednesday afternoon. Read More Next budget won't focus on tax cuts, says Nova Scotia premier Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:29:53 EST Nova Scotia's spring budget will focus on streamlining the delivery of programs and not sweeping cuts to the province's taxes, Premier Stephen McNeil said Wednesday. Read More Problems at Tri-County school board known before audit, says province Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:28:44 EST Nova Scotia's highest ranking education official says the province was aware of problems at the Tri-County Regional School Board before the auditor general's critical examination. Read More Nor'easter taking aim at Nova Scotia for Friday, says Kalin Mitchell Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:55:51 EST CBC meteorologist Kalin Mitchell says you should have the snow gear on standby and stretch those snow moving muscles because we're set up to see some more winter weather. Read More More Headlines New day, new parking ban as snow clearing continues in Halifax Nova Scotia's first meningitis case of 2015 revealed weeks later Second Acadia University student with meningitis 'doing very well' Nova Scotia child luring suspect held in jail until court appearance Long guns and gun safe stolen in Tatamagouche area break-in Lunenburg amputee loses 'lifeline' as minivan repossessed Hockey lovers in luck as Stanley Cup, NHL stars come to Halifax area Prime minister 'needs' to finesse Egypt to ensure Canadian's release Rainbow Refugee Association program could get extention says CIC Film company moving jobs to Nova Scotia after provincial changes