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• Maritime storm could dump 40 cm of snow in some areas
• Al-Jazeera reporter released from Egyptian prison, deported after more than year behind bars
• Home-built planes crash mid-air near Ponoka

Maritime storm could dump 40 cm of snow in some areas Posted: 01 Feb 2015 07:41 AM PST Nova Scotia's famous groundhog prognosticator Shubenacadie Sam is waiting to make his annual prediction Monday morning, but there's no shadow of a doubt that the Maritimes will be hit with another major storm. CBC meteorologist Peter Coade said this storm is expected to be Nova Scotia's worst of the season so far. "It will be moving into the Maritimes early Monday afternoon in southwestern Nova Scotia and southeast New Brunswick.

Al-Jazeera reporter released from Egyptian prison, deported after more than year behind bars Posted: 01 Feb 2015 09:34 PM PST A reporter for Al-Jazeera English was released from an Egyptian prison and deported Sunday after more than a year behind bars, but his two Egyptian colleagues remained jailed in a case widely condemned as a sham by human-rights groups. Australian Peter Greste was whisked away on a flight to Cyprus. Greste, Egyptian-Canadian Mohammed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohammed were arrested in December 2013 over their coverage of the violent crackdown on Islamist protests following the military overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi. Egyptian authorities accused them of providing a platform for Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, now declared a terrorist organization.

Home-built planes crash mid-air near Ponoka Posted: 01 Feb 2015 06:37 PM PST One pilot was injured Sunday after two home-built planes crashed into one another in mid-air near Ponoka.

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