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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — School closures and flight cancellations are piling up in eastern Newfoundland as a major winter storm has moved in from the Grand Banks.

OTTAWA - Five things you may not know about Eve Adams, the controversial Conservative who made a bombshell announcement on Monday that she's defecting to the Liberals: 1. Born Eve Horvat, Adams is the daughter of Hungarian immigrants.

SURREY — Four years ago, a family stricken by the unsolved homicides of a mother, two sisters and a baby girl in a 1990 fire received a letter from a mystery informant.

BEIJING — A Vancouver woman detained with her husband on suspicion of stealing state secrets from China has been released on bail, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

OTTAWA - John Baird, one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's most trusted and high-profile cabinet ministers, is resigning his foreign affairs post and will not seek re-election later this year.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The judge presiding over the murder case against Dennis Oland says up to 1,500 people may be called for jury selection when the trial begins later this year.

WEA-Maritimes-Storms code:6 INDEX: Weather, Atlantic HL:Environment sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ issues blizzard, cold warnings for storm-battered Maritimes THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — Another major winter storm is headed for the Maritimes.

HALIFAX — Another storm was expected to bring a mixed bag of nasty weather to the Atlantic provinces overnight. Environment sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ said a low-pressure system was approaching the Maritimes on Monday and would cross Nova Scotia on Tuesday.

HALIFAX — Hundreds of people are without power in the Maritimes following a nasty winter storm that brought strong winds and snow to the region. Nova Scotia Power was reporting outages in Pubnico and Ingonish at about 7:30 a.m.

WEA-Atl-Snow, 1st Writethru code:6 Update:ADDS details about closures; quotes from meteorologist Eds:Moves both Atlantic and National, guard against duplication. Will Be Updated.