Category Archives: Canadian Press

A look at New Brunswick's third-party leaders
A personal look at New Brunswick’s third-party leaders: — Green Party Leader David Coon Growing up, New Brunswick Green Party Leader David Coon recalls travelling from his home in Montreal...
Sep 20, 2018

Homeless campers in B.C. provincial park allowed to stay indefinitely
LANGFORD, B.C. - The camping area of a provincial park near Victoria was closed to the public Thursday as a group of homeless people were allowed to stay indefinitely while the British Columbia govern...
Sep 20, 2018

Rohingya human rights worker to call on women foreign ministers for more action
OTTAWA - Razia Sultana has hope for her people, despite the fact tens of thousands have been tortured and raped in what the United Nations has deemed a genocide. Sultana is Rohingya. She works as a la...
Sep 20, 2018
Giants defenceman Bowen Byram looks to build off impressive rookie season
Vancouver Giants defenceman Bowen Byram is in entering just his second Western Hockey League season, but he has been impressing his head coach for years. “One thing I remember is I spent a year ...
Sep 20, 2018

Ottawa to gradually eliminate plastic waste in its operations across the country
HALIFAX - Ottawa used the platform of a G7 ministers meeting Thursday to announce it will gradually eliminate most plastic waste from government operations, as corporate leaders spoke of how they̵...
Sep 20, 2018
Suit: 'Street Outlaws: Memphis' producers encouraged fight
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Tennessee man has filed a lawsuit saying producers of a reality television show about drag racing encouraged violence between him and the host. WTVF-TV reported Wednesday that Chad ...
Sep 20, 2018

Attack leaves three dead, several injured at Continental Gold site in Colombia
TORONTO - Continental Gold Inc. is mourning the deaths of workers in Colombia for the second time in two weeks after a residence that housed exploration geologists and contractors was attacked overnig...
Sep 20, 2018

Buoyant stocks lift US household wealth, mainly for affluent
WASHINGTON - A rising stock market lifted U.S. household wealth to a record $106.9 trillion in the April-June quarter, the culmination of a decade of economic recovery but a gain that is concentrated ...
Sep 20, 2018

Liberal Leader Brian Gallant: From humble roots to N.B. premier's office
Sitting on the Liberal campaign bus with days to go before New Brunswick’s provincial election, Premier Brian Gallant is relaxed and at ease. Despite the apparently tightening race with the Prog...
Sep 20, 2018

Tory Leader Blaine Higgs: Offering gravitas, experience in bid for N.B. premier
Blaine Higgs grew up in the border town of Forest City, N.B., but there really wasn’t much of a border. When customs officers, including his father, left for the day at 5 p.m., Higgs would cross...
Sep 20, 2018