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New Brunswick election: Liberals take the lead as early returns roll in
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2024
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick’s Liberals have taken an early lead over the incumbent Progressive Conservatives as the ballots started being counted after an election race notable for the stark contrast between the two campaigns. Tory Leader Blaine Higgs, seeking his third term as premier, focused on the high cost of living, promising to lower the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Polls close in New Brunswick election and ballot counting begins
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2024
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick voters have cast their ballots after an election race that focused on health care and affordability but was notable for the stark contrast between the Liberal and Progressive Conservative campaigns. Tory Leader Blaine Higgs, seeking his third term as premier, focused on the high cost of living, promising to lower the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here is the latest the New Brunswick election
By The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2024
New Brunswickers have gone to the polls in what’s expected to be a tight contest between the incumbent Progressive Conservatives and the Liberals. Here’s the latest on the race to form the next provincial government between the main three parties: the Progressive Conservatives led by Blaine Higgs, who is seeking a third term as premier, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Polls close in New Brunswick election and ballot counting begins
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2024
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick voters have cast their ballots after an election race that focused on health care and affordability but was notable for the stark contrasts between the Liberal and Progressive Conservative campaigns. Tory Leader Blaine Higgs, who is seeking his third term as premier, ran on his plan to deal with the high ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man Tasered after trespassing in Victoria school, forcing lockdown
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2024
VICTORIA – A middle school in Victoria was forced into a lockdown after a man entered the building without permission, and police say they had to use a stun gun to make an arrest. Victoria police say officers received multiple calls around noon on Monday of an unknown male entering Central Middle School, leading staff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Classes resume with replacement teachers after 11 suspended at Montreal school
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2024
MONTREAL – Eleven Montreal teachers who were suspended for allegedly creating a climate of fear and intimidation inside a Montreal primary school were replaced Monday as the union that represents them rejected criticism from the education minister that it didn’t do enough to correct the problem. Quebec’s largest school service centre announced the suspensions on ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. Greens’ ex- leader Weaver thinks minority deal with NDP less likely than in 2017
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2024
VANCOUVER – Former B.C. Green leader Andrew Weaver knows what it’s like to form a minority government with the NDP, but says such a deal to form the province’s next government is less likely this time than seven years ago. Weaver struck a power-sharing agreement that resulted in John Horgan’s NDP minority government in 2017, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One Liberal MP says he’s signed letter asking Trudeau to resign, others remain mum
By Nojoud Al Mallees, Laura Osman and Rosa Saba, The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – Liberal MP Sean Casey is the first to publicly confirm that he has signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign, arguing it would be in the best interests of the country to let someone else take the reins. As an internal revolt brews, few Liberal MPs who are not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What happens after British Columbia’s indecisive election?
By The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2024
British Columbians went to the polls Saturday, but now face a week or more before knowing the result, and whether the NDP’s David Eby will keep his job as premier or if B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad will take charge, or if there might be a new election. Here’s how events could play out: WHAT’S ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two dead, one missing in B.C. after mudslide, road washout triggered by heavy rain
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2024
Police in British Columbia say two people are dead and another is missing, potentially still inside a submerged vehicle, after a weekend of torrential rain that triggered mudslides, road washouts and localized flooding. A 57 year-old woman was found dead Sunday after her home on the outskirts of Coquitlam, B.C., was swept away by a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two plead guilty to B.C. murder of former Air India suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik
By The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2024
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Two men charged in the killing of former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a British Columbia court. The courthouse in New Westminster, B.C., confirmed the pleas from Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez in the 2022 shooting of Malik, who was acquitted in ... Read More »
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