Category Archives: Canadian Press

HALIFAX - A sketch of Nova Scotia NDP Leader Gary Burrill: Age: 61 Hometown: Woodstock, N.B. (with family roots in Yarmouth, N.S.) Job before politics: The social justice advocate and graduate of Quee...

HALIFAX - A sketch of Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie: Age: 51 Hometown: Truro, N.S. Job before politics: A chartered accountant, he worked as a senior partner at human resou...

HALIFAX - A sketch of Nova Scotia Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil: Age: 52 Hometown: Upper Granville, N.S. Job before politics: Operated appliance repair business in Bridgetown, N.S., for 15 years. Lea...

PITTSBURGH - They could chuckle about it afterward because, however ugly, the Pittsburgh Penguins managed to come away with a win. The defending champs stole Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final Monday nig...

Tiger Woods was arrested early Monday on a DUI charge in Jupiter, Florida, and spent nearly four hours in a county jail before he was released. Woods, the 14-time major champion who ranks second with ...

Tiger Woods attributed an “unexpected reaction” to prescription medicine for his arrest on a DUI charge that landed him in a Florida jail Monday for nearly four hours. Woods, the 14-time m...

HALIFAX - Political differences aside, Nova Scotia’s major party leaders can find common ground on a few fronts: They all enjoy political non-fiction, locally tailored suits and the provinceR...

MONTREAL - Boeing says its trade complaint against Bombardier is designed to prevent the Montreal-based rival from using subsidies to build a larger version of the CSeries plane that would directly co...

BATHURST, N.B. - As provinces across Canada move to establish protest-free “buffer zones” around abortion providers, a judge has banned anti-abortion activists from demonstrating outside a...

OTTAWA - Aid agencies are urging Canadians to respond generously to the federal government’s matching fund for famine relief in Africa and the Middle East, calling it a response to the worst hum...