There won't be any shortage of female candidates running in southeastern New Brunswick this fall for the Progressive Conservative Party.
Retiring school principal Karen Nelson was nominated to run in Moncton East at a convention at Forest Glen School while on Friday night Moncton lawyer Marie-Claude Blais was nominated to represent the Moncton North riding.
Well-known Moncton business woman
Canadian sex offence charges registry
Dartmouth, Halifax, Sex Offence charges:sexual assault
Steven Elliot Laffin, 35, of Dartmouth, faces charges of kidnapping, forcible confinement, aggravated sexual assault and uttering death threats.
Police say a 29-year-old woman knocked on the door of a home in the 2000 block of Old Sambro Road just before 11 a.m. late Monday night asking for help
Lakeville, NB - A 24 year old Moncton man, Joshua Robert Terry , appeared in Moncton Provincial Court today in regards to an attempted armed robbery and hostage taking at the Kwik Way convenience store on Biddington Avenue in Lakeville.
Lakeside Estates is a mobile home park community on the north eastern outskirts of Moncton.
On August 15, 2010 at approximately 9:15 am ,Caledonia RCMP
Halifax, N.S.- A Halifax woman pushing a baby in a stroller on Robie Street at about 8:45 p.m. Saturday,was sexually assaulted by a man who grabbed her buttocks, police say.
The woman was approached by a man in his 30s near the Halifax Common, who grabbed her by the waist and buttocks and commented on how good she looked, according to a statement by HRM police.
The man is described as white
The federal government will announce new measures on Wednesday to target organized crime in Canada by designating several signature activities as serious offences.
The changes, if passed into law, would amend the Criminal Code's definition of serious offences to include illegal gambling, as well as other prostitution and drug-related crimes.
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is scheduled to an
New research is showing a surge of sexual infections among those in their 40s and 50s.
Rising rates of STIs among the middle-aged have drawn the attention of researchers and are prompting the agency to monitor the trend.
According to the Public Health Agency, the majority of reported STIs in Canada still occur in people under 25. Since 1997, however, middle-aged people have made up an "incr
Treasury Board President Stockwell Day says the government will go ahead with its plan to spend billions for new prisons, suggesting statistics that show crime is declining in Canada are not accurate.
During a news conference on Tuesday in Ottawa, Day said the government has received indications that more and more people are not reporting crimes committed against them.
"It shows we can’t ta
WASHINGTON - President Obama doesn't have the "cojones" to protect America's border with Mexico, Sarah Palin charged Sunday.
In lashing out at the President's manhood, the former Alaska governor was lamenting a federal judge's decision last week to toss key parts of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's controversial immigration law that lets cops detain people who they suspect are illegal immigrants.
GAZA – An explosion in the house of a Hamas commander in the Gaza Strip has wounded 24 people, a Hamas official and medical workers in the Palestinian territory said on Monday.
Hamas blamed Israel for the explosion, which it said targeted field commander Alaa al-Danaf. The Israeli military, through an army spokeswoman, denied any involvement.
A Hamas commander and rocket-maker was killed in
OTTAWA - There will be no review and no withdrawal of federal funding for a play that gives a sympathetic portrayal of convicted terrorist Shareef Abdelhaleem.
The play, titled Homegrown, is the work of lawyer and playwright Catherine Frid.
The play opens Aug. 5 as part of Theatre Passe Muraille’s SummerWorks festival. It received $6,000 in direct funding from the Toronto Arts Council whi
OTTAWA - A veteran airline worker at Canada’s busiest airport said few veiled Muslim women are forced to reveal their faces before boarding flights.
The long-time frontline worker at Toronto's Pearson International Airport said there is no clear-cut policy given to airline workers on how to deal with this and other sensitive issues.
“It may be in the archives, but it is not presented to the
Federal Transport Minister John Baird is probing whether airlines are following the rules requiring staff to see the faces of all passengers, including those wearing veils.
The move comes after a recent YouTube video posted by a British man. It appears to show two women in veils passing through an Air Canada departure gate in Montreal last month who were not asked to remove their veils to chec
Shell Canada said it's going ahead with plans to convert its Montreal refinery into a distribution terminal after announcing Monday that negotiations with a potential buyer have fallen through.
Shell had previously rejected a $420-million offer from Delek for the 77-year-old refinery, which employs 800 people, and the company's gas stations in Quebec and the Maritimes.
Shell has been under
TThe 3rd annual Green Festival is being held AUG 16th, through until, Sun. AUG 22nd 2010.
The Green Festival is a family celebration of Community, Ecology and Live Music. Just 30 minutes North of MONCTON, New Brunswick, CANADA.To reach it just take McLaughlin Dr (Hy #490) and turn west on Chemin Richard and then take the Glenn Rd.
Run primarily by volunteers and RAIN OR SHINE it will featu
Canada is in a race with Russia and other Arctic nations to lay claim to the frozen territory that may hold untold treasures.
Geologists believe the Arctic shelf holds vast stores of oil, natural gas, diamonds, gold and minerals. A 2007 Russian intelligence report predicted that conflict with other Arctic nations is a distinct possibility, including military action "in a competition for resour
Canada should ban burkas in public, according to more than half of the people polled exclusively for QMI Agency.
The Leger Marketing online poll found 54% of people surveyed said the government should follow France's lead and not allow women to wear burkas in public for safety and transparency reasons.
Only 20% of respondents said Canada shouldn't consider a ban because it's an issue of fre
Codiac Regional RCMP are praising the actions last night of a Codiac Transit bus driver Max White, who was concerned about a passenger who that had just gotten off the bus in Riverview. Around 6:00pm on Wednesday July 21, 2010 the bus driver felt the elderly male appeared to be disoriented and may not have been well.
When Codiac Regional RCMP arrived, it was determined the man in his early 80'
Canadian Crime News: Atlantic:
2010 07 17
Approximately 1 year ago, Rachel Melanson of 38 Francis Street in Dieppe, NB, masterminded a home invasion on 20 Elmwood Drive in Moncton, NB, having her live in boyfriend, Jason Green, execute the invasion with two other individuals.
These three criminals kicked the outside door open and upon seeing a young female fled the scene.
The home
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - 82-year-old Robert Wallace said he fired two shots at two men when they tried to run him over while stealing his flatbed trailer.
Wallace now faces twelve felony counts, including four counts of attempted first degree murder, for what he described as an act of defending his property and his life.
One of the thieves, Damacio Torres later admitted to the theft. He and hi
2010/7/9
RCMP Press / News Release
Following autopsy results, a preliminary report from the Coroner’s Office, and evidence from the investigation it does not appear that foul play was involved in the death of a 22-year-old Elsipogtog woman in Salisbury.
On July 5, the RCMP was called to an apartment building in Salisbury where the body of Sabrina Polchies was discovered. The preliminary re
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