ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Kathy Dunderdale made history by becoming the first woman elected premier of Newfoundland and Labrador as she led the Progressive Conservative party to its third-straight majority government. “My heart is stirring with pride tonight,” Dunderdale told throngs of supporters at a downtown St. John’s hotel. “As…
The federal Conservatives are keeping a comfortable 10-percentage-point lead over their political opponents, nearly half a year after the party won a majority government, a new poll suggests. Meanwhile, the NDP have 29 per cent and the Liberals trail the frontrunners with 24.5 per cent support. Regionally, party support echoes…
Washington: A University of Arkansas researcher has invented a process that performs DNA analysis thousands times faster than traditional methods. This development could contribute to many areas of health care and law enforcement, including diagnosing and treating disease, developing and testing new vaccines and forensic identification. Donald K. Roper, associate…
SRINAGAR: Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone of Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly, adjourned the House sine-die, following continued uproar by the members of various parties demanding a discussion on the mysterious death of NC worker Syed Yousuf Shah in custody. No sooner did the assembly convene at 9.30 am, the PDP…
HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh is facing an unprecedented power crisis as a direct result of the ongoing indefinite general strike by Telangana protagonists. The gap between power demand and supply has widened to 50 million units (MU) per day with the demand touching a peak of 275 MU because of continued…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues. Jobs’ death was announced by Apple in a statement late on…
OTTAWA — Canada’s human resources minister says her G20 counterparts agree job creation must be front-and-centre in economic recovery plans. Diane Finley has wrapped up two days of meetings with her counterparts in Paris. She says there is an urgent need to link economic recovery with jobs and particularly with…
OTTAWA — The federal government could save billions of dollars if it tackled the roots of poverty, says a new report from a government advisory body. The report from the National Council of Welfare urges the governing Tories to take a long-term “investment” approach to preventing poverty, rather than a…
EDMONTON — The Federal Court has thrown out a federal Treasury Board decision that rolled back RCMP pay increases. The board decided on Dec. 11, 2008, to save money during the economic downturn by partly taking back raises that had already been agreed upon for 2008-2010. That was challenged on…
An Alberta girl who was convicted of taking part in the murder of her family when she was 12 years old will get a little bit closer to freedom next month. Five years after the death of her parents and her brother, an easing of her legal conditions means that…
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