Bathurst Area News

This is an undated handout photo received from U.S. Coast Guard Sept.r 10, 2009 of the CCGS Louis S. St.

"Canada is now in this business of following the American lead, which is Mr. Harper's approach.

Protest grows against Tory attack on Colvin Intelligence officer and ex-diplomat Richard Colvin, right, arrives at a commons special committee on Afghanistan hears witnesses on transfer of Afghan detainees on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday.

The head of the Belledune Port Authority says the province has promised to compensate the authority for revenue that would be wiped out if the port were to lose its biggest customer, NB Power.

The outgoing head of Canada's military police watchdog warned of a "chilling effect" Friday, saying the independence of government oversight agencies is at risk.

A Canadian soldier looks through the scope of his rifle as he guards a Canadian engineer road construction project near the Mas'um Ghar base in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan.

Rogers plans to build a 20-metre-tall cell phone tower right in front of several homes in St.

The timing of a private member's bill that would abolish the long-gun registry --it passed second reading in the House of Commons last month, with the support of MPs from three parties -- has produced anguished cries from within Canada's anti-gun movement.

Business New Brunswick Minister Victor Boudreau fielded a range of questions about the proposed sale of NB Power on Monday at a lunch organized by the Greater Bathurst Chamber of Commerce on the proposed sale of NB Power.

Citing the rescue by Canadian soldiers of a bloodied Afghan detainee, opposition MPs on Monday accused Defence Minister Peter MacKay of "misleading" Canadians by saying there was no evidence of abuse by Afghan security forces of even one Canadian-captured detainee.

Spouses and common law partners of soldiers, police officers and civil servants killed in the line of duty could soon get first dibs on many civil service jobs, Sun Media has learned.

This story reminds me of an old 1970s episode on WKRP Cincinati TV show where a thanksgiving promotional gig of tossing live turkeys out of the traffic helicopter, resulted in the deadly carnage and the anxious station owner exclaiming "As god as my witness,I thought turkeys could fly"! This story, like the TV show is an example of how people act ...

Members of the local business community will have a chance on Monday to get some answers first-hand to any questions they have about the province's proposed deal to sell most of the assets of NB Power to Hydro Quebec.

Canadian rental company SMS Rents has relocated two Montreal-area rental centers into larger facilities, the company said last week.

" Montreal police have confirmed the body found in a vacant lot in LaSalle is that of a taxi driver who went missing on Sunday.

REpower, which is to supply 477 wind turbines at five Quebec wind farms being developed by consortium Saint-Laurent A REpower Systems, which is slated to supply about 477 wind turbines at five Quebec wind farms being developed by consortium Saint-Laurent A LM Glasfiber and Marmen Inc., which have existing operations in the GaspA© peninsula, ...

Dear Premier Charest: I am writing to express my concern regarding the sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec. NB Power has been a valuable asset to the Province of New Brunswick for 90 years.

Police in northeastern New Brunswick are investigating a suspicious death. On Saturday, about 11 a.m., RCMP were called to 194 Gauvin St.

New Brunswickers braved bitter winds and freezing rain Friday as the Olympic torch made its way from Fredericton to the northern part of the province.

Canadian soldiers watch as U.S. Blackhawk helicopters land during an operation in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province last September.