Gagetown News

A U.S. man caught in a tug-of-war with his late ex-wife's relatives for custody of his son got a boost from Brazil's top prosecutor in a dispute that is testing an international child abduction treaty and heating up into a political tussle.

The Barleys' record is two-for-two in the New Brunswick Hospital Home Lottery draw, so when they re-locate to Vancouver Island soon, they plan to continue to buy tickets.

News in brief Published Thursday December 10th, 2009 A6 Gagetown ferry docked for winter The Gagetown ferry has been dry-docked for winter.

Thumbs up thumbs down Published Tuesday December 8th, 2009 C6 Thumbs up to To Bette Hudson and other members of the Widows on a Warpath group for their perseverance.

Bette Hudson, head of the Widows on the Warpath group. Photograph by: Rob Linke, Saint John Telegraph-Journal OTTAWA a ' Margaret Hogan of Tracy, N.B., lost a brother to cancer and a father to a combination of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

On Sept. 10, when the premier came to Lower Jemseg to announce the outcome of the Gagetown Ferry deliberations, Transportation Minister Denis Landry was late in arriving.

For New Brunswick's Widows on the Warpath, the battle to have the Harper government agree the spraying of Agent Orange at CFB Gagetown hastened their husbands' deaths is like trench warfare.

Every year, on the first Sunday in December, a few dozen veterans, military officers and government officials gather at a hillside cemetery here that is the final resting place of Canadians killed defending Hong Kong against Japanese forces in 1941.

It's rare for me to defend a politician, but on a personal note, I was quite offended by the cartoon recently in your newspaper depicting Kelly Lamrock receiving a heart.

Above is Leah Anstis, the local foods campaign co-ordinator with The Conservation Council of New Brunswick, with her son Ryley, 11.

Veterans joined the crowd of onlookers on Remembrance Day to watch as the flame continued its national trek, this time through scenic Labrador.

Have you ever been to Inuvik?Old Crow?What about Thompson, Manitoba orLac La Ronge, Saskatchewan ... population 2700?Probably not, but by the time the Olympic flame reaches Vancouver in February, it will likely have seen more of Canada than most Canadians have.Ten days into the torch relay and the flame has already travelled through four provinces ...

Potter in preparation: Above, Gagetown potter Maja Padrov prepares some new creations for firing as she gets ready for Christmas in the Village.

The Olympic torch covered a lot of ground in Canada's north. Canadian Press photographer Jonathan Hayward was on the road with the torch relay as it made stops in Churchill, Man., as well as Alert, the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world.

Published on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 2:58AM EST T here were fancy dancers, Irish dancers, Scottish dancers, sword dancers, tap dancers - and even kids dancing as they lined up to use the portable facilities.

Canada's Commissionaires are becoming less like the typical distinguished gentleman who mans the gate at the parking lot and more representative of society in general as they continue to hire a wider variety of persons of good character and take on a broader array of duties.

Several New Brunswick communities that have a history of industrial activity or environmental contamination have high overall rates of cancer, according to a study by the Conservation Council.

A military service medal that was left on board an Air Canada Jazz flight between Ottawa and Fredericton was hand-delivered back to its owner yesterday.

Supporters from the Miramichi region gathered at the New Brunswick Community College gym for a group photo as part of the Operation Christmas ShoeBox campaign.

The settings of wars, their causes, who fights and how: from generation to generation, these change.