New Brunswick’s Blaine Higgs has lowest approval of any premier in Canada, poll shows
September 20, 2024
New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs is starting an election campaign with the lowest approval rating of any premier in the country.The latest quarterly Angus Reid Institute survey released Thursday showed Higgs, who is seeking a third term, at an approval rating of 30 per cent.
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Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. president to live to 100 on Tuesday, a milestone that seemed unlikely more than 18 months ago when his family said he would be entering hospice care in his hometown in Georgia. And while birthday celebrations are under way, a crucial piece of his legacy is being cemented: the world is closing in on eradicating Guinea worm disease, with just four cases so far this year.Mr. Carter and his late wife Rosalynn began leading the global fight to get to zero in the mid-1980s, in hopes of making Guinea worm the second human disease to be eliminated, after...
October 1, 2024 - 06:57 | Iain Boekhoff | The Globe and Mail
Good morning. The Israeli military’s ground operation into southern Lebanon has begun with “limited” raids against Hezbollah – more on that below, along with the heated debate over the U.S. border.Crisis in the Middle EastNews: Israel sends troops into southern Lebanon, The Globe’s Mark MacKinnon and Eric Reguly report from the groundAnalysis: Netanyahu gets a political boost in Israel after the strikes in Lebanon and YemenOpinion: After Hezbollah’s miscalculations, it has lost much of its powerPhotos: See the latest images from the conflict
October 1, 2024 - 06:49 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
As the new City of Ottawa garbage rules come into effect, I’ve heard them called everything from a “nothing burger” to “tyranny.” What strikes me in all of this is a missed opportunity to make a meaningful change — one that will actually address the looming end-days of the Trail Road Landfill. Read More
October 1, 2024 - 06:30 | Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
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