6 years ago
Explosion at Irving Oil refinery shakes New Brunswick city
An explosion shook the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, after a “major incident” at an Irving Oil refinery, but caused no fatalities.
Stories by Chris Burns
6 years ago
Collins says she doesn’t believe Kavanaugh assaulted Ford
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, who cast a decisive vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court over the weekend, said in a TV interview that she does not believe he sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford.
6 years ago
Collins says she won’t support Supreme Court pick ‘hostile’ to Roe v. Wade
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Sunday that she won’t support a U.S. Supreme Court nominee who has “demonstrated hostility” to Roe v. Wade.
6 years ago
Susan Collins says separating immigrant families ‘inconsistent with American values’
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Sunday called the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy of pressing criminal charges against immigrants and separating children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border “inconsistent with American values” and “traumatizing” to children.
7 years ago
Southern Aroostook man shot by state police in Oakfield dies
John Corneil, 54, was shot Friday during an armed confrontation with state police outside a grocery store in Oakfield, according to authorities.
7 years ago
Collins slams Comey for releasing his memoir during the Russia investigation
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine on Sunday criticized former FBI Director James Comey for releasing his memoir amid the ongoing Russia investigation, saying it could disrupt the probe.
7 years ago
Collins says US may need to consider military strike after Syrian gas attack
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Sunday that the U.S. may need to consider a military strike against the Syrian government in response to a gas attack in a rebel-held town near Damascus that left at least 42 people dead, a move the White House is not ruling out.
7 years ago
Donald Collins, father of Sen. Susan Collins, dies at 92
Donald F. Collins, father of Maine’s most popular elected official and a fixture of the Pine Tree State’s political scene in his own right, died Saturday night. He was 92.
