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3.00pm: Record-breaking heat kills hundreds in Canada
A record-breaking heat wave has killed at least 486 people in the Canadian province of British Columbia this week.
On Sunday morning, Canada’s heat record had stood for 84 years. A monument in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan marks the moment when the thermometer hit 45ºC in July 1937. That record was shattered in Lytton, BC on Sunday afternoon. The temperature then kept increasing in the village north of Vancouver for the next two days, setting new records. It topped out at 49.6ºC on Tuesday.
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Melisa Brakel talks about her memories of Gerry Brownlee, who lost his seat in Ilam at the 2020 election.
THE PRESS 160 YEARS is a series marking the launch of
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The Press will revisit stories from every year of publication. Cantabrians have become used to and even fond of National MP Gerry Brownlee’s sense of humour. There was an early sign of it on August 27, 1996, when
The Press reported on two bizarre election thefts. “MP for Christchurch North Mike Moore has had $4000 worth of Labour campaign signs stolen in the new Waimakariri electorate and the National candidate for Ilam, Gerry Brownlee, had his mobile electorate office taken for a joy-ride at the weekend.”
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Cut and Thrust: Covid-19 Parliament - National holds back, David Seymour lets rip
16 Feb, 2021 03:57 AM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she was only informed about the new Covid community cases about 90 minutes before the public was told.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she was only informed about the new Covid community cases about 90 minutes before the public was told.
Parliament at half strength can be akin to watching the Australian Open without the crowd. Those who watched the Nick Kyrgios–Dominic Thiem match in the Australian Open, the last full game with an audience before Melbourne went into lockdown, will know what that means.