New Brunswick Premier David Alward announced a recovery program Sunday for victims of the weekend ice jam flooding along the St. John River during a visit to hard hit Perth-Andover.

A former tabloid editor who became Prime Minister David Cameron's spin doctor has told Britain's media ethics inquiry that Rupert Murdoch was a hands-off owner who did not meddle in his newspapers' editorial decisions or political positions.

David Gilmour's The Perfect Order of Things and David Bezmozgis' The Free World are among the finalists for the Trillium Prize, an Ontario award for fiction or poetry.