Category Archives: Atlantic
Youth advocate says N.B. should revisit decision to end COVID restrictions in schools
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's government should review its decision to lift the COVID-19 mask mandate in schools because it was made without the proper evidence to justify it, Kelly Lamrock, the province's child, youth and seniors advocate, said Friday...
Nova Scotia plan to address challenges in health system panned for lacking detail
HALIFAX — The highly anticipated plan for reforming Nova Scotia’s ailing health system is "nothing new" and lacks detail, opposition parties said Friday, after the Progressive Conservatives released their strategy to fulfil their main election promise....
Nova Scotia developer evicts long-term tenants from 54-unit hotel
HALIFAX — Brandy McGuire said she was in shock last month when she read the notice from the owners of Bluenose Inn & Suites that told everyone to vacate the property in suburban Halifax. The hotel has been home to
Systemic failures and racism: Hearings for Desmond inquiry conclude in Nova Scotia
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — Systemic failures and racism were partly to blame for the tragic chain of events that led an Afghanistan war veteran to kill his family and himself in 2017, an inquiry heard Wednesday at it concluded its
Ottawa funding more searches for unmarked graves at former N.S. residential school
SIPEKNE'KATIK, NOVA SCOTIA — The federal government on Wednesday said it would invest $326,000 to resume ground searches for potential unmarked graves near a former Nova Scotia residential school. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller made th...
Unlike in the rest of Canada, free rapid COVID-19 tests not widely available in N.L.
HALIFAX — Newfoundland and Labrador residents say they’re frustrated by the lack of free COVID-19 rapid tests when other provinces make them widely available at no cost. Heather Elliott, a retail worker from St. John’s, says many of her friends and
Ottawa spending $22 million for upgrades to New Brunswick long-term care homes
DALHOUSIE, N.B. — The federal government is investing more than $22 million to improve services for residents of long-term care homes in New Brunswick. The deal signed between the provincial and federal governments was announced today by Prime Ministe...
Nova Scotia property tax bill moves through public hearing process without changes
HALIFAX — Public hearings involving two new taxes targeting non-resident property owners in Nova Scotia concluded Tuesday without amendments to their accompanying legislation. The all-party law amendments committee forwarded legislation authorizing the...
Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry: federal lawyer defends role of Veterans Affairs
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A Nova Scotia inquiry investigating why a former Afghanistan war veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Tuesday from a federal lawyer who defended the work of Veterans Affairs Canada. Lori Ward told the inquiry
New non-resident property taxes in Nova Scotia forcing tough decisions on homeowners
HALIFAX — Michelle Keall says she is considering selling her home in Nova Scotia because of the provincial government's new tax on non-resident property owners imposed to ease the housing shortage. “I feel like I’m being penalized,” Keall said in an