Category Archives: Atlantic
Nova Scotia offers extra $12 million to businesses hit by latest COVID-19 lockdown
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal government announced more than $12 million in additional support Tuesday for businesses hit by the latest COVID-19 lockdown in the province. Labi Kousoulis, minister of inclusive economic growth, said the new grant targ...
Health officials on P.E.I. report one new COVID-19 case and confirm new variant cases
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials on Prince Edward Island are reporting one new case of COVID-19 today. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Heather Morrison says the latest case involves a person in their 50s who travelled outside of Atlantic Canada.
Second team of Newfoundland and Labrador health-care workers en route to Ontario
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A team of Newfoundland and Labrador health-care workers took off for Ontario Tuesday morning, hoping to help their central Canadian colleagues battle a deadly third wave of COVID-19 that has pushed the province's health-care system b...
Health officials in New Brunswick confirm 38th COVID-19-related death
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials say a resident in their 90s of special-care home Pavillon Beau-Lieu in Grand Falls, N.B., has died of COVID-19. The resident is the 38th person in the province to die of the disease since the
Health officials in New Brunswick confirm 38th COVID-19-related death
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials say a resident in their 90s of special-care home Pavillon Beau-Lieu in Grand Falls, N.B., has died of COVID-19. The resident is the 38th person in the province to die of the disease since the
Nova Scotia’s premier blasts ‘selfish few’ ignoring COVID-19 gathering limits
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier blasted what he called the "selfish few" who aren't following COVID-19 restrictions, saying they are putting themselves and others at risk during the province's current outbreak. Iain Rankin expressed his frustration dur...
‘He loved Nova Scotia.’ Former premier Donald Cameron dead at 74
HALIFAX — The leader of Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative party has issued a statement saying Donald Cameron, the province's 22nd premier, has died. Tory Leader Tim Houston described Cameron as a mentor with incredible integrity. Cameron, who was ...
Former Nova Scotia premier Donald Cameron remembered as man ‘ahead of his time’
HALIFAX — Raised on a farm in Nova Scotia's Pictou County, Donald Cameron's rural roots were a source of pride for a man who in 1991 would become the province's 22nd premier and an advocate for fairness and social justice. An
Health officials in Nova Scotia report another 133 cases of COVID-19 Sunday
HALIFAX — Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting 133 new cases of COVID-19 today. There are 117 cases in the province's Central Zone, nine cases in the Eastern Zone, one case in the Northern Zone and six cases in
Health officials in New Brunswick report 37th COVID-19 related death, six new cases
FREDERICTON — A resident of Pavillon Beau-Lieu, a special care home in Grand Falls, N.B., is the 37th COVID-19 related death in New Brunswick. Health officials say the person in their 80s died in hospital. Officials are reporting six new cases
