Category Archives: Atlantic
NDP says ‘unprecedented’ number of spoiled votes in N.L. election, voters speak out
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's NDP says the party's election scrutineer is concerned about an "unprecedented" number of spoiled ballots. In a March 12 letter to chief elections officer Bruce Chaulk, NDP president Kyle Rees said the scr...
Nova Scotia warns against non-essential travel to northwestern New Brunswick
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia won't hesitate to close its provincial boundary if a COVID-19 outbreak in northwestern New Brunswick spreads elsewhere, Premier Iain Rankin assured Friday. An advisory to avoid non-essential travel to the Edmundston, N.B., area wa...
Nova Scotia reports four new COVID-19 cases, one of which connected to high school
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting four new cases of COVID-19 today, including one involving a high school north of Halifax. Officials say one case was identified in the eastern health region and is travel related. Two other cases are in the
New Brunswick orders ‘circuit breaker’ restrictions in northwest after COVID outbreak
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is imposing "circuit-breaker" restrictions in the northwest of the province for at least four days to contain a COVID-19 outbreak. The city of Edmundston and the upper Madawaska region, which border Quebec and Maine, were sc...
Deadline for voting in disrupted N.L. election passes but some never received ballots
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Thursday was a voting day unlike any other in Canada’s easternmost province, but a Labrador man says he and many others in his community have been unable to cast a ballot.Rex Holwell said Newfoundland and Labrador’s
Highlights of the 2021-22 Nova Scotia provincial budget
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Finance Minister Labi Kousoulis tabled the 2021-22 Nova Scotia budget Thursday. Here are some highlights. - A deficit of $584.9 million is projected on a spending program of $12.5 billion, with total debt hitting $17.97 billi...
Highlights of the 2021-22 Nova Scotia provincial budget
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Finance Minister Labi Kousoulis tabled the 2021-22 Nova Scotia budget Thursday. Here are some highlights. - A deficit of $584.9 million is projected on a spending program of $12.5 billion, with total debt hitting $17.97 billi...
COVID-19 expenses push Nova Scotia budget into $585-million deficit
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal government is projecting a $585-million deficit driven by pandemic costs in a budget that critics say is light on investment in areas where the virus took its greatest toll. The deficit estimate in Th...
Town presses Nova Scotia to speed up renaming process for offensive place names
BARRINGTON, N.S. — Councillors in a southwestern Nova Scotia community voted unanimously this week to pressure the province to get rid of derogatory place names within the municipality's boundaries. The issue was put before Barrington’s council Monday ...
Nova Scotia Liberals to table first deficit budget in six years because of COVID-19
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's budget is to be tabled Thursday and will include a plan to bring the province back to fiscal balance within four years, according to a government source. The source with knowledge of the budget — the first
