Category Archives: Atlantic
Nova Scotia to restrict possession of police gear almost a year after mass killing
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is introducing restrictions on access to used police gear in reaction to last year's mass shooting by a gunman who wore an RCMP uniform and drove a replica police cruiser. Justice Minister Randy Delorey said
Desmond Inquiry: doctor says better data needed on PTSD treatment for veterans
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — The director of a Halifax-area mental health clinic has told an inquiry that better national data is needed about how to properly treat veterans for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Abraham Rudnick testifie...
Desmond fatality inquiry questions referral rules for Halifax mental health clinic
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — The manager of a Halifax-area mental health clinic for military veterans testified Thursday that the facility doesn't require patients to have a family physician before accessing its services, but such a rule may have previously...
N.L. doctor not alone in spreading COVID-19 misinformation, says national association
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Canadian Medical Association says a Newfoundland and Labrador doctor sanctioned by his professional order for encouraging people to disobey health orders is among a larger cohort of Canadian doctors spreading COVID-19 misinformat...
Lionel Desmond inquiry: Doctor says former soldier was looking for treatment plan
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A doctor who saw Lionel Desmond two months after he returned to Nova Scotia in 2016 told an inquiry Wednesday the former soldier was looking for help getting followup psychiatric treatment. Desmond's medical care is at the
Inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting accepting applications from participants
HALIFAX — The independent public inquiry into the mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives last spring is now accepting applications from potential participants.The commission of inquiry, formally known as the Mass Casualty Commission, issued...
Newfoundland and Labrador once again extends mail-in ballot deadline for election
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's elections authority is once again changing a deadline for returning mail-in ballots in the delayed provincial election. Chief electoral officer Bruce Chaulk said today all ballots must now be received by M...
Prince Edward Island auditor general tables annual report, warns of rising debt
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's auditor general warned about the province's debt as he tabled his annual report today in the legislature. Darren Noonan says the province's net debt increased by $81.5 million, for a total of $2.2 billion as of
New Brunswick farmers upset with new restrictions for temporary foreign workers
FREDERICTON — Farmers in New Brunswick are calling on the provincial government to rethink new restrictions on temporary foreign workers that they say are unnecessary and will increase costs. Agricultural Alliance of New Brunswick president Lisa Ashwor...
N.L. receives first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine as COVID-19 case numbers dwindle
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador received its first shipment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday as active infections across the province continued to drop. A spokeswoman for Liberal Leader and incumbent Premier Andrew Fur...
