Category Archives: Atlantic
Atlantic Canada reporting single-digit COVID-19 case counts, encouraging testing
HALIFAX — Three Atlantic Canadian provinces reported single-digit COVID-19 case counts on Saturday while urging residents to get tested for the virus. Health officials in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick each reported six new cases, while Newfoundland and...
New Brunswick to provide one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to entire population by July
FREDERICTON — Public health restrictions across New Brunswick will be eased this Monday morning because COVID-19 infections are on a steady trend downward, health officials announced Friday. The province's chief medical officer of health, however, said...
Desmond inquiry: therapist adds to long list of challenges that Lionel Desmond faced
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — The inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed three family members and himself in 2017 heard testimony today from an occupational therapist who said Lionel Desmond had trouble controlling his anxiety and anger. Julie Bea...
Desmond inquiry: therapist adds to long list of challenges that Lionel Desmond faced
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — The inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed three family members and himself in 2017 heard testimony today from an occupational therapist who said Lionel Desmond had trouble controlling his anxiety and anger. Julie Bea...
New Brunswick youth advocate to report on mental health crisis care by July
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's child and youth advocate is promising a thorough review of mental health crisis care in the province with a public report issued by July. Norm Bosse received his mandate this week from Health Minister Dorothy Shephard foll...
Nova Scotia welcomes approval of latest vaccine as inoculation campaign ramps up
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia welcomed Ottawa's go-ahead for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine Friday as health officials geared up for the opening of the first of 10 community inoculation clinics across the province next week. Premier Iain Rankin called the a...
N.S. announces $3M fund for land title claims in African Nova Scotian communities
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin says his government is addressing a "legacy of systemic racism” by setting aside $3 million to help accelerate the process of awarding land titles in historically African Nova Scotian communities. The money wil...
Health officials in Prince Edward Island report one new case of COVID-19
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting one new case of COVID-19 today. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Heather Morrison says the case involves a man in his 60s who is a close contact of a previously
Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chiefs say Ottawa’s new fisheries plan unacceptable
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaq chiefs say Ottawa's new plan to regulate Indigenous moderate livelihood fisheries is an attempt by government to control something that isn't under its mandate. Chief Gerald B. Toney of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kma...
Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chiefs say Ottawa’s new fisheries plan unacceptable
HALIFAX — Mi’kmaq chiefs in Nova Scotia say Ottawa's new plan to address a conflict between Indigenous and commercial fishers is an attempt by government to control fishing rights that aren't in its mandate. The Mi’kmaq treaty right to fish shouldn't
