Category Archives: Atlantic
N.L. budget forecasts $351-million deficit, drop in oil revenues
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador forecast a $351-million deficit in its budget tabled on Thursday, projecting a significant drop in oil royalties for the 2022-23 fiscal year at a time when oil prices are skyrocketing. Provincial net debt is...
Atlantic Canada’s pharmacists want more responsibilities to ease burden on hospitals
HALIFAX — The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the value of pharmacies in the health-care system, but they can do even more to help ease the burden on Atlantic Canada's hospitals, say pharmacists across the region. Pharmacists in Atlantic Canada have the ...
Federal environment minister approves Bay du Nord oil project off Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has approved a controversial new oil project off the coast of Newfoundland with what Ottawa is calling the strongest emissions rules ever imposed. His decision released Wednesday by the ...
Court orders province to reconsider rejected pay raise for Nova Scotia judges
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government needs to reconsider a “politicized” move that denied a pay raise that had been recommended for the province’s judges in 2016, a judge has ruled. In a written decision dated March 31 but released Wednesday,
Maritimer ‘dream team’ supplies non-lethal military gear to Ukraine territorial units
HALIFAX — Two Canadians with ties to the Maritimes have been teaming up to provide non-lethal supplies to Ukraine's territorial forces. Lex Brukovskiy, a lobster fisherman from Meteghan, N.S., and Don Bowser, who grew up in New Brunswick, joined forces...
N.L. government lifting ban on wind development, commits to ending oil subsidies
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — One of Canada's windiest provinces is ending a long-standing moratorium on the development of wind energy. Newfoundland and Labrador Energy Minister Andrew Parsons made the announcement today, saying the province's relentless winds a...
New Brunswick reports nine more deaths as new website for COVID-19 data launched
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting nine deaths from COVID-19 for the week that ended Saturday, bringing the total to 358 since the start of the pandemic. Health officials said Tuesday 12 more people were admitted to hospital for COVID-19 over
Nova Scotia legislature moves to hybrid sitting following COVID-19 outbreak
HALIFAX — Nearly two weeks after it opened for its spring sitting, the Nova Scotia legislature is scaling back to a hybrid sitting because of a COVID-19 outbreak. The change does not limit the number of members who can attend in
Prince Edward Island to keep mask mandate for indoor public spaces until April 28
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island is lifting some public health restrictions but keeping its mask mandate for indoor public spaces until at least April 28. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Heather Morrison told reporters Tuesday masks are more ef...
47-year-old magazine in Labrador building lists of residential school students
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Prize money from book awards and royalties is helping a beloved 47-year-old magazine and archive in Labrador compile lists of people who were forced to attend the region's residential schools. Them Days magazine has issue...