Category Archives: Atlantic
Acadian group backs appointment of judge, educator to New Brunswick language review
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick has appointed a provincial court judge and a former deputy education minister to oversee a review of the province's Official Languages Act.The premier's office says Judge Yvette Finn and John McLaughlin will be expected to c...
N.S. officials impose new restrictions in Halifax area amid rise in COVID-19 cases
HALIFAX — Health officials in Nova Scotia are imposing new restrictions in the Halifax area due to concerns about a steady rise in COVID-19 infections and the spread of a more transmissible variant of virus. Premier Iain Rankin announced that starting
Committee of Fredericton City Hall creates new terms for city’s poet laureate
FREDERICTON — A committee at Fredericton City Hall has come up with new terms for what's expected from the city's poet laureate. The role has been in question for some time after some councillors felt poems read by the former poet
Health officials in Prince Edward Island concerned about new COVID-19 cluster
CHARLOTTETOWN — A cluster of COVID-19 infections in Prince Edward Island whose origin hasn't been identified is concerning health officials, who called on Friday for any close contacts of those cases to isolate and get tested. The cluster of three
N.B. health officials report one new COVID-19 infections as active cases drop
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting one new case of COVID-19 today. Health officials say the case in the Edmundston region involves a person in their 30s who is a close contact of a previously reported infection. Meanwhile, the number of
Liberal Leader Andrew Furey defends legitimacy of Newfoundland and Labrador election
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Leader and incumbent Premier Andrew Furey says he believes the province's chaotic election is legitimate. He told a virtual news conference today that if he wins, he will have a valid mandate to
Liberal Leader Andrew Furey defends legitimacy of Newfoundland and Labrador election
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Leader and incumbent Premier Andrew Furey says he believes the province's chaotic and delayed election is legitimate. Furey says if he wins, he will have a valid mandate to govern. "I believe that El...
Desmond inquiry: psychologist describes spotty treatment, marital difficulties
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A former Canadian soldier who killed three family members and himself in 2017 received sporadic mental health treatment immediately after he left the military in 2015, a fatality inquiry heard Thursday. The provincial inquiry in...
Prince Edward Island throne speech focuses on health, seniors and the environment
CHARLOTTETOWN — The spring session of the Prince Edward Island legislature has opened with a throne speech acknowledging the challenges of the past year caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lt.-Gov. Antoinette Perry thanked the chief medical officer of hea...
Health officials in Prince Edward Island report two new cases of COVID-19
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting two new cases of COVID-19 today. Officials say the cases involve two women — one in her 20s and one in her 30s — and are related to travel within
