Category Archives: Atlantic
In-person voting called off in N.L. provincial election due to COVID-19 outbreak
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Less than 12 hours before polls were set to open in much of the province, Newfoundland and Labrador's chief electoral officer on Friday called off all in-person voting in response to a COVID-19 outbreak. Bruce Chaulk announced
Uncertainty surrounds election delay in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is entering uncharted legal territory as the province's chief electoral officer has called for Saturday's provincial election to be delayed in 18 ridings because of a sudden COVID-19 surge. Some key facts an...
Ottawa providing $1 million for undersea ocean tech platform in Halifax area
HALIFAX — Ottawa is providing $1 million for an undersea testing platform at a Halifax-area ocean research facility. The multi-user marine testing platform dubbed "Stella Maris" is to be installed over the next three months at the Centre for Ocean Vent...
New Brunswick health officials report two new COVID-19 cases and one more death
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick reported two new cases of COVID-19 Thursday and one more COVID-19-related death. A person in their 80s died Thursday morning at the Villa des Jardins long-term care home in Edmundston, in the northwest o...
Nova Scotia health officials report two new cases of U.K. variant of COVID-19
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia health officials say they have identified two more cases in the province of the more contagious COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom. The infections were initially reported last month, but the results from variant...
N.L. elections officer delays voting in areas hit by COVID-19 outbreak
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Amid climbing COVID-19 case numbers, Newfoundland and Labrador election officials have postponed voting in Saturday’s provincial election for nearly half the province's ridings. Elections NL said in a news release Thursday that with ...
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs uses annual speech to highlight economic growth
FREDERICTON — The premier of New Brunswick says more than $200 million in new, private investment projects are an indicator of growth in the province over the past year despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Blaine Higgs delivered his annual state of the
Opposition Tories release $127-million plan to bolster Nova Scotia health system
SYDNEY, N.S. — Nova Scotia's Opposition Progressive Conservatives have unveiled a $127-million plan to help boost the province's health-care system. Although a provincial election doesn't have to be called until spring 2022, Tory Leader Tim Houston rel...
N.L. Progressive Conservatives call for election to be postponed amid COVID outbreak
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — With soaring COVID-19 case numbers and community spread in the capital, Newfoundland and Labrador's Progressive Conservative leader is calling for the provincial election to be postponed. In a video press conference Wednesday, Ches ...
N.S. imposes 14-day quarantine rules on N.L. travellers amid jump in COVID-19 cases
HALIFAX — Health officials in Nova Scotia are imposing new restrictions on travellers from Newfoundland and Labrador following a jump in COVID-19 infections in St. John's. Officials say that beginning Wednesday at 8 a.m., people arriving in the provinc...
