Category Archives: Atlantic
COVID-19 in Atlantic Canada: New Brunswick reports 38 new cases on the weekend
HALIFAX — The Atlantic provinces reported a total of 41 new cases of COVID-19 on the weekend, virtually all of them in New Brunswick. Health officials in that province reported 12 cases on Saturday and an additional 26 on Sunday, with
Debate-packed third week ahead for Newfoundland and Labrador election campaign
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The steady rollout of policy announcements from party leaders hoping to win over Newfoundland and Labrador voters slowed slightly this weekend, as candidates headed into a week of debates. Though the campaign for the Feb. 13 election...
Health officials in New Brunswick report 12 new cases of COVID-19
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting 12 new cases of COVID 19 today, all of them people under the age of 60.The province also reported one virus-related death; a person in their 80s with underlying health conditions
Nova Scotia health officials reporting three new cases of COVID-19
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting three new cases of COVID-19 today, all of them related to travel outside the Atlantic region.The province is now dealing with 11 active cases, two of which are people recovering in hospital.One patient remains
N.L. fisheries union calling on election candidates to increase minimum wage
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The union representing inshore fishers in Newfoundland and Labrador is calling on party leaders during the provincial election to commit to increasing the minimum wage. The Fish Food and Allied Workers Union released a series of reco...
New Brunswick officials report one more COVID-related death and warn of third wave
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick reported 16 new cases of COVID-19 Friday and another COVID-related death, as health officials warned that new variants of the novel coronavirus could trigger a third wave in the province. The seventeenth person in New Brunsw...
More COVID-19 cases in N.B. as officials report another death and warn of third wave
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting 16 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today and another death related to the virus. The death of a person in their 80s at the Manoir Belle Vue in Edmundston is
Nova Scotia to increase beds at long-term care facility ravaged by virus last spring
HALIFAX — After COVID-19 ravaged the largest long-term care facility in Halifax last spring, the Nova Scotia government announced Friday it will increase the number of beds at care homes across the city. Premier Stephen McNeil said that under a multi-y...
First Nations groups, Charlottetown council differ on Sir John A. Macdonald statue
CHARLOTTETOWN — First Nations groups and Charlottetown city council are at odds over how to deal with a statue of Canada's first prime minister. Members of the Epekwitk Assembly of Councils — which represents the Abegweit and Lennox Island First Nation...
Maritime Bus gets $720,000 in funding to operate routes in northern New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — A last-minute government injection of $720,000 appears to have saved bus routes in northern New Brunswick that a private bus operator wanted to cut because of a drop in ridership attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Brunswick gove...
