Category Archives: Atlantic
Ottawa offers temporary debt relief for N.L.’s troubled Muskrat Falls project
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Ottawa is providing temporary debt relief to Newfoundland and Labrador for its Muskrat Falls loan payments. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement today in a video call with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey...
Ottawa offers temporary debt relief for N.L.’s troubled Muskrat Falls project
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Ottawa is giving Newfoundland and Labrador temporary relief from debt and financing payments for the troubled Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project and appointing a top bureaucrat to oversee the project's financial restructuring. Prim...
Nova Scotia to extend COVID-19 restrictions through holiday period
HALIFAX — Restrictions meant to curb an ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 in the Halifax area are being extended, while a series of new, provincewide restrictions are on their way for the holiday period. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang
New Brunswick New Democrats choose Chris Thompson as interim party leader
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick New Democrats have selected Chris Thompson as their interim party leader. The party said today in a news release the 25-year-old has a business degree and experience managing a small business. The NDP says Thompson has a
Right-wing extremist activity on the rise in Atlantic Canada: UNB researchers
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Researchers at the University of New Brunswick found an alarming recent spike in right-wing extremism in Atlantic Canada, and the data indicates the activity is increasing. Right-wing extremist activity surged in Atlantic Canada in 2...
‘A generational moment’: COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Atlantic Canada
Doctors, nurses and other front-line health-care workers on Wednesday were the first people in Atlantic Canada to be given the COVID-19 vaccine. Ellen Foley-Vick, a public health nurse in St. John's, N.L., received the province's first dose of the Pfiz...
New Brunswick government presents capital spending plan for 2021-22
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government has tabled a $673.4-million capital budget for 2021-22. Finance Minister Ernie Steeves said Tuesday the spending package helps support economic recovery while maintaining fiscal discipline. Almost $308 milli...
COVID-19 vaccines arrive in four Atlantic provinces, inoculations begin Wednesday
HALIFAX — The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Atlantic Canada Tuesday and Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador said they would begin inoculating their citizens as early as Wednesday. New Brunswi...
Nova Scotia lobster pound owner fined, sanctioned for buying Mi’kmaq ceremonial catch
HALIFAX — The owner of a lobster pound in Nova Scotia who was convicted of illegally selling lobster harvested by Mi'kmaq fishers has been fined and temporarily banned from working in the Nova Scotia industry.Judge Tim Landry on Monday fined
Ottawa announces $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next decade
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Canadian government says it will spend $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next ten years. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan made the funding announcement Monday at a tree nursery in St. John’s, saying
