Category Archives: Atlantic
Atlantic provinces still waiting for their first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine
FREDERICTON — As Ontario and Quebec began administering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday, leaders in the Atlantic provinces said their residents would have to wait a bit longer. Health officials in New Brunswick said they didn't know the ex...
Nova Scotia Housing Department funds 40 additional shelter beds for Halifax homeless
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's provincial government is announcing 40 additional shelter beds for the homeless at two locations in Halifax. The Housing Department says in a release today that funding of $1.7 million will create 25 beds at the Mi'kmaw Native
Single-digit increases in COVID cases continue Sunday in Atlantic provinces
FREDERICTON — New cases of COVID-19 in the Atlantic provinces rose again by single digits, health authorities reported on Sunday. Nova Scotia added six new cases, bringing to 59 the number of active infections in the province. Four of the new
Industry group seeks to shorten two-week shutdown of Nova Scotia poultry plant
KENTVILLE, N.S. — The provincial government needs to speed up COVID-19 testing and look for options to shorten the planned two-week shutdown of a poultry processing plant in Berwick, the Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia said on the weekend. The head
Walking bridge built after New Brunswick woman stranded when storm washed out bridge
SUSSEX, N.B. — A New Brunswick woman who was stranded for 10 days after flooding washed out a bridge to her home says she feels free now that a temporary walking bridge has been built. Mary Ann Coleman of Waterford, N.B.,
Nova Scotia health officials urge COVID-19 testing for residents near poultry plant
HALIFAX — Residents living near a poultry plant in Berwick, N.S, should get tested for COVID-19, provincial public health officials said on Saturday. The notice came a day after an announcement that the Eden Valley Poultry plant would be closed for
RCMP should inform public about rationale behind unusual chase: N.S. premier
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier says it's important for the RCMP to communicate clearly with the public when it is involved in incidents like the street chase and drug raids that took place this week in Halifax. Stephen McNeil's comments on
Prince Edward Island to begin COVID-19 vaccinations next week in Charlottetown
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island will begin vaccinating frontline health-care workers and long-term care staff against COVID-19 on Wednesday. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison says the province expects its initial 1,950 doses of the ...
Nova Scotia shuts down poultry plant hit by COVID-19; school break extended
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has closed a poultry plant where at least four cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed and announced it will extend the upcoming seasonal break for schools as it battles to contain the virus. Premier Stephen McNeil identified
More arrests made in dispute over Indigenous lobster fishing in Nova Scotia: RCMP
MIDDLE WEST PUBNICO, N.S. — The Nova Scotia RCMP confirmed Friday the arrest of 21 people in recent weeks following a violent confrontation at a lobster pound at centre of a dispute over a self-regulated Indigenous fishery. "The arrests have been
