Category Archives: Atlantic
Study says $33 per person yearly could save 40 species in Saint John River watershed
HALIFAX — A new study says 40 species could be saved from disappearing from the Saint John River watershed if $33 per New Brunswick resident is spent annually on conservation measures over the next quarter century. The estimate is based on
Study says $33 per person yearly could save 40 species in Saint John River watershed
HALIFAX — A new study says 40 species could be saved from disappearing from the Saint John River watershed if $33 per New Brunswick resident is spent annually on conservation measures over the next quarter century. The estimate is based on
New Brunswick gives COVID-19 vaccination details, Nova Scotia releases stimulus list
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick announced its plan for the initial round of vaccine to be distributed next week as it reported four new cases of COVID-19 Thursday. Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said New Brunswick's shipment of 1,950 doses of the Pfizer
Report finds former N.L. liquor corp. CEO withheld evidence, committed misconduct
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A new report finds the former head of Newfoundland and Labrador’s liquor corporation withheld over 600 pages of evidence while he was being investigated for a possible conflict of interest after the NLC purchased wine from
Nova Scotia First Nation frustrated, ceases lobster fishery talks with feds
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia First Nation says it is pulling out of talks with the federal Fisheries Department over its "moderate livelihood'' fishery. In a letter sent Wednesday to Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan, Sipekne’katik Chief Mike Sack says t...
Few new COVID cases reported Wednesday as Atlantic Canada awaits vaccine
FREDERICTON — The total number of new COVID-19 cases in Atlantic Canada was in the single digits Wednesday as word came that Health Canada has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in this country. Premier Blaine Higgs said his province's all-pa...
Gunman behind mass shooting in Nova Scotia had targets in Halifax: search warrants
HALIFAX — Newly released documents suggest the gunman behind the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia had planned to "get" a pair of people in Halifax during his rampage, but the Mounties were warned by his common-law spouse while he
Over 41,000 children living in poverty in Nova Scotia, and numbers rising, says study
HALIFAX — A newly released study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says more than 41,000 children in Nova Scotia live in poverty, and the numbers have been rising. Using the latest available data from 2018, the 2020 Report Card
New Brunswick woman remains stranded a week after storm washed out bridge to home
SUSSEX, N.B. — A New Brunswick woman finds herself still stranded a week after flooding washed out a bridge to her home. Mary Ann Coleman of Waterford, N.B., in the southeast of the province, says she knew there was a
Health officials report five new cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick Tuesday
FREDERICTON — Public health officials in New Brunswick are reporting five new cases of COVID-19 today. Four of the cases are close contacts of previously confirmed cases and are self-isolating. They involve a person in their 30s in the Saint John
