Category Archives: Atlantic
N.S. offers hotels, motels property tax rebate to help with COVID-induced losses
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia hotel, motel and inn operators hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic are being offered a property tax rebate. The rebate program will cost about $4.6 million, Business Minister Geoff MacLellan said Thursday following a cabinet meeting...
City of Moncton looking to use flashing lights to solve its goose problem
Moncton, N.B., has a goose poop problem, and the city's director of parks says he may need strobe lights to solve it. Dan Hicks says the Canada goose population around Jones Lake and nearby Centennial Park increases every summer, and the
‘Everyone’s hands are tied.’ Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry delayed until next year
HALIFAX — Lawyers taking part in an inquiry investigating why former soldier Lionel Desmond killed his family and himself in 2017 say hearings won't resume until next year, a delay they say is difficult to comprehend. On Jan. 3, 2021, four
Call for action as U.S. reports sharp drop in North Atlantic right whale population
HALIFAX — A conservation group is calling on the Canadian and U.S. governments to take action to protect North Atlantic right whales after new data revealed a sharp decline in the animal's population. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr...
To address Labrador homelessness, N.L. politician needs to go: Innu
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A central Labrador town has a pressing homelessness problem and it won’t be solved until the district's legislature member is replaced by someone who understands Indigenous issues, Labrador’s Innu Nation says. Innu leaders are demand...
Halifax travel agency seeking to extend Atlantic bubble to Cuban resort this winter
HALIFAX — A Halifax travel agency is offering two weeklong trips to Cuba reserved exclusively for residents of the Atlantic Canada bubble. Absolute Travel Specialists says it will charter two Air Canada flights -- one in February and another in March
Mi’kmaq fisherman intends to fight federal charges alleging illegal lobster catch
HALIFAX — A fisherman from a Mi'kmaq community in Cape Breton says he intends to plead not guilty to charges of illegal fishing after his lobster traps were seized last year by federal fisheries officers in southwestern Nova Scotia. Ashton Bernard,
Ontario man who travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador has COVID-19: officials
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Public health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador are reporting a new case of COVID-19 in the province. They say an Ontario man in his 60s had recently travelled to western Newfoundland after he was granted a travel
COVID-19 claims the lives of two more people in New Brunswick: health officials
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick say two people with underlying health conditions have died from COVID-19 and two others have been infected with the virus. Those who died on the weekend include a person in the 70s from the
Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chief casts doubt on Ottawa’s bid to quell violence over lobster
HALIFAX — The First Nations chief behind a small but contentious fishing fleet trapping Nova Scotia lobster outside the regulated season raised concerns on Sunday about Ottawa's latest bid to quell violent protests by non-Indigenous agitators. Chief Mi...
