Category Archives: Atlantic
As N.L.’s oil industry sputters, the emotional toll of the cod moratorium looms large
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Dave Mercer spent the early 1990s roaming around Newfoundland and Labrador, trying to get enough hours to qualify for unemployment insurance in an economy levelled by the collapse of the cod fishery. Like many other workers in
Federal representative hopes to ease tensions in Nova Scotia lobster dispute
HALIFAX — The man appointed by Ottawa to mediate the ongoing lobster fishing dispute in southwestern Nova Scotia says his priority will be de-escalating tension in the area. Allister Surette was appointed Friday to work as a facilitator between Indigen...
Federal representative hopes to ease tensions in Nova Scotia lobster dispute
HALIFAX — The man tasked with lowering the temperature in a heated dispute over Nova Scotia lobster says he has a deeply personal relationship with the coastal area that has seen the most violence. “This one is right in my backyard,”
Newfoundland and Labrador reports confirmed case of COVID-19 as travel-related
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting another travel-related case of COVID-19. Health authorities say the new case involves a man from eastern Newfoundland in his 50s who had returned home after working in Alberta. The provincial go...
Newfoundland and Labrador reports confirmed case of COVID-19 as travel-related
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting another travel-related case of COVID-19.Health authorities say the new case involves a man from eastern Newfoundland in his 50s who had returned home after working in Alberta.The provincial gove...
New Brunswick reports two new cases of COVID-19 in the Campbellton area
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting two new cases of COVID-19, both of them in an area where health authorities have been dealing with an outbreak since earlier this month. The two cases in the Campbellton region include a person in
Nova Scotia reports three new cases of COVID-19, all related to travel
HALIFAX — Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting three new cases of COVID-19, all of which are related to travel outside Atlantic Canada. Two of the cases reported Saturday are in the province's central zone, where both individuals remain in
Ottawa appoints N.S. university president to help resolve Indigenous lobster dispute
The federal government has named a Nova Scotia university president to help resolve the Indigenous lobster fishery dispute. The Liberal government says it has appointed Allister Surette as a Federal Special Representative to serve as a neutral th...
For Mi’kmaq fishers, dreams of a peaceful harvest on N.S. waters repeatedly dashed
HALIFAX — Mi'kmaw fisherman Robert Syliboy says he dreams of peacefully trapping lobster off the shores of southwestern Nova Scotia. But the hopes of the 27-year-old from the Sipekne'katik First Nation have been repeatedly dashed by the vandalism and a...
For Mi’kmaq fishers, dreams of a peaceful harvest on N.S. waters repeatedly dashed
HALIFAX — Mi'kmaw fisherman Robert Syliboy says he dreams of peacefully trapping lobster off the shores of southwestern Nova Scotia. But the hopes of the 27-year-old from the Sipekne'katik First Nation have been repeatedly dashed by the vandalism and a...
