Category Archives: Atlantic
Quebec First Nation on New Brunswick border reports first case of COVID-19
POINTE-À-LA-CROIX, Que. — A First Nations community in Quebec just north of the New Brunswick border is reporting its first case of COVID-19. The Listuguj First Nation issued a statement saying it was shutting down its government operations, except for...
Nova Scotia offers loan program for large tourism operators hit by pandemic
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is offering $50 million in loan guarantees for the province's larger tourism operators struggling to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.The program will provide eligible operators access to debt financing, such as line...
Nurses union calls for provincial inquiry into New Brunswick long-term care homes
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick Nurses Union is calling for a provincial inquiry into what it says are unacceptable conditions in the province's long-term care homes. Union president Paula Doucet said the sector needs reform to address systemic issues ...
Nova Scotia is last Atlantic province to adopt federal COVID Alert smartphone app
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is the latest province to adopt the federal government's COVID-19 exposure-notification app for smartphones. Premier Stephen McNeil said today in a news release Nova Scotians can immediately download the free and voluntary a...
First Nations chief calls on Trudeau to help settle Nova Scotia lobster dispute
DIGBY, N.S. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to do more than send tweets to settle an increasingly violent dispute over an Indigenous-led lobster fishery in Nova Scotia, a First Nations chief said Thursday. "Actions speak louder than words," Chief...
Nova Scotia has no plans for tighter border with New Brunswick: McNeil
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has no plans to impose border restrictions following two COVID-19 outbreaks in neighbouring New Brunswick, Premier Stephen McNeil said Wednesday. Speaking at a COVID-19 media briefing, McNeil said health officials from his provinc...
Rights group threatens lawsuit to force New Brunswick to make abortion accessible
FREDERICTON — A civil rights group is threatening New Brunswick's government with a lawsuit to force the province to repeal its abortion-related legislation and to make the procedure more widely available. New Brunswick denies women, girls, and t...
Mi’kmaq students in Quebec asked not to return to New Brunswick school
A Mi’kmaq First Nation in Quebec is questioning why its students are no longer able to enter New Brunswick to go to school. About 100 students from the Listuguj First Nation cross a bridge into Campbellton, N.B., each weekday to
Nova Scotia premier shuffles cabinet, names new health, labour and forestry ministers
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier brought a former health minister back for a second stint Tuesday in a cabinet shuffle that follows high-profile resignations of three men vying to replace him as Liberal leader. Stephen McNeil touted Leo Glavine, w...
Report clearing N.S. police of wrongdoing in arrest of Black woman flawed: observer
HALIFAX — A consultant hired by Nova Scotia's police watchdog disagrees with the agency's decision to clear two officers of wrongdoing in the case of a Black woman injured during an arrest. Tony Smith, who is Black, says he was
