Category Archives: Atlantic
Mask-wearing mandatory by Oct. 1 at Service New Brunswick centres
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is making mask-wearing mandatory in government service centres starting Oct. 1. in order to avoid long lineups outside in the cold. The province said today the mask-wearing order for Service New Brunswick centres will p...
N.S. Mi’kmaq want more than words from Ottawa in ongoing lobster conflict
HALIFAX — A Mi'kmaq chief says he's not satisfied with the federal government's response in the ongoing conflict between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia. Chief Michael Sack of the Sipekne'katik First Nation said in a...
Staffing issues, shared rooms led to deadly outbreak at N.S. long-term home: review
HALIFAX — Shared rooms and staffing shortages were among the key factors contributing to a COVID-19 outbreak at a Halifax long-term care home that killed 53 residents last spring, according to two experts who led an external review....
Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chiefs call on Ottawa to denounce ‘racism’ in lobster dispute
HALIFAX — Indigenous chiefs in Nova Scotia are calling on the federal government to denounce what they described as racism and violence directed towards the Mi'kmaq people following a weekend of tension in St. Marys Bay. Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq c...
Nova Scotia premier’s chief of staff says she won’t run for Liberal leadership
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil's chief of staff says she will not run for the leadership of the province's Liberal party. Laurie Graham issued a statement today saying that after being asked to run and following a week of
Nova Scotia residents concerned over dusty cement plant emission that coats cars
HALIFAX — Some people who were near a Nova Scotia cement plant last weekend say they're concerned about a shower of sticky, white dust from the factory that landed on properties and vehicles. Jason Sorflaten, a Halifax resident...
Lobster protests: Nova Scotia RCMP arrest two at wharf in Weymouth
WEYMOUTH, N.S. — Two people face assault charges after being arrested Friday at a wharf in western Nova Scotia, where there were reports of ugly confrontations over a First Nation's commercial lobster fishing operation. Some non-Indigeno...
$1B supply bill passed in N.L. falls short of Liberal government’s wishes
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Though it wasn't exactly what it had sought, the Newfoundland and Labrador government has succeeded in passing a bill to get through the coming months while awaiting an approved budget. The minority...
New Brunswick reimposes travel restrictions on Quebec’s Temiscouata region
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reimposing travel restrictions on residents of a Quebec border region that has seen an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Premier Blaine Higgs said today in a news release residents of the Temiscouata regi...
Nova Scotia First Nation launches lobster fleet amid tension on the water
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. — Exactly 21 years after the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the right of Indigenous groups in Eastern Canada to hunt and fish for a moderate livelihood, a First Nation in Nova Scotia held a boisterous ceremony Thursday to
