Category Archives: Atlantic
Nova Scotia eases COVID-19 restrictions to allow visits inside nursing homes
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is easing its COVID-19 restrictions to allow visitors back inside nursing homes. Premier Stephen McNeil said Friday the restrictions were put in place to protect some of the most vulnerable people in the p...
Foreign vessel that arrived in Labrador had trouble at sea: mayor
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The mayor of an Inuit village in Labrador says a boat flying a Norwegian flag that arrived unannounced in the community this week is still there. Barry Andersen, the AngajukKak or mayor of Makkovik, said toda...
New COVID-19 deal with federal government provides $200 million for New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — Premier Blaine Higgs says the new COVID-19 funding agreement between Ottawa and the provinces will help New Brunswick better prepare for ongoing challenges created by the pandemic. The $18.4 billion Safe Restart Agreement provides di...
Province to review plan to eradicate smallmouth bass from New Brunswick lake
FREDERICTON — A plan to wipe out a population of smallmouth bass from a New Brunswick lake in order to protect salmon in the Miramichi River has taken another step forward. A coalition of conservation groups were told this week to
N.S. Mounties investigate racist letter sent to Pictou Landing First Nation chief
PICTOU, N.S. — The RCMP are investigating a racist letter sent last week to the leader of a First Nation who successfully battled for the end to decades of pulp effluent being poured into a lagoon near her Nova Scotia community. Chief Andrea
Health officials report one new case of COVID-19 in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting one new case of COVID-19 in the province. Public health officials said today the case involves a person in their 20s in the Moncton region. Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Jennifer Russell, says the ca...
COVID-19 can pose cost and delay challenges to N.S. hospital project: auditor
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's auditor general says the COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to raise costs for a health care expansion project that represents the largest capital output in the province's history. Michael Pic...
Essential worker latest to test positive for COVID-19 on Prince Edward Island
CHARLOTTETOWN — Another essential worker has tested positive for COVID-19 on Prince Edward Island. Chief medical officer of health, Dr. Heather Morrison, said Tuesday the man in his 30s is not a health-care worker, but she did not disclo...
Students at St. Francis Xavier University protest wording of COVID-19 waiver
HALIFAX — A group of students, alumni and some staff at St. Francis Xavier University are pushing back against a legal waiver that students are required to sign if they want to return to classrooms in the fall amid a global pandemic. The
COVID-19 cases in Prince Edward Island raise questions about easing border rules
CHARLOTTETOWN — The confirmation of an eighth new COVID-19 case in Prince Edward Island in the past week could delay an easing of border restrictions, the province's chief medical officer of health said Monday. Dr. Heather Morrison said the latest...
