Category Archives: Atlantic
Cornwallis debate: Coast guard working with Indigenous group to change ship name
HALIFAX — The federal government is asking an Indigenous group to recommend a new name for a Canadian Coast Guard ship that pays tribute to a British military officer who offered a bounty for the scalps of Mi'kmaq people. "This is an imp...
Review of N.S. care facility where 53 died aims to avoid similar outbreak
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has launched a review of a long-term care facility where 53 people have died of COVID-19, but opposition leaders say the process lacks the scope and transparency needed to bring lasting improvements. ...
Nova Scotia senators renew call for joint inquiry into April shooting rampage
OTTAWA — Nova Scotia senators are renewing a call for the province to join with Ottawa to launch a joint inquiry into the mass shooting in April that claimed the lives of 22 people. Senators Wanda Thomas Bernard and Dan Christm...
Film stars Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds support Indigenous women’s program
ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Movie stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are donating $200,000 to an institute at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia to help promote Indigenous women's leadership. A release says the donation by the Hollywood couple is to...
Residents of Gagetown, N.B., celebrate as river ferry returns to service
GAGETOWN, N.B. — Residents of Gagetown and Jemseg, N.B., can wave to each other across the St. John River, but they needed to make a round-trip drive for a couple of hours to get any closer without their beloved river ferry for
P.E.I. sees rise in anti-outsider sentiment as COVID-19 travel restrictions ease
CHARLOTTETOWN — Canada's smallest province, which once branded itself the "gentle island," is seeing some not-so-gentle attitudes emerging toward people perceived to be from other provinces — a phenomenon Prince Edward Island Premier Den...
Nova Scotia continues to have no new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, as the province moves closer to implementing fewer restrictions on travel within the Atlantic region. Nova Scotia has no active cases of COVID-19 and the last time it had a
COVID concerns: Nova Scotia cancels Yarmouth-Maine ferry service for 2020
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has cancelled the 2020 sailing season for the heavily subsidized ferry service that links the province with Maine, citing the ongoing struggle to contain COVID-19 in the United States. Premier Stephen McNeil sa...
N.S. nurses say pandemic in care homes ‘tragic reminder’ of staffing shortages
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Nurses' Union says COVID-19 infections and deaths in the province's nursing homes have been a tragic reminder of the province's failure to bring in higher staffing levels it recommended four years ago. The preface to a
N.S. eases restrictions on gatherings, eateries but recommends wearing masks
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is moving ahead with plans to further reopen the province now that it hasn't reported a case of COVID-19 in the past 17 days. However, Premier Stephen McNeil warned Friday that with limits being raised on
