Category Archives: Atlantic
Ottawa announces COVID-19 rules for return of cruise ships to Canadian ports
HALIFAX — Strict COVID-19 measures will be enforced when cruise ships return to Canada's ports next month after a nearly two-year hiatus, federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced on Monday. Ottawa lifted its pandemic-induced prohibition on cr...
Nova Scotia Mounties should be compelled to testify at mass shooting inquiry: experts
HALIFAX — Public trust in the inquiry investigating the mass shooting in Nova Scotia almost two years ago would be undermined if the RCMP officers involved are not compelled to testify, legal experts say. Last week, the commission of inquiry came
N.L. to wait another 40 days for federal decision on proposed offshore oil project
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador will have to wait another 40 days for a federal decision on the fate of a proposed offshore oil project led by Norwegian oil giant Equinor. Ottawa said Friday in a news release that
Once-dominant Nova Scotia Liberals facing divisions at annual meeting
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Liberal party appeared to be facing internal strife Friday as its two-day annual general meeting got underway. The party has gone from bidding for a third-consecutive majority government in last summer’s election to a “really di...
Hospitalizations decline, but New Brunswick reports another COVID-19 death
FREDERICTON — Hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 continue to decline in New Brunswick as health officials announced another person has died from the disease. The latest death involves a person in their 80s in the Edmundston region in the northwest of...
P.E.I. tables budget with $2.7 billion in spending for health, seniors, child care
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservative government tabled a budget Thursday with $2.7 billion in spending and a forecast deficit of about $92 million for the 2022-23 fiscal year. Premier Dennis King says the spending is aimed at...
Nova Scotia in talks to let workers who refused vaccination back on the job
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is looking at ways to get public sector workers who refused to be vaccinated under the province's COVID-19 mandates back to work. Premier Tim Houston confirmed following a cabinet meeting Thursday that talks are ongoing on the
N.B. auditor general sees signs of improved finances but says more work needed
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's auditor general says there are signs of continued fiscal progress in the province. Paul Martin released two volumes of his annual report today and says while it's encouraging that the net debt dropped to $13.5 billion in
Oversight committee rules out mysterious brain disease in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — Nearly a year after New Brunswick health officials raised the alarm about a mysterious brain disease afflicting the province's residents, an expert committee has determined there is no evidence of such a disease. "The committee has conclu...
Nova Scotia to lift all remaining COVID-19 restrictions by March 21
HALIFAX — All remaining COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted in Nova Scotia by March 21, including proof of vaccination and indoor mask mandates. "There comes a point in time where the benefit of the restrictions is outweighed by the impact of