Category Archives: Atlantic
Funds for memorial to 22 mass shooting victims in N.S. shifts to municipal leadership
HALIFAX — Funds for a memorial to the victims of Nova Scotia's mass shooting are being shifted to a municipal government trust, while some communities and families have been pursuing their own fundraising efforts. The permanent memorial project was ini...
Hospitalization numbers for COVID-19 continue to rise in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health says that while hospitalizations continue to rise, they are below original projections, which indicates people have responded to the call to reduce their contacts. Dr. Jennifer Russell confi...
K-12 students in N.L. are back in school after three weeks of learning from home
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador students in kindergarten through Grade 12 packed their book bags and headed to school Tuesday for the first time since the holiday break began in December. The provincial government announced last week their...
Atlantic premiers meet to discuss clean energy loop, COVID-19 management
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he and his Atlantic counterparts heard encouraging statements from Ottawa on Tuesday about the importance of the proposed Atlantic Loop clean energy project, but no firm financial commitment. The estimate...
Parks Canada tells family fighting expropriation to leave N.B. park by end of March
FREDERICTON — Parks Canada is renewing efforts to get family members of the late Jackie Vautour to end their fight to remain within New Brunswick's Kouchibouguac National Park. Vautour staged a 50-year battle against the government's expropriation of t...
Two COVID-19 deaths reported in Prince Edward Island, bringing total to eight
CHARLOTTETOWN — There have been two more deaths due to COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island, bringing the total death count on the Island to eight. The two latest deaths involve people between the ages of 60 and 79 years old. Dr. Heather
COVID-19: New Brunswick schools to reopen to in-person learning next Monday
FREDERICTON — Barring any advice to the contrary from public health officials, schoolchildren will return to in-class learning on Jan. 31, New Brunswick's education minister said Monday. "I know that families, students, teachers and the whole province ...
Hospitalization for COVID-19 holding steady in Nova Scotia: health officials
HALIFAX — The number of people recovering from COVID-19 in Nova Scotia hospitals held steady today. As was the case on Saturday, there were a total of 287 people in hospital who were admitted for various reasons. Health officials confirmed that 85
Prince Edward Island logs 209 new COVID-19 cases, one virus-related death
Prince Edward Island's chief medical officer confirmed today that another Islander has died as a result of COVID-19. Dr. Heather Morrison issued a statement saying the individual was in their 80s. Morrison also reported 209 new cases of the disease as ...
P.E.I. reports one death related to COVID-19 and 288 new infections.
CHARLOTTETOWN — Another person has died as a result of a COVID-19 infection in Prince Edward Island. The province's chief public health officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, says the latest victim was a person over the age of 80. Morrison offered her condolen...