Category Archives: Atlantic
Report on ‘defunding’ Halifax police recommends reforms, no specific budget cuts
HALIFAX — A committee tasked with defining how to defund Halifax-area police has instead produced a wide-ranging report recommending a shift away from a "reactive" enforcement-based policing model — but it includes no specific budget cuts. The report,...
Teachers union skeptical as Nova Scotia schools poised to return to in-class learning
HALIFAX — As 400 public schools in Nova Scotia prepare to resume in-person classes on Monday, the president of the province's teachers union says he has "severe doubts" as to whether they can stay open until the end of the
Plan to use crossbows to kill nuisance deer in Nova Scotia town challenged by critics
HALIFAX — Fed up with nuisance deer raiding gardens and colliding with vehicles, a town in central Nova Scotia has hired four crossbow hunters to kill up to 20 of the animals inside town limits. "There been a lot of property
Former federal NDP leader Alexa McDonough dies at 77
HALIFAX — Former federal NDP leader Alexa McDonough, a political trailblazer who paved the way for women in politics, died Saturday in Halifax at the age of 77. Her family confirmed McDonough's death after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. ...
Health officials report four more COVID-19 deaths as New Brunswick enters lockdown
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting four more COVID-19-related deaths today, hours before the province enters a two-week lockdown. Two people in their 70s died in the Moncton and Fredericton regions, and two people in their 8...
Prince Edward Island reports its first two COVID-19-related deaths of the pandemic
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting the first two COVID-19 deaths of the pandemic. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison says a person between the ages of 60 and 79 and a person over the age
Edward Roberts, N.L.’s 11th lieutenant-governor and longtime politician, dies at 81
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Edward Roberts, a cabinet minister under Newfoundland and Labrador's first three Liberal premiers and the province's 11th lieutenant-governor, died Friday at the age of 81. As news of Roberts's death spread Friday, politicians across...
Drop in Nova Scotia child-care fees ahead of schedule under national program
HALIFAX — Child-care fees in Nova Scotia will drop by an average of 25 per cent, retroactive to Jan. 1, which is ahead of schedule under the agreement signed last summer between the province and the federal government. The early cut
COVID-19 outbreaks at N.S. facilities for people with disabilities not made public
HALIFAX — Citing the privacy of residents, the government of Nova Scotia did not disclose a recent outbreak of COVID-19 at a large facility housing people with intellectual disabilities, to the dismay of disability rights advocates. Documents from the ...
N.S. government accepts recommended minimum wage increase to $13.35 per hour
HALIFAX — The minimum wage in Nova Scotia will rise by 40 cents to $13.35 per hour this spring, Premier Tim Houston said Thursday, adding that his government would take a few weeks to discuss further increases. Minimum wages are set