Category Archives: Atlantic
Prince Edward Island offers financial support for potato farmers, exporters
CHARLOTTETOWN — Potato farmers in Prince Edward Island are getting financial assistance from the province nearly three weeks after shipments to the United States were suspended over the discovery of fungal potato wart. The province announced Friday it'...
Tentative collective agreements reached for over 8,000 New Brunswick nurses
FREDERICTON — The provincial government and the union representing New Brunswick nurses have reached a tentative agreement on new contracts. The deal with more than 8,000 nurses in two bargaining units represented by the New Brunswick Nurses Union fol...
Health officials report three new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island Thursday
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting three new cases of COVID-19 in the province today. Two of the cases are related to travel outside the province and one is a close contact of a previously announced case. There
Nova Scotia premier upset by liquor corp’s delayed vaccine deadline for workers
HALIFAX — Premier Tim Houston is expressing displeasure with the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation's decision to give its employees until Jan. 15 to show proof of vaccination. Houston said Thursday he's upset the arm's-length Crown corporation chose not t...
New Brunswick reports big jump in COVID-19 case numbers and two more related deaths
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting another big jump in the number of COVID-19 cases in the province, along with two more COVID-19 related deaths. There are 174 new cases of the virus today, with the number of active cases hitting
X-Ring effect: Unusual graduation rite linked to COVID-19 outbreak at N.S. university
HALIFAX — An unusual graduation ceremony steeped in tradition is at the centre of a growing COVID-19 outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University in northern Nova Scotia. As of Thursday, 59 infections had been reported among the university community, most...
Some N.B. patients learning their unvaccinated doctors have been suspended
FREDERICTON — A Fredericton man says the decision to suspend New Brunswick doctors who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 is heavy-handed and has left him without medical care. Duncan Milne is diabetic and has borderline kidney function, but he says he ...
Cracked Cyclones: One military helicopter repaired using reinforcement in the tail
HALIFAX — Repairs have been completed on one of the Canadian military's 19 Cyclone helicopters recently found with cracks in its tail, the Royal Canadian Air Force confirmed Wednesday. The Air Force issued a statement saying Sikorsky Aircraft, the U.S....
Health officials in New Brunswick report 111 new cases of COVID-19
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick say 10 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed today in schools and child-care facilities in the province, with the majority in the Moncton region. They say 80 per cent of active cases within schools
Officials confirm 21 infected with COVID-19 after Nova Scotia university grad event
HALIFAX — A COVID-19 outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University in northeastern Nova Scotia has seen 21 people test positive for the virus so far, health officials said Wednesday. "Public health is working with the university to prevent further spread,...