Category Archives: Atlantic
Nova Scotia announces $57 million over two years for long-term and continuing care
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's continuing and long-term care sector is getting $57 million in funding over two years — a move Premier Tim Houston says is meant to start "moving the needle" on chronic staffing and bed shortages. Houston announced the
Health officials in New Brunswick report 69 new COVID-19 cases
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting 69 new cases of COVID-19 today but say the number of hospitalizations is going down. There are 47 people hospitalized, including 18 in intensive care and 11 patients on ventilators. Health M...
Nova Scotia raised borrowing by more than $1 billion to cover COVID-19 costs: auditor
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the province approved $1.1 billion in added borrowing during 2020-21 to cover the capital and relief costs of the COVID-19 pandemic. Auditor general Kim Adair's financial report published today also notes th...
Environmental assessment process underway for shuttered Nova Scotia pulp mill
HALIFAX — The environmental assessment process is officially underway for Northern Pulp's estimated $350-million plan to reopen its idled kraft pulp mill in Nova Scotia's Pictou County. The provincial Environment Department formally registered the proj...
Health officials say Prince Edward Island having its ‘first real wave’ of COVID cases
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's chief medical health officer is raising concerns about the number of recent cases of COVID-19 in the province. Dr. Heather Morrison said the 69 cases of COVID-19 reported in P.E.I. over the last three weeks repres...
Health officials report three new COVID-19 cases in Prince Edward Island
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials are reporting three new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island today. They say the latest cases involve someone in their 40s, a person in their 20s and a child under the age of 12. The child attends
New Brunswick nurses vote in favour of strike to back contract demands with province
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick nurses have voted 92 per cent in favour of a strike to back demands for a new contract. The 9,000 registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse practitioners have been without a contract since the end of
N.L. Premier Andrew Furey still mum on details more than a month after cyberattack
OTTAWA — Though it’s been more than a month, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey is still declining to provide details about the cyberattack that took out his province's health-care networks. His government hasn’t said whether the attack det...
Health officials in New Brunswick report three deaths and 71 new COVID-19 cases
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting three COVID-19-related deaths and 71 new cases of the virus today. The deaths involve a person in their 60s in the Fredericton region, as well as a person in their 70s and
N.S. presumes people want to donate organs when they die, but program uptake unclear
HALIFAX — Nearly a year after Nova Scotia became the first jurisdiction in North America to assume residents agree to donate their organs when they die, there are challenges in getting an idea on the uptake of the program. Under Nova