Category Archives: Atlantic
Rising seas: Delays to safeguarding Chignecto Isthmus worry N.S., N.B. politicians
HALIFAX — Legislators on both sides of the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick boundary say efforts to safeguard their area from a potential climate disaster have dragged on too long. An engineering study commissioned to develop "three viable solutions" to the r...
Health officials in Prince Edward Island report two new COVID-19 cases Wednesday.
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting two new cases of COVID-19 in the province today. The individuals are both in their 40s with a history of travel outside P.E.I. Contact tracing is complete, and the individuals a...
New information raises questions about existence of brain syndrome in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's health minister said Wednesday there are serious questions about whether reports of a mysterious brain disease that has alarmed residents and stumped the province's medical community are substantiated. Dorothy Shephard tol...
Nova Scotia bill sets climate change targets, aims to end coal-fired power by 2030
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is proposing to enshrine a series of environment and climate change targets in legislation, including a new goal of phasing out coal-fired electricity generation by 2030. The change in the proposed Environmental Goals and Climate...
Reconciliation: Red Indian Lake in central Newfoundland to be renamed Beothuk Lake
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government announced today it plans to change the name of Red Indian Lake to Beothuk Lake following a series of public consultations aimed at supporting reconciliation. Premier Andrew Furey had announced...
New Brunswick public sector workers set to strike after contract talks abruptly end
FREDERICTON — Thousands of public sector workers in New Brunswick are set to go on strike after CUPE officials say the government abruptly walked away from contract talks Tuesday night, but Premier Blaine Higgs says he's prepared to order them
New Brunswick premier faces growing backlash to land acknowledgment policy
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is facing a growing backlash to his government's new policy on Indigenous land acknowledgments, and some of the opposition has come from within his own cabinet. A leaked series of emails reveals Educatio...
Nova Scotia passes legislation banning protests that block access to hospitals
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has passed legislation banning protests that block access to hospitals and other health-care facilities. The Protecting Access to Health Services Act tabled by the Progressive Conservative government passed third and final reading...
Health officials in New Brunswick report 21 new cases of COVID-19
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting 21 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today, along with 89 recoveries. There are now 521 active reported cases of the virus in the province. Chief medical officer of health Dr.
Cape Breton urgent treatment centre to help improve access to health care: premier
SYDNEY, N.S. — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston today announced the province's first urgent treatment centre, to open Nov. 1 in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Houston, who was in North Sydney, N.S., says the centre will handle unexpected, non-li...