Category Archives: Atlantic
Nova Scotia’s finance minister ruling out cut to gasoline taxes as prices rise
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s finance minister says that as gas and food prices continue to soar, the province is working on another targeted package of relief for those with lower incomes. However, Allan MacMaster says the government is currently ruling out...
N.L. government seeking public input on changing the name of its Colonial Building
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is asking for public input about changing the name of the historic Colonial Building in St. John’s. The provincial government said in a news release today residents can submit feedback through...
Nova Scotia to lift its COVID-19 mask mandate for public schools on Tuesday
HALIFAX — Citing improving data on the number of new COVID-19 cases in the province, Nova Scotia’s education minister on Thursday said the mask mandate for public schools would be lifted next week. The announcement came as the province released new
Former RCMP staff sergeant describes spotty radio, lack of resources in N.S. shooting
HALIFAX — A Mountie who led much of the response to the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting testified Wednesday that spotty radio service and the lack of an RCMP helicopter were among the equipment problems that hampered the manhunt. A public
N.S. failing to properly monitor people serving community sentences: auditor general
HALIFAX — The company contracted by Nova Scotia to monitor convicts serving community sentences isn't fulfilling its responsibilities, and probation officers aren't fully complying with corrections policies, the province's auditor general said Tuesday....
Confusion over RCMP leadership roles marked early investigation of N.S. mass shooting
HALIFAX — When a man disguised as a Mountie started killing people in northern Nova Scotia two years ago, there was considerable confusion over who was in charge of the RCMP operation, newly released documents show. The public inquiry investigating the...
Prince Charles nods to ‘darker’ past, need for reconciliation as Canadian tour begins
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, began a three-day Canadian tour Tuesday in St. John’s, N.L., where the prince shared his views on reconciliation with Indigenous people before the couple took part in an
Lawyers frustrated with mass shooting inquiry in Nova Scotia as deadlines loom
HALIFAX — Eighteen months after a public inquiry was established in Nova Scotia to investigate the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, lawyers representing most of the 22 victims say they are troubled about its slow progress and lack
New Brunswick advocate calls for law reform to better protect children’s rights
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's child and youth advocate is calling for the adoption of a new Children's Act as a way to better protect children's rights in the province's child welfare system. A report today from Kelly Lamrock says that too
New Brunswick Court of Appeal maintains ban on sale of flavoured e-cigarettes
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision not to suspend the province's ban on the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes. Last September, the province banned all e-cigarette flavours except for tobacco, but a vape stor...