Category Archives: Atlantic
In N.S. campaign crowded at ideological centre, NDP leader critiques big business
HALIFAX — As NDP Leader Gary Burrill campaigned Wednesday on the fifth day of the Nova Scotia election, he emphasized that his party would take the longest to balance budgets and would be the least cosy with big business. It's part
Second N.S. frigate crew member tests positive for COVID-19, others head home
HALIFAX — A second case of COVID-19 has been identified aboard a Royal Canadian Navy frigate that docked in Halifax Monday after returning from a six-month deployment on the Mediterranean Sea. The Royal Canadian Navy said today in a news release
N.S. election: Tory leader keeps candidate despite 2018 post threatening cyclists
HALIFAX — A Progressive Conservative candidate's threatening online rant from 2018 against Nova Scotia cyclists that surfaced this week is "disturbing," says the co-president of the provincial cycling association. Tory candidate Jennifer Ehrenfeld-Pool...
Planned Aug. 9 reopening of border with St-Pierre-Miquelon cheered in Newfoundland
Chris Sheppard says he and others are relieved now that the international border between Canada and a clutch of French islands off Newfoundland is set to reopen on Aug. 9. The executive director of the non-profit tourism organization Legendary Coasts s...
Liberal Leader Rankin heads onto Progressive Conservative turf on Day 4 of campaign
HALIFAX — Liberal Leader Iain Rankin is heading into a riding that was held by the Progressive Conservatives in the previous legislature as the provincial election campaign enters its fourth day. He will be joined by veteran politician Bill Casey, whom...
N.S. election: Liberals promise to cut some tolls on Trans-Canada Highway to N.B.
AMHERST, N.S. — Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Iain Rankin was confronted by a group of angry hecklers during an announcement in Amherst, N.S., Tuesday, where he said his party would remove some of the tolls on a section of the
Salt for sore eyes: harbour salt pile blocks some of the best views in St. John’s
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Matt Idnurm likes to spend the early summer months watching the marine life off St. John's harbour from his first-floor balcony on Water Street downtown. "I sit out here with my binoculars and I watch the whales
Third ship anchored off Newfoundland coast with COVID-19 cases confirmed among crew
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — There are now three ships anchored off Newfoundland and Labrador's Avalon Peninsula with confirmed COVID-19 cases on board, provincial health authorities said Monday. The latest ship is in a bay off the small community of Bay Bulls,
HMCS Halifax crew member tests positive for COVID-19, in isolation aboard docked ship
HALIFAX — A case of COVID-19 has been identified aboard the HMCS Halifax naval ship that docked in its home city Monday after returning from a six-month deployment on the Mediterranean Sea. Officials say the infection was discovered Sunday during the
Nova Scotia Tory leader Houston focuses campaign on fixes to health care
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston argued Monday he's the politician likeliest to fix shortcomings in the province's health system, in a campaign where he's casting himself as a Red Tory unafraid to spend public dollars. ...