Category Archives: Atlantic
N.S. election launches, NDP releases party vision
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia NDP Leader Gary Burrill took to the podium to launch the party's 10-year plan for the province that would include permanent rent control and paid sick days, as the province entered the second day of the
Nova Scotia summer election enters second day, vote to be held on Aug. 17
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's New Democrats are expected to release their platform today as the provincial election enters its second day. Liberal Leader Iain Rankin called the election yesterday, ending weeks of speculation. Rankin says it's the right time...
Quick facts about the three Nova Scotia party leaders ahead of Aug. 17 election
HALIFAX — Here are a few quick facts about the three Nova Scotia party leaders ahead of the Aug. 17provincial election. At dissolution, the Liberals had 24 seats in the legislature while the Progressive Conservatives had 17 seats and the NDP
Provincial vote in Nova Scotia called for Aug. 17
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin has called a provincial election for Aug. 17, saying the campaign will focus on building the economy after the province "crushed" the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. "This province is at a pivotal
N.B. heath minister says investigation into mysterious brain syndrome continues
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's health minister says experts are working as quickly as possible to study a mysterious neurological disease that has killed six people and infected 48. But Dorothy Shephard says there is no guarantee they will find answers ...
N.S. police officer, wife launching complaint for ‘driving while Black’ stop by RCMP
HALIFAX — A Halifax police superintendent and his wife, a lawyer, said Friday they were launching a complaint alleging the RCMP stopped their vehicle and ordered the officer out at gunpoint based on racial profiling. The RCMP, however, issued a stateme...
Ottawa pledges $2.7 million to support operations at regional airport in Sydney, N.S.
SYDNEY, N.S. — The federal government is promising $2.7 million to help the airport in Sydney, N.S., recover from losses suffered because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding for the J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport, located in Cape Breton, N.S., will ...
New Brunswick Sen. Judith Keating, a ‘tireless advocate,’ has died at 64
OTTAWA — New Brunswick Sen. Judith Keating has died. She was 64 years old. Keating was appointed to the Senate in January 2020 and sat with the Independent Senators Group. She was a lawyer and constitutional expert who spent several decades as a
Irving Shipbuilding delivers second Arctic patrol warship to Royal Canadian Navy
HALIFAX — Irving Shipbuilding officially delivered the second in its series of Royal Canadian Navy Arctic patrol ships today at a ceremony in Halifax. The Arctic Offshore and Patrol Ship will be officially designated HMCS Margaret Brooke during a namin...
Atlantic provinces dispose of thousands of doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccine
FREDERICTON — Provinces in Atlantic Canada have had to dispose of thousands of doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in recent weeks after demand dried up and they expired. Prince Edward Island announced this week it had disposed of 3,200 expire...