Category Archives: Atlantic
Halifax announces fleet of 60 electric buses in effort to reduce carbon emissions
HALIFAX — The federal, provincial and municipal governments are investing a total of $112 million to bring 60 new, battery-operated electric buses to the Halifax Regional Municipality. Once in service, the buses are expected to reduce greenhouse gas e...
Nova Scotia’s Liberal government ratifies labour deal with 6,500 health workers
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal government has reached a three-year collective agreement with about 6,500 health-care workers. The province says the deal ratified today provides wage increases of 1.5 per cent per year with an additional one per cent in...
N.S. confirms small presence of Delta variant as latest reopening measures begin
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health today confirmed a small presence of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the province, saying it still poses a threat. Dr. Robert Strang says the national microbiology lab has verified 20 Delta
More than 5,000 turned away: The numbers behind controversial N.L. travel ban
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — From the time Newfoundland and Labrador's pandemic travel ban began on May 4, 2020 to the day it ended almost 14 months later, nearly 5,000 people were denied entry to the province, new figures show. For lawyer
Two ships anchored off N.L. because of COVID-19, port worries it will become a trend
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. — The general manager of a Newfoundland harbour authority says he hopes the arrival of a second ship anchored offshore with COVID-19 cases on board doesn't signal a trend. Newfoundland and Labrador's Department of Health anno...
N.S. becomes second province to sign on to federal Liberals’ child care subsidy plan
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has become the second province to sign a deal with Ottawa for regulated child care spaces that would lower the average cost of care to $10 per day over a five-year period. The federal government's recent budget
N.S. becomes second province to sign on to federal Liberals’ child-care subsidy plan
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has become the second province to sign on to a federal program that would fund thousands of subsidized daycare spots, in a deal that plays into the prime minister's and premier's potential election platforms. Neither Nova Scotia
New community-led centre for Black Nova Scotians who interact with justice system
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is launching a community-led justice institute to support Black Nova Scotians who interact with the legal system. Premier Iain Rankin and African Nova Scotian Affairs Minister Tony Ince announced a $4.8-million investment to creat...
Elections Nova Scotia encouraging voters to mail ballots, but results may be delayed
HALIFAX — Voters will be encouraged to mail in their ballots in a provincial election that's expected to be called soon, but that may mean some delays in obtaining results, Elections Nova Scotia said Monday. The governing Liberals haven't set a
Two police watchdogs now mandated to probe domestic violence, experts say more needed
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's new police oversight agency has become just the second in Canada with an explicit mandate to investigate allegations of domestic violence committed by officers, a crime that experts say is too often kept