Category Archives: Atlantic
N.L.’s troubled Terra Nova offshore oilfield saved by last-minute restructuring
CALGARY — The beleaguered Terra Nova oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador could live to pump another day after its owners reached a restructuring agreement in the eleventh hour Wednesday. The oilfield's seven owners will shuffle their sh...
COVID-19: New Brunswick moves up reopening, allowing travellers from rest of Canada
HALIFAX — New Brunswick is vaulting ahead of its Atlantic Canadian counterparts and opening up to some travellers from the rest of Canada, as COVID-19 recedes across the region. Premier Blaine Higgs announced Wednesday the change would occur at midnigh...
Premiers announce regional travel to resume in Atlantic Canada June 23
HALIFAX — Three out of four Atlantic provinces announced Tuesday that they will lift border restrictions and open to travel from across the region beginning next week, while New Brunswick said its opening could come even sooner. Nova Scotia, Prince Ed...
Saint John, N.B., city council scraps ‘offensive’ Indiantown neighbourhood name
SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- An "outdated and offensive" name for a north-end neighbourhood in Saint John, N.B., will soon be replaced following a vote Monday night by city council. The newly elected council voted unanimously to change the name of the
Nova Scotia to move to second phase under five-step reopening plan: Health Department
HALIFAX — Officials in Nova Scotia are expected to announce today the province will move into the second phase of its five-step reopening plan on Wednesday. In an emailed statement, the Health Department says the province is comfortable moving into Pha...
Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day rather than St. John’s Days, says council
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's capital city will no longer celebrate St. John's Days, and council is asking residents to observe National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21 instead. St. John's city council said in a news release Monday
New Brunswick remains short on vaccine target; Nova Scotia reports new virus death
HALIFAX — New Brunswick remained just short of a vaccination target needed to trigger a partial reopening, as COVID-19 case numbers continued to be reported at lower levels across Atlantic Canada on Monday. Health officials in New Brunswick said 74.8 p...
School board investigating allegations of LGBTQ harassment at junior high school
CORNWALL, P.E.I. — School board officials in Prince Edward Island are investigating reports that a recent Pride Day event at a junior high school was disrupted by students who dressed in black and harassed classmates who said they supported the
N.L. oil workers gather in last-ditch effort to save Terra Nova offshore oilfield
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — About 100 oil workers gathered outside Newfoundland and Labrador’s legislature Monday, a day before Suncor Energy was expected to announce whether the Terra Nova offshore oilfield will be shut down for good. Though union leaders and ...
Newfoundland and Labrador NDP MP Jack Harris says he won’t run next federal election
ST JOHN'S, Antigua And Barbuda — Atlantic Canada's lone New Democrat MP, Jack Harris, says he won't run in the next federal election. Harris made the announcement in a statement today in which he thanked NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and said