Category Archives: Atlantic
Newfoundland and Labrador aims to lift travel ban, welcome Canadian travellers July 1
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — After maintaining some of the toughest pandemic-related travel restrictions in the country, Newfoundland and Labrador is aiming to once again welcome travellers from the rest of Canada as early as July 1. Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, the p...
N.S. begins reopening, reports two COVID-19 deaths and first blood clotting case
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia entered the first phase of its five-step reopening plan Wednesday as it reported two more COVID-19 deaths and its first case of vaccine-induced blood clotting. The province's chief medical officer of health said two men in their
Judge rules national civil liberties group can challenge New Brunswick abortion law
FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick judge on Tuesday authorized a national civil liberties group to mount a legal challenge to the province's abortion law, which bans government funding for abortions conducted outside three approved hospitals. Court of Queen...
Search for unmarked graves to resume at former residential school in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — A survivor of the largest residential school in the Maritimes says the search will continue for unmarked graves at the sprawling rural site north of Halifax. Dorene Bernard, a Mi'kmaq elder, confirmed Tuesday that ground-penetrating radar was...
N.B. offers to help tourism sector hit by COVID by subsidizing vacations to province
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is trying to revive its tourism sector by offering to subsidize vacations for out-of-province visitors when its boundaries reopen to the rest of the region. The NB Travel Incentive program — offered only to New Brunswickers ...
N.S. hotels fear tourists will vacation elsewhere without clear COVID reopening plan
HALIFAX — The Hotel Association of Nova Scotia is asking Premier Iain Rankin for more clarity about his government's COVID-19 reopening plan. Association president Megan Delaney says hotels need clear reopening targets so tourists and business travelle...
N.S. hotels fear tourists will travel elsewhere without clear COVID-19 reopening plan
HALIFAX — As Nova Scotia begins emerging from its COVID-19 lockdown, a group of hotels in the Halifax area is appealing to the government for more clarity about when they can expect guests to return. In a letter sent to Premier
Sir John A. Macdonald statue removed in Charlottetown after city council vote
CHARLOTTETOWN — City crews in Charlottetown have taken down a controversial statue of Canada's first prime minister. The action this morning follows Monday's vote by Charlottetown council to permanently remove the Sir John A. Macdonald statue from a d...
Health officials in Prince Edward Island report two new cases of COVID-19
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting two new cases of COVID-19 today. They say the cases involve a person in their 40s and another in their 50s, both of whom recently travelled outside Atlantic Canada. The two people...
Nova Scotia to reopen schools in Halifax and Sydney, N.S., on Thursday
HALIFAX — A sustained drop in active COVID-19 infections across Nova Scotia has led health officials to reopen schools in the Halifax and Sydney, N.S., areas this week and loosen travel restrictions. The Halifax and Sydney regions were left out of