Category Archives: Atlantic
Health officials in New Brunswick report a dozen new cases of COVID-19
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting 12 new cases of COVID-19 today. Health officials say the new cases involve five people in the Moncton region, five in the Fredericton area and two in the Bathurst region. New Brunswick has 146 active reported
Charlottetown council votes to remove controversial statue of Sir John A. Macdonald
Charlottetown city council has voted to permanently remove a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from a downtown intersection as a response to recent revelations about Canada's residential school system. The decision late Monday followed a vigil earlier in...
N.S. needs funding boost for low-cost housing in ‘perfect storm’ of shortages: report
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia needs to swiftly invest $25 million to help up to 900 households find reasonably priced accommodation, according to a report released Monday. The 61-page document prepared by the Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission came in ...
N.L. budget projects smaller deficit but growing debt, aims for surplus in six years
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is hoping to cut its deficit nearly in half, aided in part by an oil rebound. The province tabled its second pandemic budget Monday, with a projected deficit of $826 million — about $800
Newfoundland and Labrador increases COVID-19 restrictions in western region
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is increasing restrictions in the province's western region because of an emerging cluster of COVID-19 cases. Medical officer of health Dr. Rosann Seviour says as a result, communities in the Stephenville ar...
Newfoundland and Labrador increases COVID-19 restrictions in western region
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As COVID-19 case numbers continue a gradual decline elsewhere in Atlantic Canada, health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador moved Sunday to clamp down on an emerging cluster of infections in the province's western health zone. Dr...
New Brunswick hits 60 per cent with one shot of vaccine, reports 10 new virus cases
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick say just over 60 per cent of residents aged 12 and older have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Officials say more than 46,000 people have been at least partially immunized in
Nova Scotia reports four COVID-19 deaths, highest single-day total in last year
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting its highest single-day death toll from COVID-19 in just over a year with four new deaths related to the virus. Health officials say the deaths include two men in their 80s and a woman in
Nova Scotia says latest COVID-19 wave crushed, announces cautious reopening plan
HALIFAX — As Nova Scotia emerges from the biggest COVID-19 outbreak to hit the Atlantic region since the pandemic began, the province released Friday a cautious plan to reopen the economy and lift lockdown restrictions.Unlike other provinces, Nova Scot...
Advocacy group challenging Nova Scotia’s ban on protesting public health orders
HALIFAX — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it will launch a legal challenge against a court injunction banning protests against public health orders in Nova Scotia. The association has argued the injunction, granted last week to the provin...