Atlantic News

Innu leaders quit meetings with N.L. premier, citing issues with unrecognized group

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Innu leaders say they will no longer be attending Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey's annual meetings with the province's Indigenous groups.

Oct 20, 2023 1:19 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia hospital administrative staff vote to accept new collective agreement

HALIFAX — Unionized hospital administrative staff in Nova Scotia have voted to accept a new five-year collective agreement with the province. More than 5,000 workers represented by three unions had been without a new contract since Oct. 31, 2020.

Oct 20, 2023 12:37 PM Read more >

RCMP arrest Nova Scotia man wanted for shooting woman near motel on the weekend

NUTTBY, N.S. — The RCMP in Nova Scotia have arrested a 52-year-old man wanted for a weekend shooting that injured a woman as she sat in a car outside a motel in Brookfield.

Oct 20, 2023 9:40 AM Read more >

Nova Scotia RCMP allege Halifax man used 'dark web' to sell opioids in U.S., Canada

HALIFAX — The Mounties say they've shut down a Nova Scotia-based drug trafficker who was using the dark web to seek customers across Canada and the United States. The federal policing branch of the RCMP says it received information from the U.S.

Oct 20, 2023 9:35 AM Read more >

P.E.I. long-term care homes were not sufficiently prepared for a pandemic: report

CHARLOTTETOWN — A report on the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care homes in Prince Edward Island has found that the facilities were insufficiently prepared for a pandemic, and the crisis led to a deterioration in residents' quality of life.

Oct 19, 2023 4:03 PM Read more >

After two weeks, minister hasn't visited tent city outside Newfoundland legislature

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A homeless woman living in a tent city across from Newfoundland and Labrador's legislature says it's "insulting" that the province's housing minister hasn't made his way over to the site to speak with residents.

Oct 19, 2023 1:45 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia to spend $100 million to recruit more skilled tradespeople

HALIFAX — To help meet the demands of Nova Scotia's growing population, the province is investing $100 million over the next three years to help speed up the recruitment and training of skilled tradespeople.

Oct 19, 2023 1:13 PM Read more >

Cape Breton University to lower international enrolment amid job, housing shortages

SYDNEY, N.S. — Cape Breton University says it will scale back the number of international students it admits, after a recent explosion in foreign enrolment, but it's unclear if doing so will ease the housing and part-time job shortages in the region.

Oct 18, 2023 3:24 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia RCMP charge fugitive wanted in weekend shooting near motel

TRURO, N.S. — RCMP say they have charged a 52-year-old man who is still on the loose after a weekend shooting near a motel in Brookfield, N.S., in central Nova Scotia. Darren Trevor Jackson of Truro, N.S.

Oct 18, 2023 2:07 PM Read more >

Modified Atlantic Loop shouldn't thwart drive for offshore wind power: report author

HALIFAX — The author of a new report touting Atlantic Canada as a potential offshore wind energy giant says the scaled-down Atlantic Loop electricity grid announced this week is a start but not enough for the region to fully benefit from its producti

Oct 18, 2023 11:26 AM Read more >