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New Brunswick has over 1,000 contaminated sites needing cleanup: auditor general

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s auditor general says the province has a backlog of more than 1,000 contaminated sites dating back 35 years.

Nov 29, 2022 1:32 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia pauses logging operations after discovery of at-risk lichen species

HALIFAX — A commercial logging operation in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County has temporarily halted its work after environmentalists raised the alarm about the presence of several at-risk species of lichens.

Nov 29, 2022 12:03 PM Read more >

As Newfoundland's Victorian-era jail awaits replacement, observers say it's unfit

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is replacing its crumbling, Victorian-era jail in St. John's, but observers say the facility is not fit to house people in the meantime.

Nov 28, 2022 2:10 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia fees for licensed daycares to drop another 25 per cent on Dec. 31

AUBURN, NOVA SCOTIA — Daycare fees are to drop a further 25 per cent in Nova Scotia beginning Dec. 31, under a $605-million funding agreement between the federal and provincial governments signed in 2021.

Nov 28, 2022 12:09 PM Read more >

Opening days delayed for Canada's largest and most lucrative lobster fisheries

HALIFAX — The opening days for two of Canada's largest and most profitable lobster fisheries have been delayed because of bad weather.

Nov 28, 2022 11:36 AM Read more >

Moncton, N.B., Muslim community wants change after man dies waiting in emergency room

MONCTON, N.B. — The Muslim community in Moncton, N.B., is calling for change after one of its members died Wednesday while waiting for care in a New Brunswick emergency room.

Nov 27, 2022 4:21 PM Read more >

Overdose prevention site says lack of shelter to blame for Moncton man's death

MONCTON, N.B. — Before a man turned away from shelters was found dead this week in a Moncton, N.B., public washroom, staff who had just helped him at an overdose prevention site sent a plea for help to the province.

Nov 25, 2022 3:03 PM Read more >

Blackouts after Muskrat Falls transmission line test in Labrador fails

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador has run into more problems.

Nov 25, 2022 1:10 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia Power agreement with customers would hike rates 14 per cent over 2 years

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's electrical utility has reached a proposed settlement with representatives of its customers for a rate increase of 13.8 per cent over the next two years.

Nov 25, 2022 12:43 PM Read more >

New Brunswick health authority reviewing death of patient in Moncton emergency room

MONCTON, N.B. — A health authority in New Brunswick is reviewing the case of a patient who died in the Moncton Hospital's emergency department on Wednesday. Dr.

Nov 25, 2022 12:00 PM Read more >