Ottawa says it’s a defining moment for our country. They’ve referred several big infrastructure plans to the new Major Projects Office, which helps fast-track projects of national interest. They include an expanded Port of Montreal and major natural gas, power and mining projects. Prime Minister...
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by Brad PerryNo charges will be laid after a man died following an arrest in Shediac more than a year ago. The Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) released its final report into the incident on Thursday. RCMP officers responded to a call from Ambulance NB at an apartment on May 29, 2024. Paramedics...
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by CJ GoaterOntario’s provincial Liberal Party leader is joining the official opposition leader in calling for more forest fire-fighting funding. In a visit to Thunder Bay, Bonnie Crombie highlighted some concerns her party has with the way the Ford government is operating. “I’d like to point out that seven...
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by Brad PerrySaint John’s police commission could be dissolved if a city councillor has his way. Gerry Lowe says the force should be a city department, with the chief reporting to the CAO. Lowe introduced a “notice of motion” at this week’s regular council meeting. “I believe that the city would be better...
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by Brad PerryNew Brunswick is getting more than $133 million to help improve French education in the province. The province has signed a four-year bilateral agreement with the federal government, officials announced Thursday. The money will help the province strengthen minority-language education and the...
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Eastern Counties Regional Library (ECRL) is receiving $46,200 of additional provincial funding for their 2025 to 2026 budget. This funding comes from an additional $800,000 the province is giving Public Library Regions across Nova Scotia. That amount is half of the $1.6 million that was...
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by Brad PerryA sudden death in Fredericton is being treated as a homicide by police. Fredericton police were called to a downtown residence on Sunday afternoon. “In light of new information, police are now investigating the death as a homicide,” police said in a social media post. The victim has been...
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by NewsHundreds of lobsters have been seized in southwestern Nova Scotia. On September 4, DFO officers arrested three after boarding a vessel in Yarmouth, over 370 lobsters were and the boat were seized. Three days later, officers arrested two more in St. Mary’s Bay for fishing traps they weren’t...
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by Caitlin SnowTwo more areas in Nova Scotia are going to have the woods ban lifted. The province says conditions have improved enough that as of 4 p.m., Thursday, the change will be effective in Pictou and Colchester Counties. The ban remains in these areas due to extremely dry and hazardous conditions: –...
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A man will be sentenced next month for his role in Nova Scotia’s largest wildfire. Dalton Clark Stewart of Villagedale, Shelburne County will find out his sentence in Shelburne Provincial Court in Barrington on October 16. He pleaded guilty to one charge under the Forests Act nearly a year ago....
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