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The municipal government of Tracadie, N.B., will upgrade its sewage lagoon with $6.9 million in provincial funding to address challenges from the growing population. - Google Street View

Tracadie's sewage lagoon project receives $6.9M in N.B. government funding

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 7 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

The Regional Municipality of Tracadie in New Brunswick is receiving $6.9 million from the province for upgrades to its sewage lagoon. With the increasing demand for senior and workforce housing, the population growth in Tracadie and the Saint-Isidore ...

Thick smoke billowed from a wildfire in Barrington, N.S., on May 27. The fire was in the Barrington Lake area and burned out of control for weeks. FRANKIE CROWELL PHOTO

Report on province’s 2023 wildfire response generally positive, all recommendations accepted

Ian Fairclough · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 8 hours ago |3 min read

The Nova Scotia government has released the report into the firefighting response to the wildfires in Shelburne and Halifax counties last year. The Barrington Lake fire in Shelburne County was the largest wildfire in recorded history in the ...

Tyreece Alexander Whynder-Ewing, left, leaves Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Dartmouth on Wednesday with lawyer Chris Avery after a jury was selected for his trial on a charge of second-degree murder.

Jury selected at Whynder-Ewing's murder trial in Dartmouth

Steve Bruce · Multimedia Journalist |Updated 8 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

The jury was selected and received opening instructions from the judge Wednesday at Tyreece Alexander Whynder-Ewing’s second-degree murder trial in Dartmouth. Whynder-Ewing, 29, is charged in the November 2021 shooting death of Alexander Thomas at a ...

The Bank of Canada building is pictured in Ottawa June 1, 2010.

Bank of Canada closer to being able to cut rates, Macklem says

Reuters |Updated 5 hours ago |1 min read

OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Bank of Canada is getting closer to being able to start cutting interest rates from their current 23-year highs, Governor Tiff Macklem said on Wednesday. In testimony to the Senate banking committee, Macklem said inflation was ...

A cyclist heads towards Halifax taking the bike lane on the Macdonald Bridge in Dartmouth Tuesday, November 22, 2022.
TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

‘An unacceptable document’: Critics call for changes to Halifax's road safety strategy

Kaitlyn MacNeill |Updated 8 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

Approval of HRM’s 2024 Road Safety Strategy was deferred at Thursday’s transportation standing committee meeting. The strategy attempts to update the goals laid out in the 2018 Strategic Road Safety Framework and envisions zero road fatalities and ...

Lobster fishers in LFA 24 have had their season delayed by wind and wave action. The next decision to go out will be made on May 4. Contributed

2024 P.E.I. lobster fishing season delayed by bad weather

Dave Stewart · Journalist |Updated 9 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

It’s still unclear when P.E.I. lobster fishers on the north shore will begin their season. Setting day was to have been April 29 but has now been pushed back due to inclement weather on the water. A spokesperson with the federal government said the ...

Kimberly Carson, CEO of Breast Cancer Canada.

Outdated breast cancer guidelines are putting people at risk, says Breast Cancer Canada head

Elizabeth Payne · Postmedia News |Updated 9 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

At a time when rates of breast cancer among young women rise, Canada’s outdated screening guidelines are putting women at risk, says the head of Breast Cancer Canada. Kimberly Carson, the organization’s CEO, met with MPs this week to push for an ...

Tyler Black #7 of the Milwaukee Brewers looks on after his major league debut against the Tampa Bay Rays at American Family Field on April 30, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Canadian broadcaster Rod Black calls son's MLB debut from stands: 'There's a base hit for my boy'

Ryan Wolstat · Postmedia News |Updated 9 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

Rod Black has called thousands of sporting moments, but nothing like this one. The legendary Canadian broadcaster, his wife and other family members got to see son Tyler Black live out a dream by playing in the Major Leagues for the Milwaukee Brewers ...

Pictured is the Southport Real Canadian Superstore.

Loblaw profit increases as Canadians boycott the company

Mackenzie Rhode |Updated 9 hours ago |5 min read Premium content

Originally created as a space for people to vent about high grocery costs, a subreddit titled r/loblawsisoutofcontrol has started a nation-wide boycott of Loblaw-owned stores for the month of May. The online group’s goal is to highlight the “ ...

The provincial government has signed a bilateral education agreement with Morocco. Seated, from left: Education Minister Bill Hogan and Chakib Benmoussa, Morocco’s minister of national education, early childhood, and sport. Standing: Isabelle Valois, Canadian ambassador to Morocco.

New Brunswick signs education agreement with Morocco

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 9 hours ago |1 min read Premium content

The New Brunswick government has inked an educational collaboration deal with Morocco. The memorandum of understanding will allow professionals from both education systems to partner on various projects. These include promoting preschool education, ...

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