Day: August 22, 2024

Postmedia has started the process of taking over those parts of the insolvent SaltWire Network that it plans to keep running. Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain has been under court protection since March, when its largest creditor forced the company into insolvency. SaltWire publishes newspapers in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, including the Halifax … Read More “Postmedia begins takeover of parts of SaltWire Network” »

Flights between Sydney, N.S., and Halifax are back after a nearly two-year absence, breathing new life into a regional airport that’s been battered and bruised since a global pandemic put a big dent in the airline industry. Quebec-based carrier Pascan Aviation is now selling tickets on return flights between Sydney and the capital, with flights … Read More “Sydney-Halifax flights returning to J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport in October” »

Some fishery officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada are refusing work in Nova Scotia out of concern for their safety, the federal department said Thursday. While DFO said in a statement it is “making every effort to minimize operational impacts,” a group representing fishermen in southwest Nova Scotia said enforcement officers are nowhere to be seen to prevent … Read More “Some fishery officers refusing work in N.S., citing dangerous conditions, says DFO” »

The acting chief medical officer of health for New Brunswick has declared a whooping cough (Pertussis) outbreak across the entire province. According to a news release from the provincial government, the outbreak was initially declared solely for the Acadian Peninsula at the end of June. “We are expanding this outbreak to the entire province due … Read More “N.B. chief medical officer declares whooping cough outbreak for entire province” »

Canada’s two main railways locked out more than 9,000 unionized workers overnight, halting freight traffic across the country. The stoppage of both Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) had an immediate impact on tens of thousands of commuters and will ripple through the economy. But how will it affect you? Here … Read More “Here’s how the rail stoppage will — or won’t — affect you” »

In the year since Nova Scotia invested in an online platform aimed at helping renters find affordable housing, a total of 23 leases have been signed, a result opposition parties say is a failure.  On Aug. 4, 2023, the province said it would give $1.3 million over two years to Happipad, a Canadian non-profit home-sharing application that matches homeowners … Read More “Home-sharing platform funded by N.S. government results in just 23 leases in a year” »

Montreal – Trains across the country have ground to a halt as 9,300 workers were locked out by both of Canada’s major railways after they failed to agree on a new contract before a 12:01 a.m. EDT deadline. The shutdown marks the first-ever simultaneous work stoppage at Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City … Read More “National rail shutdown begins as employees locked out at both major Canadian railways” »

Even though Ivan Chan’s restaurant is only open four hours most days, he works 14 to 16 hours in an effort to keep everything running. “I’m free, right? That’s the only way to lower the cost right now in my place,” said Chan, owner/chef of The Orient Chinese Cuisine in Bedford.  “I try to keep … Read More “N.S. restaurants struggling to stay open amid rising food and operating costs” »

A woman who sought a surgical procedure to prevent pregnancy testified Wednesday that a Cape Breton gynecologist told her the choice should be up to her boyfriend or future husband and that “no doctor in Canada” would perform it on her. The former patient, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, said she was seeking … Read More “Former patient testifies doctor told her future husband would regret it if she got ‘tubes tied’” »

In a former juice processing plant in Port Williams, a cluster of machines whir and hum as they process piles of wool. For now, the wool processed in this cavernous facility — home of Taproot Fibre Lab — goes into making yarn, either from Taproot’s flock of sheep or from people who want their own wool spun. But in Nova Scotia, much … Read More “Turning wool into pellets could keep fibre from going to waste — and help farmers weather a changing climate” »