New Brunswick’s Green Party has officially launched its fall campaign, on the eve of a provincial election call. Leader David Coon was accompanied by Green candidates at a kick-off rally in Fredericton on Wednesday. “People are tired with the old red and blue and are ready to try something new,” said Coon. “So I’m asking … Read More “N.B. Green Party kicks off campaign with minority government musings” »
When the Halifax Regional Municipality closed homeless encampments in two downtown parks earlier this year, it said extensive remediation would be needed because people living there had damaged the sites, with contamination spreading as deep as the soil in at least one of the locations. But a professional assessment the city received in April about the … Read More “Halifax said a homeless camp contaminated the soil of a public park. A report shows that’s not true” »
Nova Scotia is making sweeping changes to a bill that deals with how it responds to emergencies, including extreme weather events, with the aim of improving collaboration between municipalities and the province. John Lohr, the minister responsible for the Emergency Management Office, tabled a suite of amendments to Bill 455 at Province House Tuesday. The … Read More “Nova Scotia wants to set up regional centres to help during emergencies” »
Nova Scotia’s NDP are accusing the government of prioritizing landlords over residents who need an affordable place to live, as the opposition party tables a bill aimed at addressing the housing crisis. NDP Leader Claudia Chender took aim at the Progressive Conservatives Wednesday ahead of introducing two new housing bills, saying the government “seems to … Read More “N.S. NDP accuse province of putting landlord profits over affordable housing” »
An area near Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth has been announced as the final location for a shelter village for people experiencing homelessness in Nova Scotia. Community Services Minister Brendan Maguire said Wednesday that some of the remaining shelters bought last year by the province will be set up on Bancroft Lane, near Windmill Road and Wright Avenue. The … Read More “Latest Halifax-area shelter village set to open near Burnside” »
A streak of sunny and hot mid-September weather set new high temperatures records in the Maritimes. Hottest in the country Bathurst, N.B., came in with the hottest temperature in Canada on Tuesday on Environment Canada monitored weather stations. It reported at high of 31.0 degrees. That didn’t quite break the standing record there for Sept. … Read More “Maritimes saw hottest temperatures in Canada on Tuesday” »
A Woods Harbour, N.S., man is facing dozens of charges after police seized weapons and drugs from South Shore homes last Friday. According to an RCMP news release, officers executed a search warrant at a Woods Habour residence on Highway 3. They seized: eight firearms (one of which was an AR-style weapon with a high-capacity … Read More “Police seize weapons, drugs from Nova Scotia residences” »
HALIFAX – Transport Canada has ordered a bankrupt tidal power company and a bankruptcy trustee to produce a plan to remove four huge moorings abandoned in the water near Walton, N.S. The four moorings are made of concrete-filled railcars connected to giant chains, and were to be used for a tidal project by Occurrent Power … Read More “Transport Canada orders plan to remove huge tidal power moorings left near N.S. town” »
Maritimers have been enjoying high temperatures and beautiful weather this September, but experts on insects say there is a cost. They say the higher temperatures make wasps and hornets more territorial and aggressive. Andrew Hebda is a retired curator of zoology at the Nova Scotia Museum. He says 10 degrees is an important temperature for … Read More “Expert says warm September in Maritimes could cause higher aggression in bees and wasps” »
For every vacant job in Canada, there are 2.4 unemployed people. That was the picture recorded from April to June in Canada, according to Statistics Canada’s second-quarter report on job vacancies. Vacancies have steadily fallen since the glut of nearly one million open posts in 2022. At the time, one in three businesses had trouble … Read More “Why it’s ‘very hard’ to find work in Canada” »
