CBC - Newfoundland (3 hours ago)
With the provincial budget less than a week away, many non-profits and other organizations are anxiously awaiting what it will hold. The Labrador North Chamber of Commerce, as well as Labrador West's Housing and Homelessness coalition, know what they want to see. The CBC's Zack Russell has that story.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (8 hours ago)
Once again, every single participant in Project SEARCH's latest cohort has found a job. The program, based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, helps young adults with intellectual, learning or developmental disabilities build the skills they need to enter the workforce.
ReadCBC - New Brunswick (20 hours ago)
With the rise of artificial intelligence, data centre projects are popping up around the country, and one now proposed for Saint John has both supporters and opponents. But next door in Maine, legislators want to take things more slowly and see some research.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (20 hours ago)
Sidney MacEwen resigned from provincial cabinet this week in order to stay within conflict of interest rules, while the government also walked back some budget cuts after public backlash. CBC's Steve Bruce sat down with Sally Pitt and Paul MacNeill to discuss another week in the P.E.I. Legislature.
ReadCBC - New Brunswick (A day ago)
New Brunswick's minister of public safety says legislation is coming to provide a legal framework to the office of the provincial security adviser, a little-known branch of government that has been accused of collecting personal information on New Brunswickers.
ReadCBC - Newfoundland (A day ago)
The lawyer for the family of deceased Innu teen Kirby Mistenapeo says child protection officials in Newfoundland and Labrador were aware that his primary caregiver was drinking on the job — one of the many alleged systemic failings raised on Thursday.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (2 days ago)
Endometriosis is a condition in which tissue similar to what grows inside the uterus starts growing outside of it instead. That can cause significant mid-body pain, as well as fertility issues. P.E.I. currently does not have any specialists to treat the condition.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (2 days ago)
Amy MacArthur has become a fierce advocate for people in Atlantic Canada who live with endometriosis, a chronic disease affecting those born with a uterus. CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin spoke with MacArthur to find out why she founded Endo Project Atlantic and the work the group is doing.
ReadCBC - Nova Scotia (2 days ago)
Nova Scotia's environment minister says the province is well on its way to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Paris Agreement target for 2030, but he cannot say how it would make up for setbacks if new carbon-emitting industries take root — as the premier is pushing for.
ReadCBC - Newfoundland (2 days ago)
Newfoundland and Labrador's new universal electronic health information system is set to go online province-wide Saturday. Family doctors who are based in NLHS-operated facilities want more time to adopt CorCare in their own clinics while they use it in the emergency department.
ReadCBC - Nova Scotia (2 days ago)
Crosskill Court is one of seven facilities that offer the enriched housing program under the Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Agency. The long-running program, which has been available at Crosskill Court since the 1990s, offers an alternative to seniors who do not want to live at home but don't require the level of services offered in long-term care.
ReadCBC - Newfoundland (2 days ago)
The RCMP made six missions to search for Jennifer Hillier-Penney's body in the waters near Hare Bay Islands off St. Anthony, N.L., and searched over 130 points of interest. In his testimony in Corner Brook Supreme Court on Thursday, RCMP Cpl. Steven Hatch said the searches came up with nothing.
ReadCBC - Nova Scotia (2 days ago)
A Nova Scotia family is speaking out after their 19-year-old son was taken to hospital following multiple suicide attempts. After being assessed, he was sent by taxi to a local homeless shelter. The teen and his parents say it felt like hospital staff were more concerned about clearing a bed than helping him.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (2 days ago)
A fisherman from Souris, P.E.I., will be testing the latest version of his lobster counting and grading system that was made with the help of UPEI's sustainable design and engineering students. The faculty's current cohort are wrapping up their final projects, hoping for similar success. CBC's Nancy Russell has more.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (3 days ago)
The Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association announced Tuesday on social media that its members held a call with Fisheries and Oceans Canada officials to discuss upcoming weather and the harbour dredging process. April 25 was originally set as opening day but it has been delayed.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (3 days ago)
Lobster fishers who are about to start their spring season in North Lake, P.E.I., have another concern as setting day approaches — one many say is a first for them. There's an overturned dredge stuck just outside the community's harbour. CBC's Steve Bruce explains.
ReadCBC - New Brunswick (3 days ago)
The mayor of a New Brunswick municipality is questioning the threshold the province uses for declaring a flood, after one was declared for the community of Gagetown, despite there being no visible impact, he said, to infrastructure like roads or buildings.
ReadCBC - New Brunswick (3 days ago)
After another N.B. Power transmission line problem left more than 4,500 people in Edmundston without power on Wednesday, the mayor said he is "fed up." Eric Marquis is calling for the utility to replace Line 70, a 60-year-old transmission line at the heart of the outages dating back to 2019.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (3 days ago)
The school year is winding down at the University of Prince Edward Island, but for students returning in the fall, it's going to cost more. UPEI is increasing tuition for Canadian and international students by 6.5 per cent and 7.5 per cent, respectively.
ReadCBC - Nova Scotia (3 days ago)
The municipality is reminding young people of something that seems obvious — never ride on the outside of a bus. This follows recent incidents where people climbed atop Halifax Transit buses and recorded it for social media. The CBC's Haley Ryan has the story.
ReadCBC - Newfoundland (3 days ago)
The provincial government has agreed to write a cheque for $45.8M to help compensate those who were abused at Catholic-run institutions in Newfoundland and Labrador, with a judge expected to approve the tentative settlement on Friday in St. John's.
ReadCBC - Newfoundland (3 days ago)
With Dean Penney sitting on one side of a desk, and Rudy — as he can only be identified as — sitting on the other, Penney is seen in a video describing how he struck his estranged wife. Warning: this video contains language and descriptions some may find offensive.
ReadCBC - New Brunswick (3 days ago)
According to a statement from the Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries, the New Brunswick Provincial Veterinary Laboratory identified a presumptive positive case of rabies in a raccoon in Little Ridge, just northwest of St. Stephen, and testing to confirm the case is underway.
ReadCBC - Nova Scotia (3 days ago)
Coming off her first legislative session since leaving the Nova Scotia government cabinet and the Progressive Conservative caucus, the MLA for Lunenburg West wants the people in her district to provide feedback on her future, including whether she remains an Independent or explores party affiliation.
ReadCBC - Newfoundland (3 days ago)
Memories of a murder that still ripple through Newfoundland and Labrador are on full display in a new play debuting at the LSPU Hall in St. John's this week. She Is Here was written by Marquita Walsh, a cousin of Samantha Walsh from Fleur de Lys, who was murdered at the age of 13 in 2000.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (4 days ago)
Some airlines are cancelling flights or adding additional charges in the face of rising jet fuels costs due to the war in the Middle East, but experts in P.E.I. say travellers in this province don't have much to worry about — if they've already paid for their trips.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (4 days ago)
Several of Canada's premiers were in Ottawa this week talking trade barriers as the July CUSMA review deadline approaches. P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz says that Canada's trade partners are not an 'either-or situation,' and that strong relationships with both the U.S. and the rest of the world are possible.
ReadCBC - P.E.I. (4 days ago)
The P.E.I. Rape and Sexual Assault Centre is introducing a new approach to therapy aimed at helping survivors of sexual violence access support across the Island. CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin sat down with Jillian Kilfoil, the centre's executive director, about how the model will improve accessibility and reach.
ReadCBC - Newfoundland (4 days ago)
Andrea Barbour made a social media post with a photo of herself in front of The Rooms in St. John's Tuesday, but something wasn't quite right. A nonexistent logo was in place of the museum's iconic caribou sculpture. The post was met with swift criticism.
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