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New Brunswick has over 1,000 contaminated sites needing cleanup: auditor general

New Brunswick has over 1,000 contaminated sites needing cleanup: auditor general

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s auditor general says the province has a backlog of more than 1,000 contaminated sites dating back 35 years.
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Nova Scotia pauses logging operations after discovery of at-risk lichen species

Nova Scotia pauses logging operations after discovery of at-risk lichen species

HALIFAX — A commercial logging operation in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County has temporarily halted its work after environmentalists raised the alarm about the presence of several at-risk species of lichens.
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As Newfoundland's Victorian-era jail awaits replacement, observers say it's unfit

As Newfoundland's Victorian-era jail awaits replacement, observers say it's unfit

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is replacing its crumbling, Victorian-era jail in St. John's, but observers say the facility is not fit to house people in the meantime.
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Nova Scotia fees for licensed daycares to drop another 25 per cent on Dec. 31

Nova Scotia fees for licensed daycares to drop another 25 per cent on Dec. 31

AUBURN, NOVA SCOTIA — Daycare fees are to drop a further 25 per cent in Nova Scotia beginning Dec. 31, under a $605-million funding agreement between the federal and provincial governments signed in 2021.
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Opening days delayed for Canada's largest and most lucrative lobster fisheries

Opening days delayed for Canada's largest and most lucrative lobster fisheries

HALIFAX — The opening days for two of Canada's largest and most profitable lobster fisheries have been delayed because of bad weather.
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Moncton, N.B., Muslim community wants change after man dies waiting in emergency room

Moncton, N.B., Muslim community wants change after man dies waiting in emergency room

MONCTON, N.B. — The Muslim community in Moncton, N.B., is calling for change after one of its members died Wednesday while waiting for care in a New Brunswick emergency room.
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Overdose prevention site says lack of shelter to blame for Moncton man's death

Overdose prevention site says lack of shelter to blame for Moncton man's death

MONCTON, N.B. — Before a man turned away from shelters was found dead this week in a Moncton, N.B., public washroom, staff who had just helped him at an overdose prevention site sent a plea for help to the province.
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Blackouts after Muskrat Falls transmission line test in Labrador fails

Blackouts after Muskrat Falls transmission line test in Labrador fails

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador has run into more problems.
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Nova Scotia Power agreement with customers would hike rates 14 per cent over 2 years

Nova Scotia Power agreement with customers would hike rates 14 per cent over 2 years

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's electrical utility has reached a proposed settlement with representatives of its customers for a rate increase of 13.8 per cent over the next two years.
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New Brunswick health authority reviewing death of patient in Moncton emergency room

New Brunswick health authority reviewing death of patient in Moncton emergency room

MONCTON, N.B. — A health authority in New Brunswick is reviewing the case of a patient who died in the Moncton Hospital's emergency department on Wednesday. Dr.
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