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Five things to know about Canada's lucrative baby eel fishery

HALIFAX — Tiny, translucent baby eels, called elvers, are back in the news after two Mi’kmaq men from Nova Scotia reported being detained by federal fisheries officers and then left far from home at 1 a.m.

Apr 4, 2024 3:22 PM Read more >

Provincial subsidy for Cape Breton railway line not being renewed: minister

HALIFAX — A $30,000 monthly subsidy intended to preserve a disused Cape Breton rail line will not be renewed, Nova Scotia’s economic development minister said Thursday.

Apr 4, 2024 2:40 PM Read more >

Depressed since pandemic, parrot at Halifax museum being shipped to Ontario

HALIFAX — A parrot in Nova Scotia that has been showing signs of depression since the COVID-19 pandemic is moving to Ontario for a change of scenery and to make new friends.

Apr 4, 2024 2:35 PM Read more >

Strike over at CN Autoport facility in Nova Scotia after Unifor ratifies agreement

HALIFAX — A weeks-long strike at a transshipment facility near Halifax is over after union members ratified a three-year collective agreement. More than 230 unionized workers at the CN Autoport facility in Eastern Passage, N.S.

Apr 3, 2024 5:23 PM Read more >

N.B. not ruling out notwithstanding clause in bill to force people into drug care

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he has not ruled out using the notwithstanding clause to adopt legislation that would allow authorities to force certain people into drug treatment.

Apr 3, 2024 4:06 PM Read more >

Main lodge at Nova Scotia's historic Keltic Lodge golf resort shutting down

INGONISH, N.S. — The historic main building at the Keltic Lodge at the Highlands golf resort in Cape Breton has closed, Parks Canada and GolfNorth Properties announced Wednesday.

Apr 3, 2024 4:04 PM Read more >

'Starlight tour': Mi'kmaq fisher allegedly dumped without boots or phone feared death

HALIFAX — Hours into a barefoot trek in the middle of the night along a highway in rural Nova Scotia, stranded without a phone, Mi’kmaq fisher Kevin Hartling says he and his friend felt that if they stopped walking they might die.

Apr 3, 2024 3:29 PM Read more >

Anger and anxiety in Newfoundland after abrupt end to Growlers hockey team

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The sudden end of the Newfoundland Growlers has left sports fans crushed and business owners anxious in a capital city spurned before by professional hockey teams.

Apr 3, 2024 2:38 PM Read more >

N.S. Liberal officials say party acted above board in misuse of public funds case

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Liberal Party officials told a legislature committee Wednesday that their handling of a case in which thousands of dollars in public funds were misused by a former employee was “above board” and legal.

Apr 3, 2024 1:07 PM Read more >

'Extremely troubling': Mi'kmaq protest Trudeau event after alleged fisher detentions

HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday his government will investigate “extremely troubling” allegations that two Indigenous fishermen in Nova Scotia were dumped by federal fisheries officers hours from home without footwear or phones.

Apr 2, 2024 5:33 PM Read more >