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By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 28, 2024 5:03 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 20-person firefighting team from Atlantic Canada is heading to Manitoba to help battle out-of-control wildfires in the province. Nova Scotia is sending 12 firefighters to Winnipeg …
Read More »Nova Scotia launches take-home STI testing kit, a first in Atlantic Canada
Nova Scotia’s decision to offer free at-home tests for sexually transmitted infections is an important step toward reducing some barriers to vital sexual health care, says the head of the provincial AIDS coalition. Dr. Todd Hatchette, an infectious disease specialist who is the clinical director of Halifax’s STI clinic, said …
Read More »Postmedia offers to purchase Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain for $1M
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A monitor’s report says Postmedia Network Inc. has offered $1 million to purchase Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain. The offer is being recommended by Toronto-based KSV Restructuring Inc., the court-appointed monitor overseeing the insolvency proceedings involving SaltWire Network Inc. and the Halifax Herald …
Read More »Postmedia to buy Atlantic Canada’s insolvent SaltWire newspaper chain
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 26, 2024 10:46 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Postmedia Network Inc. announced today plans to buy certain businesses belonging to SaltWire Network Inc. and The Halifax Herald Ltd., the two insolvent companies behind Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain. …
Read More »High heat and humidity forecast for much of the Atlantic provinces
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 8, 2024 8:33 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Heat warnings have been issued in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and most of New Brunswick for today and tomorrow. Environment Canada says daytime highs are forecast …
Read More »New bar looking to end LGBTQ+ nightlife drought in Atlantic Canada’s biggest city – Halifax
As a closeted gay teenager walking through downtown Halifax in the early 1980s, Daniel MacKay drew hope from the bright lights, giggles and thumping bass coming from a boisterous bar called The Turret on Barrington Street. MacKay was there to catch a glimpse of the patrons trickling in and out …
Read More »Atlantic coast faces powerful winds, tide surges in storm bringing rain, some snow
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 13, 2024 11:25 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Parts of Atlantic Canada are facing powerful blasts of wind and tidal surges along coastal areas as a storm sweeping in from the southeast moves through the region. Northern New …
Read More »Power still out for thousands as stormy weather persists in parts of Atlantic Canada
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 22, 2023 10:17 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size About 14,000 customers remain without power in parts of western and southwestern New Brunswick as crews race to restore electricity before Christmas. High winds that blasted through the province on …
Read More »Heidi Petracek on joining Global National as Atlantic correspondent: ‘I feel very lucky’
Long-time broadcaster Heidi Petracek has joined the Global National team as the new Atlantic correspondent based out of Halifax. Petracek has spent her 25-year career reporting across Atlantic Canada and beyond — starting out in her home province of Saskatchewan, before going on to work in Calgary, Toronto, Corner Brook, …
Read More »Atlantic Lottery to reveal winner of record-breaking $31-million jackpot in N.S. – Halifax
Atlantic Lottery is set to introduce the winner of its record-breaking $31 million Lotto Max draw, more than a month after the jackpot was announced. The winning ticket for the Jan. 31 draw was sold in New Waterford, N.S. On Feb. 1, Atlantic Lottery said it was looking for the …
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