(NB-Child-Welfare)
The first instalment of the Office of the New Brunswick Advocate’s review of the 2025-26 provincial budget is raising alarms about cuts to child welfare services.
The advocate says the 33.6-million dollar slash to funding for the Department of Social Development amounts to a nearly 25 per cent cut for current program spending.
The report notes the advocate found no evidence to support or justify the existing assumption that service needs will decline.
The advocate’s report is urging the province to reconsider the change.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Atl-Interprovincial-Trade)
New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador premiers Susan Holt and Andrew Furey held a news conference yesterday afternoon about a memorandum of understanding on free trade and labour mobility.
Last week, the Ontario government tabled legislation aimed at loosening interprovincial trade and signed memorandums of understanding with the premiers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
The legislation is intended to see the goods, services and workers of reciprocating provinces and territories automatically recognized in Ontario.
Ford has said trade barriers within Canada cost the economy up to 200 billion dollars a year.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Tick-Notice)
As ticks begin to pop up across the province, the Nova Scotia government is issuing a notice to rural and urban residents to take the proper precautions to protect themselves from disease.
Provincial medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Cram says ticks are not just a nuisance, they carry serious diseases and can harm your health severely.
Of the many types of ticks across the province, officials are warning about the blacklegged tick.
Ticks can transmit diseases such as Lyme disease, and residents are urged to wear proper clothes and check themselves for ticks after outdoor activities.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Cytochrome-Funding)
The Newfoundland and Labrador government is funding decarbonization technologies through Cytochrome Technologies.
Industry, Energy and Technology Minister Andrew Parsons has announced more than 437-thousand dollars in funding for Cytochrome to work and advance its proprietary technology.
Cytochrome is working on technology to accelerate and scale up the naturally occurring carbon sequestration process known as mineral weathering, hoping to use it in engineered reactors.
The project would aim to create a permanent storage solution for C-O-2.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Elxn-Poilievre-Halifax)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was in Halifax today where he said his party will scrap Canada’s electric vehicle sales mandates if elected.
The federal government has mandated that 20 per cent of all new vehicles sold must be electric by 2026 and 100 per cent by 2035.
Poilievre calls the E-V mandates a “Carney tax,” saying they will cost consumers more and Canadians should be able to choose what kind of vehicle they drive.
The Conservative leader attended a rally in Trenton last night following a short stop at a Halifax union hall where he picked up the endorsement of the local longshoremen’s association.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Mobile-X-rays)
The P-E-I government is rolling out a new mobile X-ray program for residents of long-term-care homes.
The new service is currently offering chest X-rays to all public and private long-term-care homes — and is expected to be available across the province by next month.
Health Minister Mark McLane says the new program will reduce pressure on hospitals while offering diagnostic imaging in a familiar and comfortable environment for older patients.
McLane says that by minimizing hospital transfers, the service will decrease stress and improve timely access to this health-care service.
(The Canadian Press)
