New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston have expressed their disappointment at the United States’ decision to impose 35 per cent tariffs on some Canadian goods.
Holt says she’s urging the federal government to continue to protect the softwood lumber and steel sectors from what she calls devastating tariffs.
Houston says his government will not hesitate to implement retaliatory measures at the provincial level — if needed.
The White House has said the tariffs will not affect goods compliant with the Canada-U-S-Mexico Agreement on trade, commonly known as CUSMA. (The Canadian Press)
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Police in New Brunswick say four people were arrested and are facing various charges involving stolen vehicles in Moncton.
They say officers were called to a parking lot of a business in Salisbury, following a report of two suspected stolen vehicles on Tuesday afternoon last week.
Police say two men aged 17 and 20, and one 17-year-old girl are facing several charges including possession of property obtained by crime.
A 16-year-old girl was arrested and released, and is scheduled to appear in court at a later date. (The Canadian Press)
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Organizers behind a protest held at a Nova Scotia R-C-M-P detachment say police action against Indigenous-owned cannabis dispensaries represents a continued attack on Mi’kmaq sovereignty.
Thomas Durfee says a crowd of more than 100 people gathered at the R-C-M-P detachment in Millbrook First Nation to protest Thursday after Mounties executed a search warrant at a cannabis store in the community and arrested one man.
Durfee says the peaceful protest involved free lobster, music and speeches from matriarchs in the community.
The R-C-M-P says officers executed a search warrant at a — quote “illegal cannabis storefront” — last week and seized a quantity of cannabis and unstamped tobacco.
(The Canadian Press)
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Relatives of a Second World War airman gathered for a ceremony near the remote site in Cape Breton where he died in a crash 80 years ago.
A local non-profit group unveiled two commemorative panels in Cape Breton Highlands National Park over the weekend to pay tribute to 21-year-old Pilot Officer William Arthur James Bennet, who was originally from Montreal.
On August 6th, 1944, Bennet was flying a Royal Canadian Air Force training aircraft with three other airmen aboard when they entered thick fog near Cap Rouge and crashed into Jerome Mountain, northeast of Cheticamp.
The injured passengers were rescued the next day but it took two days for a search team to retrieve Bennet’s body from the mountain’s steep, thickly wooded slopes.
(The Canadian Press)
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Police in Newfoundland and Labrador are warning residents about a recurring telephone scam aimed at seniors.
The so-called grandparent scam involves fraudsters calling older people and telling them that a family member is in need of help and requires money as soon as possible.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says these high-pressure tactics are a common technique among scammers.
The police force say it has investigated multiple reports of this type of scam in recent years.
(The Canadian Press)
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