New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has announced a sweeping ban covering all activities on Crown lands.
The move prohibits hiking, camping, fishing and the use of vehicles in the woods on Crown lands, while trail systems are also off limits.
Holt says the move is necessary to ensure safety and to protect the province’s forests.
The province is dealing with seven wildfires as of yesterday, including one out-of-control blaze on Oldfield Road in the Bartibog area northeast of Miramichi.
(The Canadian Press)
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The three Maritime provinces and Ottawa are spending nine million dollars to help restore air travel between P-E-I, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Under a three-year pilot program with PAL Airlines daily flights will be offered between Halifax, Sydney, Charlottetown, Fredericton and Moncton.
Passengers are expected to fly with the service later this year, although exact dates aren’t yet known.
The joint funding includes five million from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 2.9 million from Nova Scotia, 840-thousand from P-E-I and 458-thousand dollars from New Brunswick.
(The Canadian Press)
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Provincial officials in Newfoundland have announced that people who have evacuated their primary residence due to wildfires will be eligible for a 500 dollar payment administered by the Canadian Red Cross.
The government says to be eligible people must be registered with the organization.
Firefighters battled windy dry conditions yesterday as three out-of-control wildfires continued to range in the eastern and central part of the province.
Newfoundland and Labrador Crimestoppers also announced yesterday that it is offering a five-thousand dollar reward for information that leads to the identification and arrest of anyone who may be responsible for intentionally starting a fire.
(The Canadian Press)
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The P-E-I Fishermen’s Association says the fall lobster fishery in the Northumberland Strait will begin today.
The fishing zone covers the strait from Victoria to North Cape and includes fishermen in southern P-E-I, northwestern Nova Scotia and southeastern New Brunswick.
The last day of the season is set for October 12th.
(CBC News)
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The sixth and final Arctic patrol vessel for the Royal Canadian Navy has been officially named in a ceremony in Halifax.
The vessel has been named H-M-C-S Robert Hampton Gray, in honour of Lieutenant Gray, a navy pilot who was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously.
Gray was the only member of the navy to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War.
Jane Underwood, a descendant of Gray, officially named the ship yesterday.
(The Canadian Press)
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