(NB-Throne-Speech)
New Brunswick’s Liberal government is set to give its throne speech this afternoon.
Instead of focusing on health care, education and housing, Premier Susan Holt said yesterday she was forced to divert her attention to the effects of U-S tariffs in her first year in office.
Trump recently imposed a 10 per cent tariff on lumber that together with anti-dumping and countervailing duties of just over 35 per cent, bringingimport taxes for Canadian softwood lumber entering the U-S to more than 45 per cent.
The tariff on softwood lumber, Holt says, risks dropping the province’s G-D-P by 0.5 per cent and could put more than one thousand people out of work.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Right-Whale-Population)
Marine researchers say the latest population estimate for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale continues a positive trend of slow growth in recent years.
The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium says the population is estimated at 384 animals for 2024 – a slight increase over its estimate of 376 in the previous year.
The population had experienced a steady decline from a recent high of 500 animals in 2011 to a low of 359 in 2020.
There were 11 right whale calves born in waters off the southeastern U-S this year.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Drug-Investigation)
Police say a 32-year-old P-E-I man has been charged with three counts of possession for the purposes of trafficking.
They say officers executed a search warrant on Wednesday as part of an ongoing drug investigation at a home in Kensington.
Police say officers found 15 grams of cocaine, one-thousand-459 methamphetamine tablets, 52 Percocet tablets and more than 30-thousand dollars in cash, among other things.
The man is scheduled to appear in court in January.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Motorcycle-Fatal)
Police in P-E-I are asking for the public’s help as they investigate a fatal motorcycle crash in Summerside.
The Summerside Police Service says the single-vehicle crash was reported this morning at 1 a-m from the intersection of Water Street and Heather Moyse Drive.
The police force says the 23-year-old driver was taken to hospital where he died.
Police are are asking anyone who may have witnessed the collision, or who may have dashcam or other video footage to contact police or Crime Stoppers.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Statcan-Inflation-Cities)
Statistics Canada says inflation jumped to 2.4 per cent in September thanks in large part to annual changes in gas prices and persistent pressure at the grocery store.
St. John’s in Newfoundland and Labrador had an inflation rate of two per cent in September compared with 1.2 per cent in August.
Inflation jumped to 1.7 per cent in Charlottetown-Summerside compared with 1.1 per cent the previous month.
In Halifax, the inflation rate was 2.8 per cent compared with 2.4 in August; while in Saint John, New Brunswick, inflation climbed to 2.3 per cent compared with 1.7 in August.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Island-Protected)
The Nova Scotia Nature Trust says a large island off the province’s southwest coast will be permanently protected from development.
The conservation group says the protection of Cape LaHave Island in the Municipality of Lunenburg is a bid deal because it is one of the largest islands ever conserved in the province.
The group says the 10-square-kilometre island will continue to be available for low-impact community recreational activities.
Cape LaHave Island is Nova Scotia’s fifth largest island.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
