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Politicians and environmental groups are calling for more transparency from the New Brunswick government after it took nearly two days to issue a warning about a chemical spill.
Drivers south of Fredericton were left commuting through toxins last week after a 900-litre chemical spill that impacted a 14-kilometre stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway.
The chemical spill included the release of hexavalent chromium, a carcinogenic chemical the province says is not dangerous if exposure to it is brief.
The provincial Green Party leader and the head of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick say the province did a poor job of communicating the potential environmental and health risk to residents.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Missing-Fisher)(WATCH FOR DATING)
RCMP say one man in Nova Scotia is dead and another is missing after they failed to return from ice fishing.
Police say a multi-agency search for the missing man is underway in the area of Belleisle, about 180 kilometres west of Halifax, near the Annapolis River.
The R-C-M-P say they received a report around 11:30 p-m Tuesday that two men aged 73 and 77 had not returned from ice fishing.
Police used remotely piloted aircraft to conduct air searches overnight while local fire services searched in the water and the deceased man was found yesterday afternoon.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Bus-Collision)
Police in Cape Breton say a 53-year-old man is dead after his vehicle collided with a bus in North Sydney.
Cape Breton Regional Police say the crash happened yesterday morning near the intersection of Archibald Avenue and Pleasant Street.
They say students were taken off the bus and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the vehicle was taken away with life-threatening injuries and police issued an update yesterday afternoon saying that he had died.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Stinky-Sauce)
Officials in a Newfoundland town long tormented by the stench of an abandoned fish sauce factory say the site could be cleaned up this summer.
The town council in St. Mary’s says in a social media post that the clean-up job is ready to go to tender.
The post says the waste will be disposed of at a facility in the community of Sunnyside.
It says Municipal Affairs Minister Chris Tibbs has promised that the decades-old sauce will be removed and cleaned up by the summer.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Ferry-Paused)
Construction of a new ferry that will carry passengers between Nova Scotia and eastern P-E-I has been put on hold.
The new ferry is supposed to replace the M-V Holiday Island, which caught fire in 2022 and was later scrapped.
Transport Canada says all work related to the new ferry has been on hold since July of last year.
Earlier this week, the department said some decisions are required before work can resume, but it didn’t provide any details.
(CBC News)
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(NS-Dal-Rink)
Dalhousie University’s long-awaited new rink will officially open today.
The Oulton-Stanish Centre, a 60-thousand-square-foot arena on the Halifax campus, features an N-H-L-size ice surface.
It’s also the new home of the school’s physiotherapy clinic.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
