(NB-Turkey Hunt)
New Brunswick is adding an extra week to the annual wild turkey hunt, which runs for three weeks starting in May.
In a release, Natural Resources Minister John Herron said the expansion will “offer more opportunities to hunters and contribute to local economies through tourism, licence fees, and outfitting and guiding services.”
The department is also expanding the resident wild turkey draw to include active members of the Canadian Forces or the RCMP born in the province with a principal residence outside New Brunswick.
The application period for the non-resident licence draw now closes on the last Friday of November in the year before the hunting season. (The Canadian Press)
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(MUSIC-Goo-Goo-Dolls) (NB note)
The American band the Goo Goo Dolls will no longer finish out their cross-Canada tour in the Maritimes.
Planned concerts this coming weekend in Halifax and Moncton have been cancelled.
The band says on social media that singer John Rzeznik (REZ’-nik) was diagnosed with pneumonia and hasn’t fully recovered.
The band says those who bought tickets can get a refund. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Hwy-Protest)
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says First Nations blockades of provincial highways are unacceptable.
Blockades sprang up late last week after the R-C-M-P raided a cannabis shop on Potlotek First Nation.
Houston maintains the unregulated sale of marijuana in First Nations communities is illegal.
The premier is calling for Mi’kmaw leadership to work with the province towards safer regulated dispensaries. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Apartment-Fire)
Fire crews spent their Sunday morning responding to an apartment fire in Halifax.
The local firefighters’ association says crews encountered “advancing fire conditions” at the building on Dutch Village Road.
The association’s social media post says firefighters forced their way into adjacent apartments to evacuate residents as a precaution.
One person was treated by paramedics. (The Canadian Press)
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(Campus-Radio) (NL note)
The executive director of the National Campus and Community Radio Association says those stations have reached a crisis point and need help from Ottawa to survive.
Barry Rooke’s remarks come after Memorial University of Newfoundland’s student union voted last week to cease funding for C-H-M-R F-M in an effort to address a deficit.
He says declining enrolment, the shuttering of journalism programs and optional student fees at some schools are threatening the existence of campus radio stations across Canada.
Rooke’s association is hosting a national meeting of campus stations this month with the goal of teaching them how to scale down without going dark and diversify revenue by transitioning to broader media hubs. (The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Nurses-Midwives)
Island nurses and midwives are now overseen by a single regulatory body after two separate colleges merged to form the P-E-I College of Nursing and Midwifery.
Until now, licensed practical nurses were regulated by one college, while registered nurses and midwives were regulated by another.
Those two colleges have come together into a single organization that encompasses L-P-Ns, midwives, nurse practitioners, R-Ns and registered psychiatric nurses.
The new college’s first C-E-O and registrar Melissa Panton said the merger made sense because the two bodies had already been working closely together for years. (CBC News)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
