(NB-Wildfires)
The New Brunswick government is spending millions of dollars to get ready for wildfire season.
The province is adding more than 70 new year-round forest rangers, and spending three-million dollars on new aircraft that can scoop water from rivers and lakes.
It’s also spending millions on new preparedness investments.
Premier Susan Holt says her government is preparing for wildfire season early because of record-low precipitation and prolonged drought conditions. (The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Farm-Roads)
New Brunswick is more than doubling the money it spends on roads used by farmers.
The provincial government says it’s bumping the budget for the Agricultural Roads Program from 100-thousand to 250-thousand dollars.
Funds can be used for minor upgrades on public, but not-maintained roads.
That includes drainage systems, enhancing base materials and grading. (The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Shooting)
Mounties say one person is dead and another is fighting for their life after a shooting in central Newfoundland that’s believed to be targeted.
R-C-M-P say they were called about a shooting yesterday at a home in Grand Falls-Windsor, west of Gander.
A person from inside the home was airlifted to hospital with critical injuries, while the suspect fled in a vehicle.
Police later tracked down the vehicle, and officers found a person dead nearby. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Mountie-Threats)
A Mountie in Cape Breton has been charged with uttering threats against a woman he knows.
Nova Scotia’s police oversight agency says it began an investigation in February after receiving a complaint from the R-C-M-P detachment in Baddeck.
The Serious Incident Response Team says the officer was charged yesterday.
He is expected to appear in provincial court in Sydney on April 13th. (The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Knife-Arrest)
A man in northern Labrador is facing multiple charges after allegedly making threats and brandishing a knife.
Police in Natuashish (nat-whah-SHEESH’) say they received reports of a man threatening multiple people on Tuesday.
Later, the same man was reportedly causing a disturbance and threatening people with a knife at a store.
The 27-year-old is charged with possessing a weapon, uttering threats and failure to comply with a probation order. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Sex-Assault-Generations)
An 82-year-old Halifax man is facing multiple sex charges for allegedly abusing his daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter.
Court documents allege the accused sexually assaulted his great-granddaughter between October 2025 and January of this year in an eastern Nova Scotia community when she was under 16.
He is also accused of sexually assaulting his granddaughter between 2009 and 2015 near Halifax when she was under 16.
And the last of 10 criminal charges alleges the man indecently assaulted his daughter between 1981 and 1983 in a suburb west of Halifax. (The Canadian Press)
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(OBIT-SWM-Garapick) (N.S. note)
Former Canadian swim star and two-time Olympic medallist Nancy Garapick is dead at age 84.
The Halifax native set a world record as a 13-year-old in the 200-metre backstroke at the 1975 Eastern Canadian Swimming Championships in Brantford, Ontario.
She was named Canada’s youngest-ever female athlete of the year at age 14, and the following year, she earned bronze medals at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
Garapick was also a member of the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. (The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
