(NB-Carney-Toll)
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is quote “not happy” with New Brunswick’s planned toll road.
He says his government is against internal trade barriers because they hinder economic growth.
Premier Susan Holt says the highway toll by the boundary with Nova Scotia will help pay for infrastructure.
The toll, planned to start in 2028, was included in the Holt government’s latest budget.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Cape-Breton-Murder)
Police in Cape Breton have charged a man with second-degree murder in the death of a 25-year-old woman who was known to him.
Cape Breton Regional Police say officers were dispatched early yesterday to a residence in New Waterford, where they discovered an unresponsive person.
They were later pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators say the 32-year-old accused was expected to appear today in Sydney provincial court.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Green-Response)
New Brunswick’s Green Party leader is calling for more oversight of a provincial security office.
A former head of the New Brunswick R-C-M-P alleges a provincial department had a secret program to track movements and the political views of some citizens during pandemic restrictions.
He alleges the provincial security advisor’s office was illegally collecting personal information.
Green M-L-A David Coon is calling for legislation and the creation of a committee to oversee the office’s activities.
(CBC News)
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(Atl-Daylight-Savings)
The premier of Nova Scotia says he’d be open to implementing permanent daylight savings time if the other Atlantic provinces are on board.
Tim Houston told reporters today he intends to bring this up as a discussion with his colleagues when they meet over the summer.
The premier says it’s not something Nova Scotia would do on its own.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced legislation today that would see the province abandon clock changes and stay on daylight time year-round.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Minister-AI)
A cabinet minister in Newfoundland and Labrador broke down in tears in the legislature after days of uproar over her use of artificial intelligence in a social media post.
Tourism Minister Andrea Barbour apologized in the legislature on Wednesday for using A-I to alter a photo of the Rooms provincial art gallery, which she shared to social media.
Her apology came after repeated questions this week from Opposition Liberal members and widespread criticism from the public on social media.
Barbour said this afternoon the treatment and repeated questioning amounted to cruelty and personal attacks.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Lobster-Cabinet-Conflict)
A P-E-I cabinet minister has resigned because of a conflict of interest involving his lobster fishing business.
Sidney MacEwen, who was transport minister, stepped down because members of cabinet must place certain assets in a blind trust, which included his business.
But when MacEwen tried to get someone else to run his lobster fishing fleet, the federal Fisheries Department said such a move would violate a rule that states owner-operators must not transfer their licences to anyone else.
Premier Rob Lantz had said the conflict rules would be changed to make an exception, but the province’s conflict of interest commissioner said the deadline for compliance had passed.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Clearwater-Fined)
A Nova Scotia seafood company has been fined 150-thousand dollars following the death of a man who was working aboard a clam-fishing vessel in 2024.
Clearwater Seafoods pleaded guilty in Port Hawkesbury provincial court to two charges under Nova Scotia’s Occupational Health and Safety Act.
According to an agreed statement of facts, 36-year-old Scott Dicks was electrocuted after touching a space heater that had been improperly rewired by another employee while the vessel was docked for maintenance in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia.
The fisherman from Grand Bank, Newfoundland, left behind a fiancée and three children.
(CBC News)
