(NB-Irving-Diesel-Leak)
New Brunswick-based Irving Oil Limited is facing charges after 180-thousand litres of diesel fuel leaked into the ground near a gas station in Woodstock.
The provincial government says the company is facing two charges under the Clean Environment Act, as is another company called Grant Enterprises Limited.
The charges relate to the leak itself and the alleged failure to report it.
Under the act, the companies are facing a maximum fine of one-million dollars.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Printing-Outsource)
The owner of several New Brunswick newspapers says it will now outsource printing operations.
Postmedia says it will cease printing newspapers at its facility in Moncton by August 2nd.
The media company says the cost of printing its product has become too expensive.
Postmedia says outsourcing will allow it to continue serving print subscribers and advertisers long-term.
(CTV News)
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(NL-Budget)
Newfoundland and Labrador’s new budget is projecting a 688-million-dollar deficit.
And the province’s Progressive Conservative government says it intends to keep the budget in the red for the foreseeable future.
The 11.5-billion-dollar fiscal plan includes a five-year forecast that anticipates escalating deficits reaching more than one-billion dollars.
Premier Tony Wakeham’s budget also includes tax breaks, a boost in health-care spending and money for the province’s offshore oil industry.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Precarious-Work)
A new report says more than 30 per cent of paid employees in Nova Scotia are in precarious jobs that offer low wages, little job security and few if any benefits.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says more than half of the precarious jobs in Nova Scotia are held by young people working part-time or in temporary roles.
The study says the problem is particularly bad in Nova Scotia when compared with the rest of Canada.
The study is based on figures from Statistics Canada and a separate survey of workers across the province.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Respiratory-Virus)
Health officials in P-E-I are seeing a sharp decline in cases of R-S-V, a respiratory virus that can cause severe infections in infants and older adults.
They say that since an R-S-V protection program was introduced in 2024, hospitalizations linked to the virus have declined by 93 per cent among infants and 52 per cent among seniors.
At first, the program offered vaccines to residents of long-term and community-care homes, and in the fall of 2025, it was expanded to include infants and independent seniors over the age of 75.
R-S-V stands for respiratory syncytial (sin-SISH’-ull) virus.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-WEA-Heavy-Rainfall)
Environment Canada says residents living along Nova Scotia’s Atlantic coast can expect some heavy rain tonight and into Friday.
A special weather statement says between 30 and 50 millimetres of rain is expected between Shelburne and Halifax, though higher amounts are possible in some areas.
The rain is expected to be intense at times, with thunderstorms also possible.
The weather agency says localized flooding may occur in low-lying areas or locations with poor drainage — and some creeks and smaller rivers may overflow.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Polar-Bear-Warning)
Residents of a small community in southern Labrador are being warned to watch for a polar bear.
The province’s Forestry Department says the bear has been spotted near the community of St. Lewis.
Conservation officers are encouraging residents to keep pets inside or under close supervision, travel in groups when outdoors, and never approach a freshly killed animal or carcass.
As well, residents are being told to properly store their garbage — and if they encounter a bear, they should quietly back away, remain downwind and never get between a bear and her cubs.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
