(NB-Long-Term)
New Brunswick says work has started to build 120 new long-term care beds in Fredericton.
The province says the new beds are being added at a pair of seniors homes in the capital.
The Liberal government says it wants to build a total of 240 nursing home beds at the two locations over the next two years.
The expansion is part of the government’s long-term care plan that aims to build six hundred and twenty four new long-term care beds province-wide.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Woodstock-Diesel-Leak)
The New Brunswick government says the amount of diesel fuel that has leaked into the ground near a gas station in Woodstock is more than recently reported.
On Wednesday, the province’s Justice Department announced that Irving Oil Limited was facing charges after 180-thousand litres of fuel leaked from a storage tank.
The department now says that as the cleanup is continuing, the amount of diesel recovered so far is more than 200-thousand litres.
The government says the company is facing two charges under the Clean Environment Act, as is another company called Grant Enterprises Limited.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Right-Whale-Calves)
One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more calves this year than in some recent seasons.
But experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction for the North Atlantic right whales that frequent the Maritimes.
The total population is estimated 384 animals, and is slowly rising after several years of decline.
The whales give birth off the southeastern United States every winter before migrating north to Canadian waters to feed.
(The Associated Press)
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(NL-Churchill-Falls)
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham has a long-awaited review of a draft energy deal with Hydro-Québec in his hands.
He told reporters yesterday he is eager to get on with negotiations.
A spokesperson says Wakeham will make a statement today about the review’s findings.
Wakeham demanded a review of the deal since it was unveiled in 2024 by the previous Liberal government.
He appointed a three-person panel in December to do the work, shortly after his party won last year’s election.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Synthetic-Opioids)
R-C-M-P in Labrador say a synthetic opioid was seized in the province for the first time.
Police say they found pills in Happy Valley-Goose Bay resembling the painkiller Dilaudid last month.
They say the pills were actually made from chlorphine, a substance 10 times more lethal than fentanyl.
But the Mounties say they believe naloxone can reverse overdose symptoms.
(CBC News)
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(NS-Australian-Missing)
Nova Scotia R-C-M-P have identified a missing Australian woman who police believe is somewhere in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
The Mounties say 62-year-old Denise Ann Williams has not been heard from since April 15th.
Police say she had indicated she was headed to the community of Chéticamp, near the southwestern entrance to the park.
She was reported missing on April 28th and a ground search crew was called in.
(CBC News)
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(NS-Public-Housing)
The Nova Scotia government has unveiled a new website that will allow residents to track the progress on public housing projects across the province.
Housing Minister John White made the announcement yesterday.
The new site includes updates for each project, as well as information about how Build Nova Scotia builds public housing.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
