(NB-Legislature-Returns)
New Brunswick’s legislature is kicking back into action in Fredericton today.
M-L-As will debate bills and attend committees for two weeks before a one-week break from the capital.
Opposition Leader Glen Savoie says he anticipates seeing the Liberal government’s plan for property tax reform but says he doesn’t have high hopes for its quality.
Today will kick off with a committee meeting reviewing the province’s Clean Water Act before a 1 p-m sitting.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Churchill-Falls)
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham won’t say what’s in a review of a draft energy deal between hydro utilities in his province and Quebec.
But he has promised its final report will be released to the public on May 19th.
Wakeham says the three-person panel tasked with carrying out the review will also speak publicly about their findings that day.
He says that until then he is withholding his comments about their work — even though he has had their report since Friday.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Premier-Texas)
Nova Scotia’s premier is in Texas once again.
Tim Houston is in Houston for an offshore technology conference where he is set to participate in a panel about investment in Atlantic Canada’s oil and gas sector.
The premier was also in Texas in late March for another energy conference, and in late February he travelled to Toronto for a conference on critical minerals and mining.
The opposition N-D-P have criticized the premier’s frequent trips, while Houston, who also serves as energy minister, says such travel is necessary to promote Nova Scotia’s natural resources.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Cedar-Cove)
The owner of a deteriorating cargo ship that ran aground off the west coast of Newfoundland has hired a company to bring it to shore.
The Mediterranean Shipping Company has hired Resolve Marine to remove the M-S-C Baltic-Three from the rocks off the coast in Cedar Cove, near Lark Harbour.
Officials say the plan is to haul the ship to shore in pieces using chains — and Resolve hopes to have the hull on shore by the summer.
The massive ship lost power in heavy seas in February 2025 and hit bottom at the edge of the cove, which opens to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Homicide-Rewards)
The Nova Scotia government is offering 150-thousand dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for killing Jayden Tynes.
The 28-year-old man died after multiple gun shots were reported in North Preston in November 2025.
Police believe people may have information about the homicide that has not yet been shared with investigators.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Stunting-Teen)
Nova Scotia police have charged a teenager for stunting after the youth was recorded driving twice the speed limit in New Glasgow.
Police say an officer conducted a traffic stop and a 17-year-old recieved a ticket for driving 103 kilometres an hour in a 50 kilometre-an-hour zone.
New Glasgow Police say the teen was caught stunting on a busy street.
A ticket for a first time stunting offence is almost 25-hundred dollars.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
