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An environmental lawyer in New Brunswick is urging the provincial government to make clean water a legal right.
Richelle Martin told a legislative committee yesterday that the province lacks enforceable protections.
She is also calling for stronger collaboration with Indigenous communities on water issues.
The committee is reviewing updates to the Clean Water Act. (The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Early-Voting)
More than 83-thousand New Brunswickers have already voted ahead of this month’s local government elections.
Election day isn’t until next Monday, but the province’s chief electoral officer says about 15 per cent of eligible voters have already cast a ballot.
Kim Poffenroth says the turnout is higher than in past municipal votes.
About 12-hundred candidates are running for election. (CBC New Brunswick)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Kidnapping-Arrest)
Police in Newfoundland have charged a 28-year-old man with kidnapping his intimate partner.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says officers were called about a woman in distress at a business on Thorburn Road in St. John’s on Monday.
They say responding officers believed the woman was taken against her will from a home in nearby Mount Pearl.
The man has been charged with kidnapping, several counts of assault and uttering threats among other charges. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Disability)
Advocates for Nova Scotians with disabilities say the provincial government has failed to consult with people affected by an overhaul of housing supports.
Victoria Levack, who lives with cerebral palsy, says there’s been a lack of consultation about the province’s plan to move people with disabilities out of institutions and into community housing.
Senior officials told a government committee Tuesday they should expect to see more results on the issue in the next two years.
Stephanie Carver, with the Disability Rights Coalition, says she is eager to see the government’s annual progress report when it’s released later this month. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Homicide-Investigation)
R-C-M-P in Halifax spent part of yesterday in the Bayers Lake Business Park investigating a homicide.
Investigators were on Horseshoe Lake Drive until early afternoon.
A paved trail was blocked off in the area.
Police wouldn’t say which homicide they were investigating, except to say it happened in North Preston in 2025. (CTV Atlantic)
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(PEI-Combat-Sports)
The P-E-I government has passed legislation that will legalize and regulate professional combat sport events.
It will also modernize regulation around amateur events, including boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts.
A new commissioner will establish rules for sanctioning events, set safety standards and ensure proper medical, officiating and insurance requirements are being followed.
The government now has to develop regulations, which it aims to have by fall of next year. (The Canadian Press)
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