NB-Indoor-Farm)
The owners of an indoor hydroponic farm in New Brunswick say they are being forced to sell.
Daniel Ratté and his wife Chantal Gagnon say they can’t find employees to work their farm.
They say the workload is too much for their current staff of six and they would need two more employees.
Statistics Canada data shows the rate of national job vacancies in vegetable and melon farming reached 4.5 per cent in 2025, representing about one thousand jobs.
(CBC News)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
(NL-Elections-Act)
Newfoundland and Labrador’s elections authority says the province’s voting legislation is outdated and in need of updates.
Elections N-L says the current legislation dates back to 1991 and was written before most people had access to the internet.
The agency’s report this month to the provincial government says the legislation was developed around paper-based voting processes.
It says the province established a committee in 2021 to modernize the Elections Act, but none of the group’s recommended changes have been made so far.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Mass-Casualty)
The committee in charge of tracking recommendations related to the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia is delivering its third annual report this morning.
Chair of the progress monitoring committee, Myra Freeman, is scheduled to share the report in Halifax.
The April 2020 rampage saw a gunman kill 22 people across the province while dressed as Mountie.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Assault-Charge)
A 45-year-old woman from Gambo, Newfoundland has been charged with assault and uttering threats.
R-C-M-P said they received multiple 9-1-1 calls Thursday morning about a disturbance between a pedestrian and a motorist in Gambo.
Police say two women were in a physical altercation and had been separated.
One of them allegedly pulled an edged weapon to threatened the other, and was arrested.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Summerside-Mayor)
The outgoing Mayor of Summerside is running for the leadership of the P-E-I Liberal party.
Dan Kutchner announced he would not re-offer for the Summerside job earlier this month and today says he will try to replace Robert Mitchell as Liberal leader.
Mitchell resigned after two unsuccessful attempts to win byelections in less than a year.
Kutcher’s resignation is effective tomorrow and Deputy Mayor Cory Snow will assume his duties until the general municipal election in November.
(CBC News)
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(NS-Hospice-Opening)
After years of delays, a hospice unit in Nova Scotia’s South Shore is now fully open.
The unit for end-of-life care at Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg was originally scheduled to open in the fall of 2021.
David Henderson, senior medical director for the health authority’s integrated palliative care network, said delays were due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a shortage of specialized staff.
(CBC News)
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