(NL-Assault-Trial)
A long-delayed trial is underway for a Newfoundland man accused of more than 70 crimes related to sexual violence against youth.
Anthony Humby was first arrested in St. John’s in April 2023, when he was 62.
His defence lawyer has begun an application to toss the case because of trial delays.
Mark Gruchy (Grew-shee) told the court yesterday he was still waiting for transcripts to complete the application and the judge agreed to start the trial in the meantime.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Wildfire)
Officials in Nova Scotia say crews are bracing for a difficult couple of days of firefighting ahead.
Dave Steeves with the Department of Natural Resources says the wildfire in the Annapolis Valley near Long Lake had surpassed 82 square kilometres in size as of yesterday.
Steeves said the “minimal” amount of rain that fell in the area Monday was helpful in the short term, but that moisture is rapidly drying out.
He says this means that fire behaviour and intensity will likely increase over the next couple days.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Mine-Project)
The Goldboro mine in eastern Nova Scotia has received its final permit approval from the province.
Construction of the open-pit Goldboro gold mine, owned by Toronto-based NexGold Mining Corp., is expected to begin in Guysborough County in 2026 at an estimated cost of 1.7 billion dollars.
The latest provincial authorization — called an industrial approval — sets environmental conditions on the operations of the mine.
Company C-E-O Kevin Bullock says NexGold expects to get federal approval within the next 90 days, adding that project financing will then have to be secured before work can begin by mid to late next year.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Personating-Police)
A 58-year-old New Brunswick man is facing charges related to impersonating a police officer.
Shediac R-C-M-P say they got information that a man was in possession of what they believe were things that belonged to a retired officer, including a car and uniforms.
Officers say a search of his two homes in Pointe-du-Chêne allegedly yielded two firearms, several police uniforms including duty belts, a Ford Taurus, radios, lights and sirens, among other things.
The man faces several charges, including unauthorized possession of a firearm and unlawfully conspiring to personate a peace officer by being in possession of police equipment and uniforms.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-US-Doctors)
The P-E-I government says 20 health professionals from the United States have accepted offers to work in the province since January 1st.
The province says the hires include physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and laboratory technologists.
The hires follow a streamlining in the province’s licensing process for internationally trained health professionals in 2023.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Immigration-Politics)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has accused the federal Liberals of allowing temporary foreign workers to take jobs away from young Canadians while youth unemployment is high.
Statistics Canada data shows youth unemployment hit 14.6 per cent in July, which is the highest it’s been since 2010, outside of the COVID-19 pandemic.
His latest comment on immigration, coming at a news conference in P-E-I, came a few days after the government released immigration data for the first half of 2025.
Poilievre says the data showed government is overshooting the targets it set for foreign worker visas, an allegation the immigration department dismissed as untrue.
(The Canadian Press)
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