(NB-Rainfall-Warning)
Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning and special weather statement for almost all of New Brunswick.
Remnants of tropical storm Debby could bring up to 40 millimetres of rain to most of the province.
The weather agency says rain could begin this afternoon and last until tomorrow.
It says thundershowers are also possible that could increase rainfall amounts in some areas.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Shorebird-Meeting)
Mount Allison University in New Brunswick is set to host the 10th Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group meeting, which runs from August 11th to 16th.
Shorebird biologists in the hemisphere meet every second year, rotating between North, South, and Central America.
About 260 attendees from academia, government, and conservation-oriented non-profits from 20 countries are scheduled to attend the meetings.
A news release says Mount Allison is the ideal spot as the mudflats on the Bay of Fundy are covered in tens of thousands of semipalmated sandpipers this time of the year, right before they take off for the winter.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Telegram-Uncertainty)
Newfoundland and Labrador’s New Democratic Party is asking Premier Andrew Furey to meet with unions representing workers at The Telegram newspaper.
N-D-P leader Jim Dinn says Furey should meet with unions to discuss how to best protect the paper, which was previously owned by the SaltWire Network.
Postmedia Network Incorporated won court approval yesterday to buy the newspaper chain, and the company says the acquisition will lead to job cuts.
In a letter to Furey, Dinn says he worries the Telegram will cease printing physical copies and go completely online, cutting off seniors and other groups from a reliable news source.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Child-Pornography)
R-C-M-P in Prince Edward Island say a 39-year-old man has been charged following a child pornography investigation.
They say officers executed a search warrant at home in Cornwall as part of the ongoing investigation, and seized electronic devices.
Police say the man was arrested but later released on conditions, and is scheduled to appear in court at a later date.
They say the investigation began in June and involved several different agencies.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Government-Workers)
About three-thousand 500 non-unionized employees with the Nova Scotia government have been told they will have to return to the office full-time on October 15th.
Twila Grosse, the minister responsible for the Public Service Commission, confirmed following cabinet yesterday the new policy described in employee emails sent to C-B-C news on the new edict.
Grosse says the change is the result of difficulties by managers in managing workers in “different places” and to assist new workers in developing relationships with their colleagues.
The policy change doesn’t apply to thousands of unionized government workers who are currently allowed to work from home.
(CBC NS/The Canadian Press)
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(OLY-Sprint-Finals)
A Nova Scotia canoe racer claimed a bronze medal today at the Olympics in Paris.
Sloan MacKenzie of Windsor Junction and her partner Katie Vincent – who often has trained at Dartmouth’s national training centre – took the medal in the 500-metre sprint canoe final.
They finished in one minute 54.36 seconds, behind a duo from China, who took gold in an Olympic-best time of one minute, 52 seconds.
MacKenzie and Vincent had a strong start but couldn’t catch China, and were upset by Ukraine, who made a late push to claim silver in a photo finish.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
