(NB-Health-Ruling)
An anglophone health network in New Brunswick has been ordered to pay five-thousand dollars to a Moncton man for violating his language rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Paul Ouellet filed a legal challenge after staff at a Moncton hospital couldn’t speak with him in French on numerous occasions in 2020.
At the time, he had been overseeing the care of his sister at the hospital’s psychiatric unit.
In a recent decision, the province’s Court of King’s Bench ruled that Ouellet’s right to communicate in his mother tongue had been repeatedly violated by the Horizon Health Network.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Big-Lottery-Win)
A lottery ticket recently sold in Newfoundland is worth five-million dollars.
The Atlantic Lottery Corporation says the Lotto 6/49 ticket was purchased Wednesday.
But the corporation did not provide any other details.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Poppy-Opium)
A 27-year-old man in Cape Breton is facing drug-related charges for allegedly importing dried poppy pods that are often used to make opium.
Cape Breton Regional Police say an investigation began after after law enforcement officials intercepted a package being shipped to an address in Sydney.
The police force, working with the Canada Border Services Agency and R-C-M-P, executed a search warrant at a local residence and seized a package.
The man was later charged with importing and possessing a controlled substance.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-NDP-Ethics)
Nova Scotia’s Opposition New Democrats have appointed a new critic for ethics and accountability.
Party Leader Claudia Chender issued a statement yesterday saying Paul Wozney will take on the new role.
Chender says the N-D-P is trying to ensure that Nova Scotians know who benefits from government’s decisions.
She says the party wants to make sure Premier Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservative government isn’t striking backroom deals with party insiders and personal friends.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Oyster-Support)
Prince Edward Island’s fisheries minister says his department is putting the final touches on a pitch to the federal government to support the province’s oyster industry.
Zack Bell says the department has put together a package of programs to help wild oyster fishers, growers and processors, and that it should be in front of Ottawa by the end of this week.
P-E-I’s oyster industry has been rocked by the deadly parasite M-S-X, which was first found in Island waters in July 2024.
Another disease called dermo was discovered this past summer.
Neither poses a risk for human consumption, but both can be fatal to oysters.
(CBC News)
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(NL-Spaceport-Pitch)
NordSpace is hoping to build a spaceport complex on Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula.
The company registered the proposal for an environmental assessment on Wednesday.
The project would include a mission control centre and complex that could support 20 rocket launches a year.
NordSpace planned several launches from the area earlier this year, but they were scrapped because of mishaps and problems.
(The Canadian Press)
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