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New Brunswick’s biggest ocean port is getting millions of dollars in funding.
Transport Canada says up to 254-million dollars will be spent on a series of infrastructure improvements aimed at unlocking Port Saint John’s potential.
Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said yesterday these kinds of investments make it easier to move goods across Canada to international markets.
The investments will enable the port to handle between 825-thousand and one million shipping containers annually along the Atlantic coast. (The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Wildfire-Season)
Wildfires in Newfoundland and Labrador burned more than 960 square kilometres of forest this year.
The government says the majority of the burned area was in Labrador.
It says there were 133 wildfires in total, with 81 caused by humans.
Lightning strikes started the other 52 fires. (The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Murder-Investigation-Review)
Charlottetown Police Services says it will fully co-operate with an independent review of its investigation of an unsolved murder from 1988.
P-E-I’s justice minister ordered a review of the investigation into the strangling and stabbing death of 36-year-old teacher Byron Carr after the charges in the case were dropped.
Crown prosecutors dropped the charges after Charlottetown police lost crucial evidence.
The minister says the review will aim to find out what went wrong and why the evidence is gone. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Fatal-Collision-Video)
R-C-M-P in Nova Scotia are asking the public to share video footage after a fatal collision involving a car being pursued by police.
Mounties are asking for surveillance or dashcam footage of a grey Honda Civic that went off the road in Grand Pré on Sunday.
One occupant died and four others were injured and taken to hospital.
A police vehicle had been pursuing the car and was also involved in a single-vehicle crash minutes earlier.
Nova Scotia’s police watchdog is reviewing the evidence to determine if it will investigate. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-NDP-Whip-Out)
The whip of the Nova Scotia N-D-P has been removed from the role over a social media post calling for a shutdown of the provincial government.
Paul Wozney’s post said that Nova Scotia should — quote — learn from France and shut government down.
The remarks were in relation to a proposed 470-million-dollar government settlement with employees impacted by wage restriction legislation.
Party Leader Claudia Chender says the post was a serious error in judgment.
Wozney has apologized and removed the post. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Wind-Vs-Fish)
The Maritimes Fishermen’s Union is calling on Ottawa to explain how it will protect fisheries as Nova Scotia pursues offshore wind development.
Last week, the federal government announced 100-million dollars to help study wind and sea conditions around the Wind West energy project.
The union wants to see independent comparisons of offshore wind with onshore wind farms as well as hydroelectricity from Quebec and Labrador.
It says the government should pursue better options that don’t displace fishers, if they’re available. (The Canadian Press)
