(Chignecto-Isthmus-Appeal)
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on whether the federal government is entirely responsible for the Chignecto Isthmus, the narrow strip of land that connects New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
This comes as the Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P-E-I governments are asking the court to settle a constitutional question on the matter.
The provinces say Ottawa should pay for the entire cost of upgrading the dike system that protects the low-lying land — currently estimated at 650-million dollars.
A federal government lawyer told the court today that the constitutional question posed by the provinces is vague and lacks evidence.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Child-Care)
The New Brunswick government has announced a 200-milliond dollar investment in the child-care sector.
The money will be spent over five years to extend three child-care agreements New Brunswick has with Ottawa.
Social Development Minister Jenna Sudds says the extensions are about reducing waitlists and making 10-dollar-a-day child-care a reality.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Tariffs-Maine)
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says she’s using every tool in the province’s toolbox to protect the province from the fallout of Donald Trump’s trade war.
But the premier has so far said little about the possibility of imposing a surcharge on electricity sent from her province to northern Maine.
The province’s Crown-owned electric utility, N-B Power, supplies 58-thousand northern Maine homes and businesses with power
That part of the state is not connected to the rest of the U-S electricity grid, but Holt has said she does not want to put added pressure on the state because it is already facing the possiblity of higher electricity bills because of Trump’s tariffs.
(CBC News)
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(NB-Saint-John-Pride)
The Saint John Pride Festival in New Brunswick has announced festival dates for this year.
The events are scheduled to run from August 8th until August 17th, with the Pride parade happening on August 16th.
The festival will feature some drag performer headliners, including Virgo Queen, who won season five of Canada’s Drag Race.
The group has also partnered with Bangor Pride in Maine, and is welcoming 2-S-L-G-B-T-Q Americans to the event. (The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Northern-Pulp)
Northern Pulp says it will cost 2.5-billion dollars to build a new kraft pulp mill on Nova Scotia’s southwestern shoreline.
The insolvent company owns a mill in northeastern Nova Scotia that was shut down four years ago after it failed to meet the province’s environmental requirements.
Northern Pulp now says it needs more time to find financing for the new project near Liverpool.
The company says the project will require both private and public funding — and it plans to ask a B-C judge to extend its court-ordered creditor protection this Friday.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Fatal-ATV-Crash)
A Labrador teenager is dead and another in hospital after an A-T-V crash west of Gander.
The R-C-M-P say the crash happened yesterday when the driver of a side-by-side lost control while on a trail.
The Mounties say the A-T-V operator died at the scene.
A passenger was taken to hospital.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Shorefast-Foundation)
The federal government has announced funding for the Shorefast Foundation to encourage economic development on Newfoundland and Labrador’s Fogo Island.
Ottawa says it will contribute three-million dollars to help the foundation with its Shorefast Institute for Place-Based Economies.
The initiative is aimed at promoting sustainable economic development in rural and remote communities.
(The Canadian Press)
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