(NB-Interprovincial-Barriers)
The New Brunswick government is making changes to allow liquor to flow across provincial lines.
The government is amending the Liquor Control Act to help break down interprovincial trade barriers and allow alcohol to be purchased by consumers directly from a province or territory identified in the regulation.
Public Safety Minister Robert Gauvin says the amendment will give people of the province a larger selection of Canadian alcohol to purchase while allowing provincial brewers to sell to the rest of Canada.
It’s one change in the larger shift among provinces to see trade barriers brought down amid the U-S trade war against Canada.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Child-Luring-Arrest)
The New Brunswick R-C-M-P says it has arrested and charged a man from Burton, New Brunswick in connection to a child luring investigation.
Mounties say a 30-year-old man was arrested without incident following a search of a home in Burton.
Police seized several digital devices, and laid charges for luring a child under the age of 14, transmitting child pornography and failure to comply with a prohibition order.
The man was already prohibited for life from communicating with anyone under the age of 16 and from being any place that someone under the age of 16 is reasonably expected to be.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-AG-Report)
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Auditor General has delivered a report to the House of Assembly on the performance of the Medical Care Plan and Dental Health Plan.
Denise Hanrahan’s report contains findings and recommendations that are similar to those identified in a 2014 audit of medical plan.
The report highlights the plan’s ineffective compliance function, information technology issues and an overall lack of program oversight.
Hanrahan’s report says she is concerned the Department of Health and Community Services is not ensuring public health care funds are distributed appropriately.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Summer-Games)
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation Minister has announced Corner Brook as the host for the 2026 N-L Summer games.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Summer Games are the largest multi-sport event in the province, welcoming close to 16-hundred athletes, coaches and staff.
Summer sports at the 2026 Games include track and field, swimming, soccer and more.
The Games are held every two years, alternating between winter and summer.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Racism-Grants)
The government of Nova Scotia is funding 11 community organizations with grants that it says will help address systemic racism, inequality and hatred.
The province says the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism’s Community Network Grant program will fund a range of projects, including ones that Canadian newcomers.
Nova Scotia is putting 400-thousand dollars in grants towards these projects.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Partner-Homicide)
Police in Nova Scotia say they have levelled charges against a 31-year-old man for first-degree murder in the 2023 death of his intimate partner.
The R-C-M-P says officers responded to a sudden death in Bible Hill in September 2023 and a 32-year-old woman was found.
Police considered her death to be suspicious and arrested the 31-year-old man that morning before releasing him without charges.
The charge comes amid a high profile series of IPV murders in Nova Scotia — with seven women and one man killed since October 18th, 2024.
(The Canadian Press)
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