(NB-Premier-Tariffs)
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says the new 25 per cent tariffs hitting Ontario’s auto industry will have a spillover effect on New Brunswick businesses.
Holt said today: “When Ontario sneezes, New Brunswick catches a cold.”
She says Ontario is New Brunswick’s second-largest provincial trading partner.
The premier says she is also in talks with Ottawa about the 25 per cent tariff on Canadian seafood products that was imposed by China last week.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Brain-Disease)
New Brunswick’s chief medical officer says the province will be analyzing data related to a mystery brain disease affecting hundreds of people in the province.
Dr. Yves Leger says his office will review 222 files with the Public Health Agency of Canada.
In 2021, the province’s then Progressive Conservative government started investigating the cases of 48 patients with neurological symptoms of unknown origin, when there was more than 400 people reporting symptoms such as intense pain and muscle spasms.
Leger says the latest analysis of the patient files is expected to be completed by this summer, after which the government will publish its findings.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Victim-Support)
The Nova Scotia government has announced multi-year funding for victims and survivors of gender-based violence.
The government says the funding will help them find housing and other financial support.
The minister responsible for the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women says this kind of investment reaffirms the government’s commitment to supporting survivors and helping them access the care they need.
Leah Martin says the province is investing 2.95-million dollars over three years to support two community-based projects led by Y-W-C-A in Halifax.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Immigration-Passive-Investment)
Newfoundland and Labrador residents are being warned against a so-called passive investment immigration scheme currently circulating in the province.
Potential victims are being told they can secure permanent residency in Canada by providing money to support a business proposition.
But the practice is illegal.
The province offers two routes for those hoping to secure permanent residency: the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program and the Atlantic Immigration Program.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-High-Value-Shoplifting)
The R-C-M-P in eastern Newfoundland say they are looking for a woman who stole cosmetic products from a Shoppers Drug Mart this week.
The Mounties in Clarenville say the woman entered the store and left without paying for various items worth about two-thousand dollars.
Police have released a security photo of the woman and are hoping the public can help identify her.
(The Canadian Press)
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