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Power Outages yesterday morning in parts of the Maritimes prompted school closures in Nova Scotia.
High winds also knocked out power in parts of New Brunswick and P-E-I.
As of yesterday afternoon, 18 outages were being reported in New Brunswick, and another four on the Island.
(CTV News)
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Nova Scotia’s Liberal party is calling on a Progressive Conservative candidate to withdraw from the provincial election race.
The president of the Liberal party — Margaret Miller — issued a statement today saying the party has filed a court petition alleging Susan Corkum-Greek violated corrupt practices provisions of the Elections Act on November 9th.
On Tuesday, Corkum-Greek’s constituency campaign manager resigned after he admitted to handing out two-dollar gift cards at a Tim Hortons drive-thru in Lunenburg.
The Liberals say Corkum-Greek should also step down because she was greeting people near the drive-thru at the time.
(The Canadian Press)
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Normand Hector — a gay, Black man from New Brunswick — will be a keynote speaker at a two-day conference in Ottawa about unhealthy outcomes in hockey culture.
Hector, who is from Saint John, is hoping to send the message that players can be respectful of differences at Hockey Canada’s second Beyond The Boards summit.
Hector’s drag persona, “Normani,” performed at the 2022 Memorial Cup and at a Pride Night hosted by the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League’s Saint John Sea Dogs earlier that season.
He was also recruited by Hockey New Brunswick three years ago to speak to players, coaches and families about how to create a respectful hockey culture.
(The Canadian Press)
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New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt is mourning the death of former British Columbia premier John Horgan.
She says he was a progressive thinker and an advocate for all Canadians.
Horgan, who was serving as Canada’s ambassador to Germany, died yesterday after his third bout with cancer.
He served as B-C’s New Democrat premier for five years before stepping down in 2022.
(The Canadian Press)
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Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says he will not support a federal plan that he says will impose a cap on oil production in the province.
His comment on social media comes in response to the federal government’s proposed cap on greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas production, released last week.
The proposed plan limits how much oil and gas producers can pollute with emissions, and the federal government has said the industry can meet the regulations without cutting production.
Furey says his government is working with the local oil and gas industry to study the plan.
(The Canadian Press)
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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services says all of the province’s 2025 nursing graduates will be offered jobs.
Last week, the Registered Nurses Union issued a release indicating that conversations with nursing graduates revealed that of the 121 fourth-year nursing students in Memorial University’s nursing program, only three were given job offers.
However, the vice president of human resources at the health authority told V-O-C-M yesterday there are jobs available and third-year nursing students are matched in the fall with vacancies.
Debbie Molloy says it’s not the case that the agency prefers to hire private agency nurses.
(VOCM)
