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New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says there’s a “strong commitment” among the premiers to increasing border security in the face of U.S.- president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threat.
Holt made the comments after a meeting with the other premiers and the prime minister yesterday.
She told C-B-C her sense was that there is “a strong commitment to strengthening our borders.”
Holt says the group also talked about the need to negotiate with the United States as a single united front.
(CBC News)
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Almost 66-thousand fewer voters cast ballots this year in Nova Scotia compared to the province’s 2021 election.
This week’s election which gave Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives their second consecutive majority saw half of all eligible voters cast a ballot.
A professor of political science at Acadia University calls the figures “shocking and frustrating,” but not a complete surprise.
Alex Marland says the lower voter engagement can be attributed to the snap election call, Elections Nova Scotia’s decision not to send voter information cards due to a looming postal strike, and the lack of drama during the campaign period.
(The Canadian Press)
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New Brunswick R-C-M-P say a double homicide investigation is underway in Chipman after the bodies of two people were found inside a burned S-U-V.
Officers responded Monday to a report of a vehicle fire off Midland Road where the bodies of two people were found inside a white Chevrolet Equinox, consumed by fire.
Chipman is located about 80 kilometres northeast of Fredericton.
Anyone with information on the incident or may have been travelling through the area between 8 p-m on November 24th and 8 a-m on November 25th are being asked to contact police.
(The Canadian Press)
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Newfoundland and Labrador’s government says it is preparing a backup system for people who rely on Canada Post to receive income support cheques.
The province says 97 per cent of the 21-thousand people who receive income support, get their payments through direct deposit—and that won’t change.
It says the December 1st social assistance cheques for those who still receive their payments in the mail will be available for pick up tomorrow at the nearest Income Support office or cheque distribution site.
(The Canadian Press)
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A central P-E-I mayor has resigned following a council vote in favour of new pickleball courts he says the town can’t afford.
Rowan Caseley says there was lots he still wanted to accomplish as mayor of Kensington, but on Monday he threw in the towel after 10 years in the job.
Caseley says he resigned right after town council voted 3-2 in favour of building the courts, despite his recommendation against the project.
The ex-mayor argues the growing town of about two-thousand-300 people could better use those resources on projects to support its population, such as expanding its waste treatment system.
(The Canadian Press)
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Almost 30 per cent of students starting kindergarten in New Brunswick public schools last year did not meet vaccination rules.
The most recent figures from New Brunswick’s Health Department is concerning given the ongoing outbreak of measles in the province.
The report says 71.8 per cent of students who began kindergarten in fall 2023 were given the required nine vaccinations against diseases such as measles and polio.
The head of the Canadian Public Health Association says one of the most likely reasons for the increased number of unvaccinated students entering schools is that parents and the health system are likely still playing catch-up from the pandemic’s interruptions.
(The Canadian Press)
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