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Health minister calls on NDP to give Liberals more time to sign pharmacare deals

Health minister calls on NDP to give Liberals more time to sign pharmacare deals

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland is calling on the federal NDP to give the Liberal government more time in power to sign bilateral deals on pharmacare. "I would put it back to (NDP Leader) Jagmeet Singh ...
Bodies of two boys found in New Brunswick home, 46-year-old man facing murder charges

Bodies of two boys found in New Brunswick home, 46-year-old man facing murder charges

SAINT JOHN — A 46-year-old man is facing murder charges after officers in Saint John, N.B., found the bodies of two boys inside a home on Wednesday morning.
Man charged with attempted murder after three workers attacked in Halifax ER

Man charged with attempted murder after three workers attacked in Halifax ER

HALIFAX — A Halifax man is facing charges including attempted murder after health workers were attacked at the Halifax Infirmary's emergency room on Wednesday.
Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin says online hate helped push her out of federal politics

Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin says online hate helped push her out of federal politics

FREDERICTON — Jenica Atwin is leaving federal politics for the "time being" in part because of the online hate she receives, saying the level of toxicity she's had to face has been surprising.
Armed patient allegedly injures three hospital staff in Halifax emergency room

Armed patient allegedly injures three hospital staff in Halifax emergency room

HALIFAX — Three hospital employees were injured in what Nova Scotia’s health minister says was an armed assault by a patient Wednesday afternoon at the Halifax Infirmary emergency department.
Police investigate alleged shooting of seal in coastal Newfoundland community

Police investigate alleged shooting of seal in coastal Newfoundland community

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Police in Newfoundland are investigating possible weapons offences after a wayward seal was reportedly shot and killed in a coastal community near St. John’s.
Nova Scotia's largest ever increase to the minimum wage is inadequate: advocacy group

Nova Scotia's largest ever increase to the minimum wage is inadequate: advocacy group

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says workers will benefit from the province's largest ever increase to the minimum wage later this year, but an advocacy group says $16.50 an hour doesn't come close to being a living wage.
Protesters at Newfoundland's largest jail demand care for inmate said to be in crisis

Protesters at Newfoundland's largest jail demand care for inmate said to be in crisis

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — About two dozen people chanted and waved signs outside Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest jail Wednesday, demanding better care for inmates with addictions and mental health problems.
Climate group publishes guide on how municipalities can put a dollar value on nature

Climate group publishes guide on how municipalities can put a dollar value on nature

HALIFAX — A climate change think tank has released a guide encouraging municipalities to assign specific dollar values to natural assets ranging from wetlands to coastal dunes.
Rights group drops legal challenge after New Brunswick reverses trans student policy

Rights group drops legal challenge after New Brunswick reverses trans student policy

FREDERICTON — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it has dropped its legal challenge against the New Brunswick government because the province reversed a "harmful" policy on transgender students.