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Clearwater Seafoods deal goes through
Seven Atlantic Canadian First Nations have become even bigger players in the fishing industry. The half-billion dollar sale of Clearwater at $8.25 per share to Premium Brands Holding Corporation and FNC Limited Partnership (representing Membertou, ...
Unlocking the secrets of rogue waves
“I remember hearing the wall of water coming and hitting the side of the boat and the glass smashing,” Captain Cody VanBuskirk told Saltwire in November. VanBuskirk and the crew of the No Excuses were ten days into a sword fishing trip ...
Failed policies, decisions on the fly: How the moderate livelihood fishery file blew up
Documents obtained through a freedom of information request show the federal Fisheries Department knew that 21 years of kicking the moderate livelihood issue down the election cycle had resulted in there being little rule of law on St. Mary’s ...
Nova Scotia, Northern Pulp in talks over dropping court cases
The province and Northern Pulp are near a deal that could see the company drop its court challenges on how the Boat Harbour file has been handled. The revelation occurred after Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Heather Robertson read a decision ...
From L.A. to Springhill, N.S.: A new future for an old town
After two weeks self-isolating and three more giving each little town in this province a once over, Anne Dudman and Peter Finley dropped anchor in the parking lot looking out over Springhill’s ballfield. It was early October and the old ...
23 people charged in lobster pound ransacking in southwest N.S.
Yarmouth provincial court will be cramped on March 29. That’s when 23 people are due to appear on charges related to the ransacking of a Middle West Pubnico lobster pound on Oct. 13. The pound held lobster caught by the ...
Two elections for Nova Scotia in 2021?
What goes better with a pandemic than an election? Answer: Two elections and the renewal of the moderate livelihood debate. A federal cabinet shuffle in Ottawa on Tuesday morning has political watchers predicting this province could see both a ...
St. F.X. student charged with human trafficking in Ontario
A first-year student at St. Francis Xavier University has been charged with human trafficking-related offences in Ontario. Justin Barrett, 20, of Brampton, Ont., was arrested by York Regional Police in December for allegedly exploiting a ...
First inmates at Springhill Institution get COVID-19 vaccine
Ten elderly inmates at the Springhill Institution were scheduled to get vaccinated against COVID-19 on Friday. Over the coming weeks, 1,200 doses of the Moderna vaccine, enough for 600 people, will be given to federal inmates across the country ...
