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Surprise! $3.12M in N.L. speed camera tickets coming in snail mail
11 Feb 2026
The province is now mailing out 8000 speed camera tickets worth more than $3-million dollars after the program was paused by last fall's two-month Canada Post strike. That means thousand of drivers ar
N.L. marks national 211 Day, hoping to raise awareness for under-utilized service
11 Feb 2026
The province's 211 line helps connect residents with everything from food, to shelter and health care, but it hasn't taken off in a big way yet. The leaders behind the program are hoping to change that.
Olympic medalist Kaetlyn Osmond is enjoying Milano-Cortina from home
11 Feb 2026
Kaetlyn Osmond — a three-time Olympic medalist — admits she has some FOMO while watching Milano-Cortina from home.
Former kids in care sue N.S. government over 'segregation-like conditions'
11 Feb 2026
Two people who were once children in the care of the province are suing Nova Scotia over conditions at Wood Street Centre, a provincially run facility for children in Truro.
Public Health officials tout benefits of early intervention for at-risk families
11 Feb 2026
Public Health officials told a legislative committee Tuesday about the potential long-term benefits of a program for new families that, for now, is not guaranteed to have its funding renewed.
Veterans Affairs employees pushing back against Ottawa's return-to-office order
11 Feb 2026
The union representing Veterans Affairs Canada employees is fighting back against a return-to-office order issued by the federal Liberal government last week.
‘I’m the best I’ve ever been,’ says this 65-year-old bodybuilder from P.E.I.
11 Feb 2026
Tommy LeClair says he’s in the best shape of his life, so he’s hoping to take home the title in the over-60 category of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bodybuilding competition, the Arnold Classic. CBC P.E.I.
Complaints about N.B. landlords pushing out their tenants spiked in years with rent cap
11 Feb 2026
The number of times tenants complained their landlords were unjustifiably trying to force them out of their units spiked in 2025 and 2022, according to provincial data, the only years New Brunswick re
N.B. Power executives 'on the defensive' at gas plant hearings, says expert
11 Feb 2026
After a second day of hearings into the proposed Tantramar gas plant, one energy expert says N.B. Power is on the defensive, taking tough questions about the justification for the 400- to 500-megawatt fossil fuel project.
Saint John Water dredging lakes to avoid water shortage after exceptionally dry summer
11 Feb 2026
Saint John’s water utility will be dredging some lakes before the hotter months arrive to get ahead of potential drought conditions that could come with it. The work is intended as a preventative meas
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