Decision to cancel 2024 Maritime elver season criticized by Liberal MP, industry group
A Nova Scotia Liberal MP is objecting to the federal government’s decision to…
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Canada proposes shutdown of troubled Maritime elver fishery in 2024
The federal government has served notice it intends to close the commercial…
Nova Scotia Power begs Ottawa: 'We need help' to stabilize rates
Nova Scotia Power joined the Houston government Wednesday calling for financial…
Rogue wave hits Canadian lobster industry as U.S. moves to increase minimum legal size
An unexpected decision to increase the minimum legal size of lobster in the United…
Hundreds of jobs, industry stability at stake in pending Atlantic Canada fishery decision
The Trudeau government is poised to allocate fishing access to the massive redfish…
New name, old problem: Unexpected repairs delay refit of Canadian Coast Guard vessel
It’s going to take three times as long as expected to complete a refit of the…
42,000 seasonal workers in Atlantic provinces, Quebec eligible for employment insurance top-up
The federal government says 7,700 seasonal workers in Nova Scotia are eligible…
Nova Scotia MP says he faced death threats as Maritime elver fishery descended into lawlessness
MPs in Ottawa heard “alarming” accounts Thursday of failed Canadian government…
'Unprecedented' marine heat wave hits Canada's East Coast this summer
DFO scientist reviewed sea surface temperatures in satellite data dating back…