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Fortis sees earnings of $331 million in Q2, up from a year ago

Fortis sees earnings of $331 million in Q2, up from a year ago

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Fortis Inc. says it earned $331 million in its second quarter as it saw strength in its Arizona business and benefited from new customer rates at Tucson Electric Power. The St. John's, N.L.
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Sand from the Sahara Desert causing recent lull in the hurricane season: scientists

Sand from the Sahara Desert causing recent lull in the hurricane season: scientists

HALIFAX — Tiny grains of sand from the Sahara Desert are to blame for the almost month-long lull in this year's Atlantic hurricane season, scientists say. But it could soon come to an end.
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Endangered right whale spotted entangled in fishing gear in Gulf of St. Lawrence

Endangered right whale spotted entangled in fishing gear in Gulf of St. Lawrence

MISCOU, N.B. — A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted entangled in fishing gear on Saturday off the northeastern coast of New Brunswick.
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N.L. university chair disciplined for sending pro-Palestinian email to alumnus’s dad

N.L. university chair disciplined for sending pro-Palestinian email to alumnus’s dad

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Officials at Memorial University have recommended privacy training for the chair of the school's board of regents after he forwarded an alumnus's pro-Palestinian campaign email to her father last month.
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Ottawa announces more than $192 million for Nova Scotia clean energy projects

Ottawa announces more than $192 million for Nova Scotia clean energy projects

HALIFAX — Six clean electrical energy projects in Nova Scotia are receiving more than $192 million in federal funding as the province pushes to get off coal by 2030.
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Chorus Aviation sells regional aircraft leasing arm in $1.9-billion deal

Chorus Aviation sells regional aircraft leasing arm in $1.9-billion deal

Two years after betting big on plane leasing, Chorus Aviation Inc. has pulled a one-eighty and agreed to sell its regional aircraft leasing arm in a deal valued at $1.9 billion.
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As caterpillars eat N.B. maple leaves, syrup producers consider insecticide solution

GRAND FALLS, N.B. — New Brunswick's maple syrup industry is considering using an insecticide to kill off forest tent caterpillars that have chewed through a portion of the province's northwestern woodlands this summer.
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Sale of Atlantic Canada's biggest newspaper chain could reduce local content: expert

HALIFAX — An expert who tracks Canada's mainstream media industry says Postmedia's pending purchase of Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain is almost certain to result in job cuts and a reduction in local content.
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‘Our ancestors are rolling in their graves’: N.S. Black community shaken by shooting

‘Our ancestors are rolling in their graves’: N.S. Black community shaken by shooting

HALIFAX — Members of Nova Scotia's Black community say they are resilient and will rebound after five people were shot over the weekend at a reunion of former residents and their descendants of Africville, a historic neighbourhood in north-end Halifa
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After months, Dalhousie University in Halifax dismantles pro-Palestinian encampment

After months, Dalhousie University in Halifax dismantles pro-Palestinian encampment

HALIFAX — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators briefly occupied a building at Halifax's Dalhousie University on Monday, as their encampment that had been on the school's downtown campus since May was dismantled by staff and security.
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