HALIFAX The name Edward Cornwallis is once again being removed from a place of honour this time, from a Canadian Coast Guard ship. Some say this is another important step towards reconciliation, given Cornwallis role in the treatment of the Mi kmaq during the early history of our country. Daniel Paul s phone rang on Easter weekend, he got the news he d been waiting to hear. They called me up on Easter Sunday and told me, Paul said. I knew it was gonna happen. A representative from the federal fisheries minister s office told the Mi kmaw elder that the CCGS Edward Cornwallis had a new name.
SAINT JOHN, N.B. You don t have to go far to see cranes, heavy equipment, and other signs of construction in Saint John s city core these days. Several high-profile and large-scale residential developments are now being built in the uptown peninsula amid a surge in demand. Ground has now been broken on a major mixed-income housing development that s been years in the making a 48-unit apartment complex called The Wellington in Saint John s city core. It s been in concept now for probably about three years and, so,within the last month we ve began construction on it, Lisa Keenan, the presidentof Saint John Non-Profit Housing. We re putting in a foundation; we re working away on it and hopefully within 18 to 22 months the building will be complete.
HALIFAX According to the Elsipogtog First Nation, two crewmembers from a fishing boat that sank off the coast of Cape Breton have died. A Facebook post from the First Nation says the two people were among the five crew members working aboard the FV Tyhawk, which capsized off the west coast of Cape Breton on Saturday. Elsipogtog First Nation Chief Ruth Levi told CTV News the community is grieving. It s very sad, said Chief Levi. The community s very somber. We lost two community members well we consider one a community member. Levi says one of the deceased was a member of the Metepenagiag Mi kmaq First Nation in New Brunswick, but had close ties to Elsipogtog.