Jonathan MacInnis

1 day ago | ctvnews.ca | Jonathan MacInnis

As the federal election enters the home stretch, many Maritimers are thinking about their top ballot issues. “Certainly housing is an issue, infrastructure,” says voter Ruth Maybee. “The biggest one is our relationship with our neighbours south of the border,” says Deb Tamlyn. Canadians are just days from learning who the next prime minister will be. In a tight race, Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre both made stops in the Maritimes this week.

2 days ago | ctvnews.ca | Jonathan MacInnis

Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore says he was caught off guard by Halifax Water’s decision to temporarily dump millions of litres of wastewater in the harbour and Bedford Basin. “I was shocked to learn about it,” says Fillmore. To complete the installation of ultraviolet equipment used in treating wastewater, the system needs to be shut down. As a result, Halifax Water says up to five million cubic metres of untreated, but screened sewage will be pumped into the harbour and the basin.

3 days ago | ctvnews.ca | Jonathan MacInnis

The installation of new ultraviolet equipment needed to clean Halifax’s wastewater is causing the utility to temporarily dump untreated wastewater into the harbour and Bedford Basin. “There are several overflow points along the harbour and for the Halifax area. There will be up to 2,000,000 m³ of wastewater and for Dartmouth up to 4,000,000 m³,” says Brittany Smith, spokesperson for Halifax Water.

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Jonathan MacInnis

Inflation numbers released Tuesday brought both good news and bad. Annual inflation slowed to 2.3 per cent from 2.6 per cent in February. However, it was a different story for food inflation. “We were all expecting a jump with food inflation from February to March but not 1.9 per cent. It is the highest since 1974,” says the director of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Lab, Sylvain Charlebois. After the calculations, the food number settled at 3.2 per cent month-over-month. “They’re going up.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Jonathan MacInnis

A forensic psychiatrist presented results from his 30-day evaluation of a person accused of stabbing a child at a Halifax bus stop in court Friday. Elliott Chorney, 19, is charged with attempted murder and a weapons offence in connection with the February 23 incident. The psychiatrist at the East Coast Forensic Hospital asked for more time to work with Chorney. The judge, crown and defence agreed with the request. “It is a common procedure,” says crown prosecutor Amin Helal.