Chignecto Isthmus, Ottawa and Nova Scotia Appeal Court

Ottawa implores court not to answer Chignecto Isthmus question
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island want the court to settle the constitutional question of whether the transportation, trade and communication links across the Chignecto Isthmus are within the exclusive legislative authority of Parliament.
Court considers Isthmus of Chignecto infrastructure funding question
In July 2023, the Nova Scotia government filed notice with the court concerning the constitutional responsibility for infrastructure that protects the interprovincial transportation, trade and communication links across the Chignecto Isthmus, a 35-kilometre strip of cross-border land.
N.S.-Ottawa Chignecto Isthmus dispute heard in court
The province is asking the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal for an opinion on who is in charge of infrastructure on the narrow strip of land that connects it to New Brunswick. Taryn Grant has the story.
Chignecto Isthmus before N.S. Court of Appeal
A dispute over who should pay the cost of protecting the Chignecto Isthmus is before the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal on Tuesday.
Nova Scotia tells court that Ottawa is entirely responsible for Chignecto Isthmus
Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on whether the federal government is solely responsible for the dike system that protects the low-lying land corridor linking Nova Scotia with New Brunswick.
Eleven people die in southern Mexico after bus flips over
Eleven people died and at least 12 were injured in southern Mexico on Monday morning after the bus transporting them flipped ...
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Supreme Clash
Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford has labeled rival Brad Schimel a “right-wing extremist.” Schimel, in turn, has pegged Crawford as “a radical in a robe with an extreme and dangerous agenda.” ...
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Isthmus out of Lightning
A throat issue has forced promising mare Isthmus out of next Saturday’s Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes at Flemington, but a Royal Ascot trip in June remains an option. Isthmus competed in a ...
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TR and the Panama Canal
By December 1905, yellow fever had been officially eradicated on the Isthmus. In November, 1906, Roosevelt himself visited the canal, posing at the controls of a Bucyrus shovel. It seemed that the ...
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10 years later: Community remembers Tony Robinson, Madison police say department has changed
March 6 marks 10 years since Madison police officer Matt Kenny shot and killed 19-year-old Tony Robinson in a home on ...
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International Women’s Day event to help feed children
March 8 is International Women’s Day, a day where Thunder Bay’s shining women come together in celebration and fellowship for the third annual International Women’s Day Goods Market and Panel ...
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Behind the Isthmus cover: March 2025
Cover illustrator Lauden Nute is an abstract, lowbrow artist who specializes in weirdness and texture,” says Isthmus art director Tommy Washbush. And Tommy means that in only the very best way.