Bay Of Fundy

• Dikes to protect N.S.-N.B. link from flooding expected to cost hundreds of millions

  A study looking at options to save the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from climate-related flooding pegs costs between $189 million and just over $300 million.

  Canada

  Mar 18
  
• Rising seas: Delays to safeguarding Chignecto Isthmus worry N.S., N.B. politicians

  Experts have for decades warned that a powerful storm could overwhelm aging dikes and flood large portions of the Amherst, N.S., area.

  Environment

  Oct 28, 2021
  
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• More Upper Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon are coming home

  Biologists are encouraged about the number of Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon returning to Fundy National Park to spawn.

  Environment

  Oct 14, 2021
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• Conservation efforts credited for highest N.B. wild salmon numbers in over 30 years

  Researchers have detected more than 100 endangered Atlantic salmon returning to Fundy National Park rivers this year, the highest number since 1989.

  Environment

  Oct 12, 2021
• Quebec sand carver featured in new Canadian television competition series

  A local artist is making his mark on the world one sculpture at a time. From sand sculpting to snow forts to metal and wood, Jonathan Bouchard's work is gaining popularity.

  Features

  Sep 7, 2021
• Nature Conservancy of Canada expands protected spaces at Musquash Estuary

  The Nature Conservancy of Canada expanded its protected spaces at Musquash Estuary while partnering with a community group to repair a historic lighthouse west of Saint John, N.B.

  Lifestyle

  Jun 1, 2021
• Harnessing the Bay of Fundy: New platform has turbines like a boat’s outboard motor

  Dartmouth, N.S.-based Sustainable Marine Energy started testing a smaller but similar catamaran-style platform near Brier Island in 2018.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2021
• RCMP calls off search for sunken scallop dragger in the Bay of Fundy

  Officials have said the boat is too far underwater for police divers to descend and recover any bodies on board.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2021
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• 63 tonnes of ‘ghost gear’ removed from Atlantic Ocean in 2020: Fisheries Department

  Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan said today in a news release that most of the so-called "ghost gear" collected were traps and pots from lobster and crab fishing.

  Canada

  Jan 7, 2021
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• A painful wait for mother of Nova Scotia scallop fisher lost at sea

  As of Sunday at 4 p.m. AT, crewman Michael Drake is the only one of the six people on board whose body has been recovered by search teams.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2020