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Starting Monday, May 6, Canadians struggling with obesity can access Novo Nordisk in-demand Wegovy's semaglutide injection.

Popular weight-loss drug Wegovy coming to Canada

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated May. 2, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

Starting Monday, May 6, Canadians struggling with obesity can access Novo Nordisk in-demand Wegovy's semaglutide injection. Wegovy, approved by Health Canada in 2021 as a once-weekly medication for chronic weight management, aims to support people ...

HMCS Queen Charlotte members will be parading through Summerside to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic on Sunday, May 5 starting at 10:30 a.m. File

85th annual Battle of the Atlantic parade set for Sunday in Summerside

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated May. 2, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

HMCS Queen Charlotte members are hitting the streets of Summerside for a parade commemorating the 85th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic on Sunday, May 5. The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of the Second ...

Absolute Losers.

Charlottetown's Absolute Losers and NORTER playing sandbar stage at Sommo Festival

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated May. 2, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Charlottetown indie-rockers Absolute Losers and NORTER will be among the dozen acts to perform on the Sommo Festival’s little sister stage this September. Organizers announced the eclectic full lineup for the Amazon Music Sandbar Stage accompanying ...

Halifax Regional police are looking to purchase a Deep Trekker Pivot Expert underwater drone to assist with water-based investigations. - Deep Trekker

MUN's Marine Institute hosting 2024 regional underwater robotics competition in St. John's

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated May. 2, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Memorial University’s Marine Institute (MI) will host 21 junior and high school teams from Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Ontario vying for the top spot in an underwater robotics challenge. Teams competing in the 2024 Regional Marine ...

While sitting at a desk, frequently look up from the screen to avoid eye strain. FILE PHOTOS

Blink breaks and other ways to work at a computer without causing strain, pain or injury

Laura Churchill Duke · Freelance |Updated May. 2, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Laura Churchill Duke Special to SaltWire Desk work has become the new way of life for so many people. It’s not without its consequences, however. Those who spend most of their time sitting at a desk are not only more prone to eye strain, but they ...

April Wine circa late 1970s: Clockwise from top left, Steve Lang, Gary Moffet, Brian Greenway, Myles Goodwyn and Jerry Mercer. CONTRIBUTED

LEO J. DEVEAU: This Week in Nova Scotia History: April 20-26

Leo Deveau · Columnist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |11 min read Premium content

20 April 1874 - Residents of the Town of New Glasgow awoke to the realization that half of their downtown had been burned to the ground the day before. Though there were two companies of firemen in the town, as well as assistance from Stellarton, ...

Don Reid, left, and Nancy Beth Guptill, accept the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion award on behalf of the Lest We Forget Veterans Committee. Kristin Gardiner/SaltWire

Lest We Forget Veterans Committee acknowledged at Summerside’s annual community awards

Kristin Gardiner · Journalist |Updated May. 2, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Eight P.E.I. residents received recognition at Summerside’s annual community awards, held at the Credit Union Place on May 1. At the ceremony, the Lest We Forget Veterans Committee received the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion award, for a project to ...

A parent’s or guardian’s current shopping list for children’s summer clothing ranges from shorts and T-shirts to rain gear to bathing suits and sunglasses to new underwear and socks.

Changing with the seasons: Atlantic Canadian mothers share their budgeting tips for getting kids new summer clothing

Meghan Dewar |Updated May. 2, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

Meghan Dewar Special to SaltWire Children outgrow clothing at lightning speed, it’s a well-known fact. But how are parents dealing with it given the current inflation crisis? Brittany Brown has figured out a few ways to keep the kid’s summer ...

Geraldine Botterill bought four Set for Life tickets on April 22. One of them turned out to be a winner.

Miramichi, N.B., woman ready to share the love after $675K Set for Life win

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated May. 1, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Another New Brunswicker is Set for Life. Just days after Fredericton’s Kim Campbell was announced as a winner in the Atlantic Lottery scratch ticket game, Miramichi’s Geraldine Botterill was revealed as another winner. The remote-working consultant ...

Model and artist Taryn works on a project

Haligonians help young immigrant entrepreneurs enter the arts space

Warren D'Silva |Updated May. 1, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

The aromas of curry, rice, salad and dates fill the air. On tables nearby, there are sewing machines, frames for crocheting, paint, pins and fabric. Conversation and laughter are plentiful as arts, fashion and lifestyle industry veterans pass on ...

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