Michael Tutton

Reporter with The Canadian Press

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A driver cruises past a large tree which was snapped in half during post-tropical storm Fiona, in Charlottetown, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Brian McInnis

Some P.E.I. residents still without power after nine days

As of Monday evening, there were still over 16,000 customers on the Island without power.

News | October 3rd 2022

People work to drag a fallen tree limb from their street as post tropical storm Fiona causes widespread damage in Halifax on Saturday, September 24, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese

Homes washed away by Fiona in N.L., storm wreaks havoc across Atlantic region

Towns in Cape Breton and on Newfoundland's southern coast declared states of emergency on Saturday, September 24, 2022, as post-tropical storm Fiona — one of the strongest storms to ever strike Eastern Canada — continued to lash the region.

News | September 24th 2022

A great white shark known as "Jamison" is shown in a handout photo. Handout photo by Massachusetts Shark Research Program, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy

Researchers see little evidence more white sharks prowling North Atlantic

A new study of the distribution of the endangered great white shark in Canadian waters says an underwater detection network suggests the population remains stable but is not growing.

News | July 5th 2022

Second RCMP official claims Lucki mentioned pressure from federal minister to name guns

A scathing letter from an RCMP communications manager released on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki referred to direct pressure from the federal public safety minister to release firearm details in the days after the Nova Scotia mass shooting.

News, Politics | June 29th 2022

HMCS Montreal departs Halifax for a six-month deployment on a NATO mission in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

Trudeau fears Russia will invade Ukraine and sends warship to Black Sea

Trudeau went on to accuse Russia of trying to start a fight with Ukraine and promised Canada’s support to the Ukrainian people, who are on edge as 100,000 Russian troops sit on their country’s eastern border.

News | January 19th 2022

Pat Ryan, president of Neocon International, stands above the factory floor in Dartmouth, N.S. on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

EV parts powering a burst of business for Atlantic Canada firm

Pat Ryan's recent advances into the electric-vehicle parts market are quietly fuelling his factory's expansion at an industrial park on the edge of Halifax, far from Canada's automotive heartland.

Race to a Safer World

News, Politics | December 14th 2021

Canada's coastal towns will need help from Ottawa as seas rise

For Darlene Norman, being a municipal leader faced with what the author of a new study sees as Ottawa's piecemeal approach to climate-related flooding feels like drowning in ever-rising seas.

Race to a Safer World

News, Politics | December 13th 2021

Monster East Coast storm exposes need to prepare roads for future deluges

"This was a wake-up call, and we're probably going to need a few wake-up calls before we start getting ready for it," Peter MacGillivray said on Wednesday after two culverts on Highway 245 near his home in northern Nova Scotia were taken out by the latest storm.

News | November 26th 2021

Peter Bowyer, the facility manager at AquaBounty Technologies, holds one of the last batch of conventional Atlantic salmon raised at the commercial fish farm in Albany, Ind., on June 19, 2019. File photo by The Associated Press/Michael Conroy

GMO salmon 'available for sale, in P.E.I. but might not be on store shelves yet

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says genetically modified salmon produced in Prince Edward Island is "available for sale" in Canada, but when and where consumers can purchase the food remains unclear.

State Of The Animal

News | October 14th 2021

Beth MacLean, the woman at the centre of a human rights case dealing with persons with disabilities and their attempts to move out of institutions, testifies at the inquiry in Halifax on Mar. 6, 2018. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese

Nova Scotia court rules there is systemic discrimination against people with disabilities

Nova Scotia's highest court has concluded there is systemic discrimination in the province against people with disabilities who are seeking services and housing in the community.

News | October 7th 2021