POLITICS
HALIFAX – Provincial budget passes into law [Metro]
NS – Dexter looks to cap bottled water [Metro]
NS – N.S. passes deficit budget [CBC]
SAINT JOHN – Grow city smaller and smarter: residents [Telegraph-Journal]
SAINT JOHN – Loch Lomond Road speed limit won’t change [Telegraph-Journal]
ST JOHN’S – Projected deficit [Scope]
ST JOHN’S – Port of St. John’s weathers storm [Telegram]
CHARLOTTETOWN – Charlottetown mayor welcomes increase in grant to municipalities [Guardian]
PEI – Province committed to communities, Ghiz tells federation [Guardian]
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
MONCTON – Alumni discuss Moncton High future [Times & Transcript]
MONCTON – Readers share tales of construction frustration [Times & Transcript]
MONCTON – Construction to begin on new church [Times & Transcript]
URBAN GREEN
NB – Pesticide restriction too narrow, woman says [Daily Gleaner]
MONCTON – Students come up with new garbage plan [Times & Transcript]
COMMUNITY
FREDERICTON – Group aims to establish a volunteer centre [Daily Gleaner]
FREDERICTON – FredRock moving [Daily Gleaner]
SAINT JOHN – Residents annoyed by water system woes [Telegraph-Journal]
PEI – Homelessness report card due May 3 [Guardian]
THE G8
HALIFAX – G8 morning picket – Union leader arrested [Halifax Media Co-op]
HALIFAX – Protesters Shame on G8 Agenda [Halifax Media Co-op]
HALIFAX – G8 protester charged, police deny heavy-handedness [Metro]
HALIFAX – Halifax G8 protester charged with assault [CBC]
HALIFAX – Union leader arrested at the G8 protest [Chronicle Herald]
HALIFAX – Oxfam: Don’t turn your back on the poor [Chronicle Herald]