Atlantic News

'Still Better Than a Carbon Tax' is Nova Scotia alternative to Ottawa's climate plan

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier has responded to a challenge from the prime minister to submit an alternative to the federal carbon pricing program.

Apr 2, 2024 1:29 PM Read more >

Landslide drags truck with two people inside into Humber River in Corner Brook, N.L.

CORNER BROOK, N.L. — Two people caught in a landslide in western Newfoundland narrowly avoided disaster when their truck was swept into a river shortly after midnight.

Apr 2, 2024 9:21 AM Read more >

Newfoundland and Labrador police watchdog starts collecting race-based data

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s police watchdog says it will start today collecting race-based data from the cases it investigates.

Apr 1, 2024 12:45 PM Read more >

Minimum wage up across Atlantic Canada with biggest jump in Newfoundland and Labrador

HALIFAX — The minimum wage is going up today in all four Atlantic Canadian provinces. Newfoundland and Labrador is leading the way with a 60-cent increase, bringing its hourly rate to $15.60 — the highest minimum wage in the region.

Apr 1, 2024 8:07 AM Read more >

Three people killed during two-vehicle crash in Moncton, N.B., police say

MONCTON, N.B. — Three people are dead after a two-vehicle crash in the early hours of Sunday morning in Moncton, N.B.

Mar 31, 2024 1:56 PM Read more >

Single-vehicle crash in Cape Breton leaves 20-year-old man dead: RCMP

POINT EDWARD, N.S. — RCMP in Nova Scotia say a 20-year-old man from Cape Breton has died after he was ejected from a vehicle. Police say they got word of a single-vehicle crash on Highway 125 near Point Edward around 6 p.m. on Saturday.

Mar 31, 2024 10:59 AM Read more >

40-year-old man killed in single vehicle crash in New Brunswick: RCMP

RICHIBUCTO-VILLAGE, N.B. — Police in New Brunswick say they are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash in Richibucto-Village. They say officers responded to a call of a crash around 10:30 p.m.

Mar 30, 2024 10:13 AM Read more >

Woman in Northern Ireland finds people who can understand her — in Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Whitney McCullough says she has always felt like people outside her home of Banbridge, Northern Ireland, need subtitles to decipher her accent and slang.

Mar 30, 2024 4:00 AM Read more >

Halifax RCMP are searching for a suspect in a Shoppers Drug Mart robbery

Halifax Regional Police are investigating a robbery that happened Friday night at the Shoppers Drug Mart in the city's Fairview neighbourhood.

Mar 30, 2024 1:59 AM Read more >

Rain and possible snow forecast for parts of Atlantic Canada heading into Easter

FREDERICTON — Environment Canada has issued rainfall warnings and special weather statements blanketing most of the Atlantic region. It says "a long episode of rain, at times heavy" is forecast for most of New Brunswick until Saturday morning.

Mar 29, 2024 3:30 PM Read more >