Atlantic News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Nearly a third of seniors in Canada's easternmost province can't afford basic necessities, including food, rent and medical supplies, a report by Newfoundland and Labrador's seniors' advocate has found.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is now projecting a $35.3-million surplus for the current fiscal year, a drop of $5 million from what it budgeted in March.

A 34-year-old Quebec man is dead after an off-road vehicle crashed over the weekend in northwestern New Brunswick. RCMP say three people were on an off-road vehicle that crashed and ended up in a ditch in Haut-Madawaska, N.B.

LOWER NEW ANNAN, P.E.I. — After 23 years in business, the owner of a popular campground in northwestern Prince Edward Island says he’s left with no option but to close permanently because of the damage caused last fall by post-tropical storm Fiona.

HALIFAX — As she stood outside her Halifax home recently and recalled the acrid smoke that filled the horizon last spring, Antoniella Assalone wondered whether she will have a safe escape route if another wildfire comes.

MIDDLE SACKVILLE, N.S. — RCMP in Nova Scotia have charged a 41-year-old man with attempted murder following an alleged stabbing that left another man with life-threatening injuries.

New Brunswick RCMP say one person is in custody after issuing an alert for an armed suspect in the town of Sussex. RCMP say the person was arrested in connection with a firearms incident. The original alert was issued at 1:53 a.m.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Mark Brace is mining the earth in Newfoundland and Labrador for a timeless piece of granite that will become part of the final resting place for a "soldier known but to God.

OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has issued a warning to three government bodies about overloading fishing boats, in response to the deaths of two New Brunswick lobster fishermen earlier this year.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A new report says P.E.I.