Atlantic News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer was exonerated Wednesday in a report by the province's police watchdog agency, which concludes his use of lethal force in the shooting of a Sudanese immigrant was "necessary and justified.

TRURO, N.S. — The head of the independent committee overseeing how governments and the RCMP are responding to recommendations from the Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry says she has no complaints so far.

HALIFAX — Thousands of residents across the Maritimes spent Tuesday without electricity as utility crews scrambled to repair power lines damaged by a powerful windstorm that roared over the region on Monday.

OTTAWA — New figures from Statistics Canada show maple syrup production hit a five-year low in Canada this year, a trend the agency blames on severe storms and changing temperatures. The numbers show Canadian maple producers harvested 47.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's auditor general says many Islanders aren't receiving knee and cataract surgeries within wait times that meet national targets.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says it’s very concerned about safety at Halifax’s homeless encampments after tents caught fire at two sites over the weekend.

HALIFAX — Strong winds across the Maritimes have knocked out power to tens of thousands of electrical customers in the region. The bulk of the outages are in Nova Scotia, where nearly 41,000 customers were without power as of 3:30 p.m.

SACKVILLE, N.B. — A resource centre for Black students at New Brunswick's Mount Allison University was the target last week of hate speech and vandalism, but school officials have declined to tell students what happened.

CHARLOTTETOWN — RCMP say a fourth person has died following a head-on crash between a pickup truck and a car Friday in Prince Edward Island. Police say a 30-year-old man who was a passenger in the pickup truck has died in hospital.

HALIFAX — As he stands near a Nova Scotia forest with soaring 150-year-old trees, Mike Lancaster sees a natural, long-term solution to the threat wildfires pose to city dwellers. The director of the St.