Atlantic News

HALIFAX — More than four centuries of Acadian culture is being celebrated in Nova Scotia with the province’s first Acadian Heritage Month.

HALIFAX — An independent monitor says Nova Scotia's progress over the past year on moving people with disabilities out of institutions is missing milestones called for in a legally binding human rights decision.

HALIFAX — The tiny population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales has long had to deal with inbreeding. But a new scientific study, led by researchers at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, is reporting an encouraging finding.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A 52-year-old man from Ontario has been charged with animal cruelty after police found 19 dead dogs at a home in eastern Newfoundland this week.

GREENFIELD, N.S. — Nova Scotia has announced its next steps to improve the sporadic cellular phone coverage in rural areas across the province, committing Wednesday to spend another $18.6 million to build 27 new telecommunication towers.

HALIFAX — The Canadian Coast Guard has named its two new patrol vessels after northern glaciers.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Fortis Inc. says it earned $331 million in its second quarter as it saw strength in its Arizona business and benefited from new customer rates at Tucson Electric Power. The St. John's, N.L.

HALIFAX — Tiny grains of sand from the Sahara Desert are to blame for the almost month-long lull in this year's Atlantic hurricane season, scientists say. But it could soon come to an end.

MISCOU, N.B. — A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted entangled in fishing gear on Saturday off the northeastern coast of New Brunswick.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Officials at Memorial University have recommended privacy training for the chair of the school's board of regents after he forwarded an alumnus's pro-Palestinian campaign email to her father last month.