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FREDERICTON — After getting his campaign bus ready, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said Tuesday he was hopeful he wouldn't need to call an early election and could instead make progress on his government's agenda.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Police dismantled tents and reportedly took away food and dry clothing Tuesday from a homeless encampment across from the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature.

HALIFAX — An anonymous donation of $10 million that was expected to help preserve a historic, wooden church in southwestern Nova Scotia appears to have fallen through.

MOORES MILLS, N.B. — A 26-year-old New Brunswick man who was the subject of an emergency alert last week has been arrested and charged with assault with a weapon and resisting arrest.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Tony Wakeham spent his day in the Newfoundland and Labrador house of assembly sitting across from Liberal Premier Andrew Furey as the newly elected Opposition leader.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As she lined up to start Newfoundland's annual 20-kilometre Cape to Cabot race Sunday, 85-year-old Florence Barron might have been underestimated by some of her competitors.

HALIFAX — Pleas by Halifax city officials on Monday failed to put the brakes on provincial legislation they say overrides their responsibility to determine urban planning and will transfer development costs on municipal taxpayers.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP say they don’t believe there is any threat to the public as they continue their search for a potentially armed man suspected of shooting a woman at a motel in Brookfield, N.S. RCMP spokesman Cpl.

RCMP in Nova Scotia have issued an emergency alert as they search for a man they believe is armed with a shotgun after he allegedly shot a woman. The alert, sent shortly after 11 p.m.

HALIFAX — A report assessing Halifax’s response to a wildfire that destroyed 151 homes found that communications issues caused confusion and a lack of fire mitigation measures may have exacerbated the crisis.