Atlantic News

The majority of New Brunswick and parts of southern Newfoundland and Labrador are covered by a special weather statement, as a significant winter storm bears down on Atlantic Canada.

HALIFAX — Deaths in Nova Scotia emergency rooms were up 10 per cent in 2022 from the previous year, an increase that a Nova Scotia Health official says was “not unexpected” as more patients — and patients with more acute needs — visited ERs.

HALIFAX — Long-term care facilities across Nova Scotia are to get another 600 single occupancy rooms as the provincial government strives to meet current and future demand.

HALIFAX — This first time police interviewed William Sandeson about the disappearance of a fellow Dalhousie University student, they didn't learn much. But soon after the medical student left the police station on Aug.

Atlantic Canada led the way among Canadian cities when it came to population growth last year as the Moncton, N.B.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia food banks and community groups are calling for an immediate increase in income assistance for the growing number of residents in a state of "crisis" who cannot afford housing or food.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Justice Department said Tuesday it won’t pursue legal action against a politician who posted information about a woman who died in hospital after a seven-hour wait for a doctor.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's premier is remembering Mi'kmaq spiritual leader John Joe Sark as a passionate defender of Indigenous culture. Dennis King paid his respects Tuesday to Sark, who died Sunday at the age of 77.

HALIFAX — A jury started hearing evidence Tuesday in a murder trial involving a former medical student accused of fatally shooting a fellow Dalhousie University student and disposing of his body after a drug deal turned violent in downtown Halifax.

FIVE ISLANDS, N.S. — The RCMP are investigating a woman's death in central Nova Scotia after officers responded Monday to a report of shots fired. Criminal investigators say the woman's body was discovered at about 7:05 p.m.