Atlantic News

UPPER NAPPAN, N.S. — A largely rural municipality in northern Nova Scotia is looking into replacing the RCMP as its local police force almost three years after a mass shooting claimed the lives of four residents.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland police have laid more charges against two men accused of sexually assaulting multiple teenagers in St. John's.

FREDERICTON — After Edmond Vautour took in the sight of what was once his family home, he said he was at a loss for words to describe the scene.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project is considered commissioned after years of delays and billions of dollars in cost overruns.

HALIFAX — The senior Roman Catholic bishop in Nova Scotia is holding meetings this weekend along the province's Acadian shore to discuss offers on two huge and historic churches.

FREDERICTON — A supersize statue of a sandpiper has found a permanent roost in a New Brunswick village, but officials are warning the structure comes with a "significant level of risk.

FREDERICTON — The personal belongings of the family of a man who laid claim to land in New Brunswick's Kouchibouguac National Park are being removed, says Parks Canada.

HALIFAX — A six-year-old girl and her parents were at the Nova Scotia legislature Tuesday to lobby for the province to cover the cost of using cannabis oil to treat her seizures.

FREDERICTON — Tourism in New Brunswick last year approached pre-pandemic levels, but the province's rental car industry struggled, a new study by Statistics Canada says.

HALIFAX — A historic building in the Halifax Public Gardens was damaged by a suspicious fire late Monday, marking the third time in less than a year that the beloved downtown park has been damaged while it was closed.