Atlantic News

HALIFAX — More than 86,000 homes and businesses in Nova Scotia were in the dark Thursday morning after an intense storm swept through the region. A band of heavy rain and powerful southerly winds pulled down power lines from Yarmouth, N.S.

STEPHENVILLE, N.L. — A Newfoundland mayor says he and three council members did nothing wrong when they flew home from Germany aboard a private jet owned by a billionaire vying to build a major energy project in their town.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The Atlantic Veterinary College hospital in Prince Edward Island needs to be expanded so it can manage the effects of avian influenza, which are expected to be around for a long time, says a wildlife technician who works at the clinic

HALIFAX — A new environmental scorecard says Canada's biggest cities have lower scores than most small and medium-sized municipalities, but a closer look at the data reveals some surprises.

MONCTON, N.B. — The mother of a man found dead last week in Moncton, N.B., is calling for change after what she calls a series of systemic failures led to his body being found in a public washroom.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has hired a consultant to examine whether the province should create an Ontario-style enforcement system for landlords and tenants, in which trained officers would advise parties on disputes and have the power to

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s auditor general says the province has a backlog of more than 1,000 contaminated sites dating back 35 years.

HALIFAX — A commercial logging operation in Nova Scotia's Annapolis County has temporarily halted its work after environmentalists raised the alarm about the presence of several at-risk species of lichens.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is replacing its crumbling, Victorian-era jail in St. John's, but observers say the facility is not fit to house people in the meantime.

AUBURN, NOVA SCOTIA — Daycare fees are to drop a further 25 per cent in Nova Scotia beginning Dec. 31, under a $605-million funding agreement between the federal and provincial governments signed in 2021.