Atlantic News

LITTLE HARBOUR, N.S. — A renowned Nova Scotia artist says she’s been “blindsided” by the theft of five life-sized sculptures she believes were stolen from her property by copper thieves.

NAIN, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR — The president of the organization representing Inuit in Canada hailed the arrival of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a small village on Labrador's north coast Friday as "momentous.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The spring session of the Prince Edward Island legislature opened Friday with a throne speech promising "bold action" and "difficult decisions" from the re-elected Progressive Conservative government. Lt.-Gov.

HALIFAX — A firm that hoped to generate electricity from the Bay of Fundy's massive tides is instead winding up operations after a regulatory struggle with the federal Fisheries Department. Jason Hayman, chief executive of U.K.

HALIFAX — A provincial safety official says there will be increased inspections at the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton now that it has resumed operations after an underground fire prompted a stop-work order in April.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Crab fishers and processors have once again locked horns in Newfoundland and Labrador, prolonging a bitter standoff in the province's lucrative snow crab fishery.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Politicians across Newfoundland and Labrador have registered their dismay with a decision by Memorial University to extend a ban on the singing of the provincial anthem at convocation ceremonies.

HALIFAX — Indigenous and non-Indigenous baby eel harvesters are lamenting that a long-running study on the species has been cancelled because of unlicensed, chaotic fishing.

FREDERICTON — A former New Brunswick education minister says he believes Premier Blaine Higgs recently ordered a review of the province's policy on sexual orientation in schools because he has a plan to gut sex education.

NEW MINAS, N.S. — Nova Scotia's government is providing some of its surplus land in an Annapolis Valley village to help defray the cost of building 24 co-operative housing units.