Atlantic News

LABRADOR CITY, N.L. — Forestry officials ordered residents to leave Labrador City on Friday evening as a nearby wildfire crept closer to the town.

WOLFVILLE, N.S. — A young person died after being swept away by floodwaters in western Nova Scotia Thursday, compounding grief in a region still recovering from flooding a year ago that killed four people and caused extensive damage.

HALIFAX — After months of silence, the Nova Scotia government finally revealed the total figure spent on a wine subsidy program that caused many of the province's winemakers to feel sour.

FREDERICTON — Organizers of the annual Pride festival in Fredericton say they've cancelled this year's edition because of the intense harassment the group's board members have recently been subjected to.

HALIFAX — Police say a man and a woman from British Columbia were found dead in a boat that washed ashore on Nova Scotia's Sable Island on Wednesday, about 300 kilometres southeast of Halifax.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Liberals ended 2023 with a bigger war chest than the Progressive Conservatives, with a provincial election months away.

Flash flooding was reported in parts of Nova Scotia late Thursday after heavy rain brought on by thunderstorms washed over the province. A provincial alert issued in the evening warned of flooding in Digby, Annapolis, Kings and Hants counties.

HALIFAX — Halifax council's decision to choose recreation grounds in the heart of the city and a wooded south-end park as designated sites for homeless encampments is "completely nuts," says Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia RCMP officer has been charged with sexual assault after an investigation by the province's police watchdog agency. Const.