Atlantic News

Cape Breton Regional police officer facing two charges related to domestic assault

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police watchdog agency has laid two assault charges against 52-year-old Lawrence Doucette, a constable with the Cape Breton Regional Police.

Oct 27, 2022 1:04 PM Read more >

Trial begins for Royal Newfoundland Constabulary member charged with choking, assault

CORNER BROOK, N.L. — A two-day trial begins today in provincial court for a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer facing charges including choking and assault with a weapon. The province's police watchdog agency said in March that Const.

Oct 27, 2022 11:52 AM Read more >

Census figures show Atlantic provinces saw large influx of immigrants

FREDERICTON — Chijioke Amadi has called Prince Edward Island home for the past 15 years since arriving from Nigeria. He landed in the province in 2007, when he was 21, to study engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island.

Oct 26, 2022 6:24 PM Read more >

N.S. Court of Appeal rules injunction on COVID protest shouldn't have been granted

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has ruled a lower court judge went too far last year when he banned protests against COVID-19 measures at a hearing that proceeded without the protesters present.

Oct 26, 2022 2:44 PM Read more >

Hunters may soon be able to donate meat to Newfoundland and Labrador food banks

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A proposed legislative change in Newfoundland and Labrador would give residents using food banks a homegrown source of protein.

Oct 26, 2022 2:27 PM Read more >

First deployment for American aircraft carrier includes visit to Halifax this weekend

HALIFAX — One of the world's largest aircraft carriers, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is scheduled to visit Halifax this weekend as part of its first deployment. The U.S.

Oct 26, 2022 11:50 AM Read more >

Audit after N.S. mass shooting reveals flaws in RCMP decommissioning of vehicles

OTTAWA — Almost two years after the RCMP imposed a moratorium on the sale of its decommissioned vehicles, the police force has released an internal audit that uncovered a series of shortcomings.

Oct 25, 2022 3:04 PM Read more >

New Brunswick throne speech pledges more work to improve health care and education

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government promised in a throne speech Tuesday that measures are coming to improve health care and education as the legislature begins a new session. In a speech delivered by Lt.-Gov.

Oct 25, 2022 2:57 PM Read more >

Mountie who recorded Lucki meeting first told investigators tape lost on stolen phone

HALIFAX — An affidavit by an RCMP security investigator details how the force obtained recordings of a tense meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties' investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting.

Oct 25, 2022 2:55 PM Read more >

A month after Fiona, some in western Newfoundland fear things will never be the same

CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. — For Peggy Savery, the hardest part of the day comes as she leaves work in her Newfoundland community of Port aux Basques and drives to the home she's been staying in with her husband and son.

Oct 25, 2022 2:48 PM Read more >