Atlantic News

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is planning to kick-start its offshore wind industry — with or without federal approval — and launch a first call for project bids next year.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's chief medical officer is monitoring the rise of whooping cough infections across the province as cases of the highly contagious disease continue to grow across Canada. Dr.

HALIFAX — A loophole in Nova Scotia's rental housing rules is making the provincial government’s proposed rent cap extension essentially useless, housing advocates and opposition parties say.

HALIFAX — The largest children's hospital in Atlantic Canada has received what it describes as the region's single-largest individual donation to health care.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Power is being fined for the third time in four years for failing to meet annual performance targets for the reliability of its energy grid.

ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION, N.B. — New Brunswick's police oversight agency says an RCMP officer fatally shot an Indigenous man who the Mounties say was carrying weapons when he approached the pair on Sunday.

HALIFAX — A sexual offender who fled Canada in 2022 has been extradited from Italy to serve the remainder of his sentence in Canada, Nova Scotia's public prosecution service says.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick Liberals got a jump on the province's coming fall election by officially launching their party's campaign on Sunday, saying they're focused on addressing affordability and improving the ailing health-care system.

NORTH PRESTON, N.S.

Police in Halifax are investigating a Friday evening collision between a transit bus and a car on a highway. Officers responded to a collision report at around 6 p.m. in the 0-100 block of the Bedford Highway.