Atlantic News

MONCTON, N.B. — Ann Marie Reinhart was enjoying a peaceful day's fishing near southern New Brunswick's Kingston Peninsula when a sound between a howl and a scream tore through the air.

Amid a rise in infections such as measles and whooping cough in Canada and around the world, doctors say now is the perfect time for parents to ensure their kids and teens are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases.

TORONTO — Grammy-nominated Canadian music video creator Andy Hines says he hopes his feature film directorial debut could be the first of several music videos adapted into big-screen stories.

STEPHENVILLE, N.L. — A Newfoundland and Labrador judge on Friday dismissed an assault charge against an RCMP officer who was accused of using excessive force against a man whose volatile behaviour grounded an international flight.

FREDERICTON — The family of a 78-year-old New Brunswick man who died two years ago in an emergency department while awaiting care is suing the health authority and two nurses.

HALIFAX — A commercial lobster fishing group in southwestern Nova Scotia is seeking a court to have a lobster fishery run by a First Nations community declared illegal.

HALIFAX — Elementary students across Nova Scotia will get their first servings of the province’s new school lunch program in October, says Education Minister Becky Druhan.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — About 30 per cent of newsroom jobs have been cut at a 145-year-old daily newspaper in St. John's, N.L., following a takeover by Postmedia.

DURHAM BRIDGE, N.B. — The RCMP's major crimes unit has taken over the case of Kari Lynn Rose Campbell, a Fredericton, N.B., woman who has been missing for three years. Cpl.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials say the whooping cough outbreak that had been localized in the Acadian Peninsula in June has spread across the province.