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FREDERICTON — A fire that destroyed a potato chip factory in Waterville, N.B., has triggered a police investigation and an outpouring of support from residents who say they'll do all they can to help keep a long-time local employer afloat.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's premier is offering his sympathies to workers and their families after a fire destroyed the Covered Bridge Potato Chips factory in Hartland, N.B.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

FREDERICTON — A former minister in New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government announced Friday he won't be running in the coming provincial election.

Halifax officials delivered on a promise Friday to cut electricity to the dozen or so people living in a homeless encampment set up last fall outside city hall. As of 9 a.m.

HALIFAX — The last of 26 charges laid after a 2021 Halifax housing protest has ended with an acquittal, capping a two-and-a-half-year legal saga during which just a handful of prosecutions proceeded.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia legislature has paid tribute to the late Brian Mulroney, lauding the former prime minister’s ties to the province.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservative government tabled a $3.2-billion budget Thursday with a projected deficit of $85 million.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Crown prosecutors were handed new tools Thursday to root out systemic anti-Black racism long embedded within the province's justice system.