Atlantic News

FREDERICTON — A panel investigating a major scrapyard fire in Saint John, N.B., has concluded that the sprawling site on the harbour is at significant risk of a future "catastrophic" blaze.

HALIFAX — The denial of a $1.5-million bid to relaunch oil and gas exploration in waters off Nova Scotia doesn’t necessarily mean there won’t be future projects, says federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.

BIG BRAS D'OR, N.S. — A second person has been charged in the death of a Cape Breton woman whose remains were found last month in Big Bras d'Or, N.S.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — An orange tabby cat in Newfoundland is quickly becoming famous for a daring leap from the top of an electricity pole.

MONCTON, N.B. — Councillors in Moncton, N.B., have reversed a decision that would have ended a 20-year tradition of lighting a Hanukkah menorah in front of city hall.

HALIFAX — A public inquiry may be needed to determine whether police in Nova Scotia broke the law when they destroyed evidence in the case of Glen Assoun, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1999, a justice advocate says.

HALIFAX — Volunteer groups have purchased ice-fishing shelters and a military tent to help homeless people brave the cold, wet weather in Halifax, which received its first significant snowfall of the season overnight Sunday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is moving to restrict the amount of time so-called travel nurses can work in the province, and Premier Tim Houston is calling on other premiers to consider doing the same. Houston says as of Dec.

HALIFAX — A Canadian centre that promotes democracy around the world is calling for an overhaul of Nova Scotia's freedom of information law to reduce exemptions and give the appeal process more teeth.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — An inmate has died at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in Newfoundland, one of the oldest operating provincial jails in the country.