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HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department is shedding new light on its relationship with OceanGate, the American company behind the deepsea Titan submersible that imploded south of Newfoundland in 2023, killing all five people aboard.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is getting a flood of feedback from people expressing confusion and frustration over new wildfire rules that forbid spending time in the woods.

ST. JOHN'S — Scott Chandler's home burned in a Newfoundland wildfire this week — but he finds assisting others fleeing the flames keeps him hopeful amid the loss.

MIRAMICHI — New Brunswick’s police oversight agency is investigating the death of a man inside a jail cell at the municipal police station in Miramichi.

ST. JOHN'S — Hundreds of people from several communities in Newfoundland have been ordered to evacuate their homes and businesses as six wildfires continued to burn Wednesday, half of them out of control.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has released its long-awaited plan to address the future transportation needs of Atlantic Canada’s largest city and the surrounding area.

HALIFAX — Sandra Walsh was struggling to breathe in her apartment when temperatures across Nova Scotia soared in July, but the woman on social assistance says her pleas for a government-funded air conditioner have been ignored.

Police say a 60-year-old man is dead after colliding with a moose while riding a motorcycle in northeastern New Brunswick this weekend. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say they responded Saturday to a report of a crash on Route 11 in Bertrand, N.B.

Multiple wildfires are burning in Newfoundland, prompting more evacuation orders and destroying structures in a community in the eastern part of the province.

HALIFAX — Two years before the Titan submersible imploded south of Newfoundland, killing five people, Canada’s Fisheries Department sent a letter of support to the sub’s American owner, the U.S. Coast Guard says in a report released Tuesday.