Atlantic News

HALIFAX — Federal fisheries officials have extended the closure of the lucrative baby eel fishery in the Maritimes for another 45 days.

HALIFAX — As firefighters spent a second day battling a wildfire in suburban Halifax, some residents from evacuated subdivisions received the grim news that their homes were among those destroyed by the wind-driven flames.

BOCABEC, N.B. — A forest fire that forced hundreds of evacuations and destroyed a home in southwestern New Brunswick remained out of control on Monday afternoon, though officials said they were hopeful things would soon change.

HALIFAX — A rapidly spreading wildfire, fed by strong winds and tinder-dry woods, has damaged or destroyed dozens of homes and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents from suburban communities northwest of Halifax.

A wildfire burning out of control in southwestern Nova Scotia nearly doubled in size in matter of hours on Sunday as dry, hot and windy conditions quickly intensified the blaze.

HALIFAX — A lucrative lobster fishing area in the Maritimes is set to reopen this week after a sighting of North Atlantic right whales shuttered the fishery just weeks into the spring season.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's premier called for calm on Saturday as the province undertakes a contentious review of a policy on sexual orientation in schools.

Halifax police say they have asked Nova Scotia's police watchdog to launch an investigation after officers shot and killed a man in Dartmouth on Saturday morning.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government has expanded a review of the province's policy on sexual orientation in schools to include access to washroom facilities on the basis of gender identity.

HALIFAX — An environmentalist in New Brunswick says Atlantic premiers are using scaremongering tactics in their call for Ottawa to delay rules requiring refineries to reduce carbon in diesel and gasoline they produce.