Atlantic News

Recent deaths of several First Nations people in Atlantic Canadian jails have prompted calls for Indigenous-led inquiries and systemic change in the justice system.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says the Health Department's wait-list for surgeries is shrinking.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Police in Cape Breton say a man is facing 21 charges after they seized seven firearms, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, and police clothing and equipment believed to be from the RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A bitter standoff that shut down Newfoundland and Labrador's lucrative snow crab fishery for nearly six weeks came to an end on Friday.

FREDERICTON — Princess Louise,the mare that was once the mascot of the 8th Canadian Hussars, never met the calvary regiment's horse-loving colonel-in-chief.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier on Thursday touted his government's success in recruiting doctors to the province and ensured that he had a multi-pronged approach to improving health-care access for residents.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Erica Humber-Shears says there are deep anxieties within her western Newfoundland community, as residents — most of whom work in the fishing sector — wait for an end to a six-week impasse in the province's crab fishery.

Halifax police have decided against laying charges after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a city bus last fall at a busy terminal — in a case where few details have been released. Const.

PORTERS LAKE, N.S. — Francophones in Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore are getting a new school built by September 2027, Premier Tim Houston announced Thursday.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has announced more mental health resources for people who live in the three counties most affected by the mass shooting in April 2020.