Atlantic News

ST. JOHN'S — Terry Rideout says he was loading up his fishing gear the first time a tiny implant in his chest sent bolts of electricity into his heart and shocked it back into its regular rhythm.

ST. JOHN, N.B. — Quinn Kennedy and Shawn Carrier scored third-period goals to earn the Halifax Mooseheads a 5-3 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action Friday night.

ST. JOHN, N.B. — "Tunnel vision" was the main shortfall of an investigation in the 1980s that led to the wrongful conviction of two men who spent years in prison for a murder they didn't commit, police in New Brunswick said Friday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island has signed a four-year $30-million pharmacare agreement with the federal government to provide universal access to diabetes medication and contraceptives.

HALIFAX — Facing increasing pressure to do more to address intimate-partner violence in Nova Scotia, the provincial government on Friday announced $23.7 million for transition houses.

OTTAWA — A federal judge has dismissed a legal challenge of Justin Trudeau's move to prorogue Parliament, concluding the prime minister did not exceed the bounds of his authority.

KELOWNA, B.C. — An off-day for Reid Carruthers at the Montana's Brier became much busier on Thursday night.

HALIFAX — Two of Nova Scotia’s largest retailers have signed on to a provincial program aimed at making it easier for shoppers to identify locally produced products amid the ongoing trade war with the United States.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is failing to adequately address the recent spike in gender-based violence, an advocacy group for reproductive health says.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The Green Party of Prince Edward Island announced Friday that two candidates have been approved to seek the party's leadership later this year.