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HALIFAX — The CEO of Via Rail told a Halifax business audience on Monday that although the Crown corporation has big modernization plans for its passenger service to the Maritimes, it needs to ensure its trains run on time.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Public health officials in Prince Edward Island are investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness reported among dozens of people who attended a shellfish festival over the weekend.

MELROSE, NEW BRUNSWICK — Police say a man and a woman from Charlottetown were killed Sunday afternoon when their minivan collided with a pickup truck in Melrose, N.B.

FREDERICTON — The Green Party in New Brunswick is promising to end "deep poverty" by providing a guaranteed income to impoverished residents if elected to govern the province on Oct. 21.

HALIFAX — A Halifax-based company says it expects to receive US$25.4 million for projects aimed at reduce greenhouse gas emissions by mixing crushed limestone in rivers in Canada and Scandinavia.

Voters in New Brunswick are scheduled to go to the polls on Oct. 21. Here's a look at some of the promises announced by the three major parties: Progressive Conservatives: — Cut the harmonized sales tax by two points, from 15 per cent to 13 per cent.

Jason Sully would normally spend the first weekend of a provincial election period immersed in campaign logistics — knocking on doors, organizing volunteers and all the other behind-the-scenes work involved in getting candidates elected.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Yoan Loshing scored three times, including once into an empty net, as the visiting Moncton Wildcats beat the Charlottetown Islanders 6-3 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative leader disrespected the province's residents by presenting the death of a Liberal supporter as funny, the party said as it called for Blaine Higgs to apologize.

FREDERICTON — As New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs started his campaign for re-election this week, a national survey was released Thursday showing he had the lowest approval rating of any premier in the country.