Atlantic News

HALIFAX — Academics and students told a Nova Scotia legislature committee Tuesday that a bill giving the government more control over the province’s 10 universities is a case of overreach that could threaten academic freedoms.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia government bill that would open the door to fracking for fossil fuels and exploring for uranium is dangerous and should be scrapped, environmental advocates and physicians told a legislature committee on Monday.

ST. JOHN'S — A snowmobiler's puzzling injury has led police in Newfoundland to charge a 66-year-old man with attempted murder. RCMP say two snowmobilers were riding across a pond on Feb.

HALIFAX — Members of the Nova Scotia public voiced concerns on Monday about a government bill they said threatens people’s access to information and violates labour rights in the civil service.

HALIFAX — Monday morning marks the start of toll-free traffic on the bridges that cross the Halifax Harbour.

HALIFAX — Caylen Blake scored twice, Shawn Carrier had a goal and assist, and the Halifax Mooseheads beat the visiting Cape Breton Eagles 5-3 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday at Scotiabank Centre.

BOSTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says her meeting with the governor of Massachusetts about strengthening the relationship between the province and the state amid the ongoing trade was “productive.

HALIFAX — After placing a framed photo of U.S. President Donald Trump on a table, Matthew Burke steps back and takes a mighty swing with a baseball bat. Glass shatters as the frame explodes. The obliterated image vanishes.

LANGFORD, B.C. — Coach Dean Murten has named his 28-player Canadian under-20 women’s rugby squad for a tour of Ireland in May. The young Canadians will play their Irish counterparts on May 10 and May 17 at the IRFU High Performance Centre in Dublin.

ST. JOHN'S — As Canada vows to knock down internal trade barriers, unions representing workers at two large breweries in Newfoundland say easy beer sales between provinces would put local jobs at risk. Workers at the Molson Coors brewery in St.