Atlantic News

TRURO — A Nova Scotia woman who murdered her 12-year-old daughter in 2008 has been granted an unescorted pass from prison for 60 days.

ST. JOHN'S — Residents of a rural Newfoundland town were ordered out of their homes on Wednesday as an out-of-control wildfire burned a few kilometres away. Premier John Hogan said he issued the evacuation order for Badger, N.L.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Charlottetown will be the host of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts for a record fifth time in 2027. The 46th edition of the Canadian women’s curling championship is set for Feb. 12-21 at Eastlink Centre.

HALIFAX — A woman who says she endured cruel and unusual punishment in a Nova Scotia prison has settled a civil lawsuit she filed against the federal attorney general almost five years ago.

HALIFAX — After at least two Nova Scotia municipalities voted in favour of asking the provincial government to slow down on its uranium exploration plans, their offices received several-page-long letters from Premier Tim Houston saying the province n

An endangered North Atlantic right whale has been spotted off the waters of Prince Edward Island entangled in fishing gear.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia youth is pleading guilty to one of 33 charges related to police allegations he threatened to shoot people at a downtown high school in Halifax.

HALIFAX — In a quiet grove at the edge of a Halifax cemetery, the family of a wrongfully convicted man laid his remains to rest, and said his fight for justice lives on.

FREDERICTON — New England governors say tariffs and anti-Canadian rhetoric by the United States government is taking a bite out of tourism, with some states seeing a drop of up to 60 per cent in visitors from north of the border. Massachusetts Gov.

PORT DUFFERIN — A marine animal rescue group has confirmed a rare but unfortunate find on Nova Scotia's eastern shore.