Atlantic News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Newfoundland man said he felt as if someone had punched him when he was told last month that an independent office of the Newfoundland and Labrador government had cremated and buried his sister without telling him.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government is projecting a budget deficit of nearly $400 million for the current fiscal year. The province's third-quarter fiscal update released today says the $398.

HALIFAX — Environment Canada issued a flurry of weather warnings Wednesday as a huge winter storm was forecast to descend across parts of Ontario and Quebec and quickly spread to Atlantic Canada.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's NDP leader is cautioning the government against rushing through the upcoming sitting of the legislature as the province’s economy faces economic threats from the United States.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Police in Saint John, N.B., say the 46-year-old man arrested last month for the deaths of two boys remains in hospital and has still not been formally charged.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s auditor general is vowing to continue her fight to get more accountability for billions of dollars in government spending that isn’t approved by the provincial legislature.

FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick health network and two nurses named in a lawsuit by the family of a 78-year-old man who died waiting for care in a Fredericton emergency room deny all allegations against them and are asking for the claim to be dismissed

HALIFAX — An art dealer says a painting by the husband of renowned folk artist Maud Lewis sold Sunday for $5,500, with part of its attraction being that he falsely signed his wife's name to his work.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — An intense winter storm grounded flights, shut down schools and stopped public transit Monday morning in St. John's, N.L., leaving the capital of Canada's easternmost province to dig out from under 40 centimetres of snow.

Environment Canada has issued a blizzard warning for Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. The weather agency says between 25 and 40 centimetres of snow may fall between Sunday and midday Monday.