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SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK — A 58-year-old man living in a homeless encampment in Saint John, N.B., has died, leaving his community and volunteers who knew him with "a lot of sadness," says the head of a group that helps unhoused people.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's finance minister says the province recorded a surplus of $500.8 million for the fiscal year that ended in March. Ernie Steeves says the amount — more than 10 times higher than the province's original $40.

HALIFAX — Members of the union representing workers with Halifax Public Libraries have accepted a new collective agreement, ending a nearly month-long strike and paving the way for branches to re-open in the next few days.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier is repeating his government’s calls for Ottawa to foot the full bill to protect a vital strip of land that connects the province to the rest of the country ahead of a new parliamentary session.

HALIFAX — A strike that has shuttered libraries in the Halifax region for the past three-and-a-half weeks could come to an end on Thursday now that the employer and union representing hundreds of workers have reached a tentative labour deal.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier doubled down Friday on his position that he will not accept any attempt by Ottawa to resettle thousands of asylum seekers in the province.

HALIFAX — Police have accused a Nova Scotia man of murdering a woman who had been reported missing from the province's Annapolis Valley, but whose body still hasn't been found. The first-degree murder charge comes one day after U.S.

HALIFAX — An energy firm based in Ireland is planning build a plant in eastern Nova Scotia to produce sustainable aviation fuel using about 700,000 tonnes of wood biomass annually.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick RCMP are disputing claims that the recent shooting death of an Indigenous man in mental distress happened during a police wellness check.

FREDERICTON — Provincial leaders across Canada are taking turns criticizing the federal Liberal government's proposal to alleviate immigration pressure on Quebec and Ontario by resettling asylum seekers more equitably across the country.