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SYDNEY, N.S. — A family of five are among the survivors after a remarkable rescue from an apartment building that caught fire in Cape Breton during last weekend's paralyzing snowstorm.

HALIFAX — The Halifax Regional Municipality is telling people living at five of 11 authorized homeless encampments that they must leave, but some unhoused residents say they won't go until they have an option that's better than staying in a tent.

HALIFAX — The mayor of Cape Breton's largest municipality says she wept Tuesday night when a huge snowplow rumbled down her street in Sydney, N.S.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As provinces look to hotels to provide temporary shelter to people living in homeless encampments, Canada's housing advocate says governments must respect the needs and rights of the unhoused, who may not want to be moved.

HALIFAX — Some residents in Cape Breton were anxiously awaiting rescue on Tuesday after a huge dump of heavy, wet snow over the weekend jammed entrances to homes, blocked roadways and prompted a local state of emergency.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A shipwreck that appeared off the southwestern tip of Newfoundland likely doesn’t hold many secrets about the province's seafaring history, but local residents are still working to save it.

MONCTON, N.B. — Police in New Brunswick say a 15-year-old has been charged with manslaughter following the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old.

FREDERICTON — Forecasters say a warming global climate could actually cause some parts of Canada to see colder conditions, including heavy snowfalls like the one that hit parts of the Maritimes this week.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Police Review Board has ruled that a Halifax officer who stopped a couple for being in a city park after hours should be suspended without pay for two weeks.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is asking Ottawa for help as the province digs out from an "extreme snowfall" that has prompted parts of Cape Breton to declare local states of emergency.