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HALIFAX — The newest and most advanced aircraft carrier in the U.S. navy's fleet arrived this morning in Halifax harbour. The nuclear-powered USS Gerald R. Ford is on its first deployment, having left its home port in Norfolk, Va., on Oct. 4.

FREDERICTON — The discovery of two dead great white sharks washed ashore in Atlantic Canada in less than two weeks is a mystery to researchers.

HALIFAX — One of Atlantic Canada's largest infrastructure projects is now on hold after the hospital project’s lone bidder failed to submit its final proposal by today’s Nova Scotia government deadline.

HALIFAX — Environment and Climate Change Canada says it’s still waiting for draft proposals from most provinces on administering a $250-million home heating assistance program announced six weeks ago.

HALIFAX — With an additional $28.8 million from the federal government, Halifax’s Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre plans to build a spacious downtown complex to better serve the growing population of urban Indigenous people.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police watchdog agency has laid two assault charges against 52-year-old Lawrence Doucette, a constable with the Cape Breton Regional Police.

CORNER BROOK, N.L. — A two-day trial begins today in provincial court for a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer facing charges including choking and assault with a weapon. The province's police watchdog agency said in March that Const.

FREDERICTON — Chijioke Amadi has called Prince Edward Island home for the past 15 years since arriving from Nigeria. He landed in the province in 2007, when he was 21, to study engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has ruled a lower court judge went too far last year when he banned protests against COVID-19 measures at a hearing that proceeded without the protesters present.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A proposed legislative change in Newfoundland and Labrador would give residents using food banks a homegrown source of protein.