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FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick legislature wrapped up its work on Friday for what was expected to be the last time before the provincial election, with campaign-style statements from party leaders offering a taste of what's to come in the weeks and

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is launching a disability benefit that will top up the federal government's recently announced aid program.

HALIFAX — A First Nation in Nova Scotia is purchasing two shipyards in the province, saying the acquisitions will position the band to compete for federal contracts, including those from the Defence Department.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia provincial court judge who says her rights were violated when her employer asked for her vaccine status wants her complaint against the court's former top judge revived.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is facing heat from the Opposition after boasting that an upcoming visit to the province by the French president is due to the tourism minister's trip to France.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge has dismissed charges against two people accused of harassing the province's chief medical officer during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the case took too long to get to trial.

HALIFAX — The use of cellphones and other personal electronic devices won’t be allowed during classroom hours at public schools across Nova Scotia beginning this fall.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Health Minister Bruce Fitch says private companies took advantage of the province by billing "exorbitant" charges for temporary nurses brought in to help a strained health network.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — It's fledgling season, a time when animal rescue experts say they are inundated with calls about goofy-looking birds stumbling around on the ground.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A Prince Edward Island man is in France this week to trace the steps of a company of Island soldiers who took part in the D-Day invasion 80 years ago. Greg Gallant, curator of the P.E.I.