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Single-vehicle crash in Cape Breton leaves 20-year-old man dead: RCMP

Single-vehicle crash in Cape Breton leaves 20-year-old man dead: RCMP

POINT EDWARD, N.S. — RCMP in Nova Scotia say a 20-year-old man from Cape Breton has died after he was ejected from a vehicle. Police say they got word of a single-vehicle crash on Highway 125 near Point Edward around 6 p.m. on Saturday.
40-year-old man killed in single vehicle crash in New Brunswick: RCMP

40-year-old man killed in single vehicle crash in New Brunswick: RCMP

RICHIBUCTO-VILLAGE, N.B. — Police in New Brunswick say they are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash in Richibucto-Village. They say officers responded to a call of a crash around 10:30 p.m.
Woman in Northern Ireland finds people who can understand her — in Newfoundland

Woman in Northern Ireland finds people who can understand her — in Newfoundland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Whitney McCullough says she has always felt like people outside her home of Banbridge, Northern Ireland, need subtitles to decipher her accent and slang.

Halifax RCMP are searching for a suspect in a Shoppers Drug Mart robbery

Halifax Regional Police are investigating a robbery that happened Friday night at the Shoppers Drug Mart in the city's Fairview neighbourhood.
Rain and possible snow forecast for parts of Atlantic Canada heading into Easter

Rain and possible snow forecast for parts of Atlantic Canada heading into Easter

FREDERICTON — Environment Canada has issued rainfall warnings and special weather statements blanketing most of the Atlantic region. It says "a long episode of rain, at times heavy" is forecast for most of New Brunswick until Saturday morning.
Nova Scotia to create new volunteer 'guard' corps for emergencies

Nova Scotia to create new volunteer 'guard' corps for emergencies

HALIFAX — Nova Scotians who want to help during natural disasters will be able to sign up for a new volunteer corps called the Nova Scotia Guard.
Yet another N.B. Tory who dissented against Premier Higgs won't run in next election

Yet another N.B. Tory who dissented against Premier Higgs won't run in next election

FREDERICTON — The longest-serving member of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservatives says he won't be running in the upcoming election.

Full parole granted to man convicted in notorious 'McDonald's murders' in Cape Breton

HALIFAX — More than 30 years after Nova Scotia was stunned by the brutal murders of three McDonald's restaurant workers in Cape Breton, another of the three convicted killers has been granted full parole.
Nova Scotia sees 35 per cent cut in international student permit applications in 2024

Nova Scotia sees 35 per cent cut in international student permit applications in 2024

HALIFAX — The federal government is imposing a 35 per cent cut on international study permits in Nova Scotia, curbing the growth the province's universities and colleges have seen as a result of soaring international enrolment.
N.B. opposition say premier's comments on homeless encampment deaths lack empathy

N.B. opposition say premier's comments on homeless encampment deaths lack empathy

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick opposition parties are accusing Premier Blaine Higgs of lacking compassion after he responded to the deaths of two people at a homeless encampment by invoking legislation that could force unhoused people into addiction tre