Atlantic Canada News

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health says that while hospitalizations continue to rise, they are below original projections, which indicates people have responded to the call to reduce their contacts. Dr.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador students in kindergarten through Grade 12 packed their book bags and headed to school this morning for the first time since the holiday break began in December.

FREDERICTON — Parks Canada is renewing efforts to get family members of the late Jackie Vautour to end their fight to remain within New Brunswick's Kouchibouguac National Park.

FREDERICTON — The RCMP say a six-year-old boy who went missing in New Brunswick early Tuesday and became the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe.

A 33-year-old woman has been taken into police custody

FREDERICTON — Barring any advice to the contrary from public health officials, schoolchildren will return to in-class learning on Jan. 31, New Brunswick's education minister said Monday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The head of a St. John's shelter for people experiencing homelessness says there are 17 cases of COVID-19 among the facility's guests.

FREDERICTON — The licence for Atlantic Canada's only nuclear power generating station expires in June, and the New Brunswick Crown corporation that operates the aging CANDU-6 reactor is seeking to renew it for an unprecedented 25-year term.

Prince Edward Island's chief medical officer confirmed today that another Islander has died as a result of COVID-19. Dr. Heather Morrison issued a statement saying the individual was in their 80s.

FREDERICTON — Two men are facing criminal charges after a protest against COVID-19 restrictions turned ugly outside Fredericton City Hall.