Atlantic Canada News

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's health minister on Friday released her government's strategy to fight COVID-19 during the winter months, warning residents that holiday gatherings could lead to a new spike in infections.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today and seven more recoveries from the disease.

FREDERICTON — Officials from Canada and the United States were scheduled to meet Friday to discuss the suspension of exports of Prince Edward Island potatoes south of the border — a trade order that is impacting potato prices in both countries.

BATHURST, N.B. — Ivan Ivan scored 39 seconds into overtime as the Cape Breton Eagles edged the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 4-3 on Thursday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's auditor general says government communication failures led to a missed deadline for work on reducing methylmercury levels in the Muskrat Falls reservoir.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island is imposing new border measures in an effort to block the spread of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. Effective 8 a.m. Friday, anyone arriving in P.E.I.

FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting 95 new cases of COVID-19 today and two more deaths from the disease.

FORTUNE, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, CANADA — Hedley Lake, celebrated as the last remaining survivor of the sinking of Newfoundland ferry SS Caribou during the Second World War, has died at the age of 103.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A Nova Scotia minor league hockey player who says he was the target of racist abuse at a November tournament in Prince Edward Island says he is reassured by the support he has received.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is hiking its minimum wage by $2 per hour next year — the largest increase in 40 years — but a business advocate says that would strike a blow to small companies already suffering from COVID-19.