Atlantic Canada News

BATHURST, N.B. — Thomas Belgarde scored a short-handed goal that was the winner as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan edged past the Halifax Mooseheads 2-1 Friday to advance to the second round of the QMJHL playoffs.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's child and youth advocate is calling for the adoption of a new Children's Act as a way to better protect children's rights in the province's child welfare system.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Students in Newfoundland and Labrador will no longer have to wear masks in schools to protect against COVID-19 infection as of May 24.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision not to suspend the province's ban on the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A former Halifax mayor who left office in 2012 amid controversy has been dismissed as chief administrative officer in Charlottetown following accusations he fired senior staff who had raised concerns about financial irregularities.

CORNER BROOK, N.L. — More research is needed on the impact of seals on dwindling East Coast fish stocks, federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray said Thursday, in response to a report by the region's fisheries industry.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — With a new report saying full power from Newfoundland and Labrador's Muskrat Falls hydro project is at least a year away, the head of the province's Crown energy corporation says there's a backup plan in place.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government has established a panel to examine how the province could capitalize on the end of a controversial and long-bemoaned energy deal with Quebec.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's oil industry regulator is releasing its 2022 call for bids on new offshore exploration licences.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A former Halifax mayor who left office in 2012 amid controversy over a Black Eyed Peas concert is again drawing scrutiny, this time in his role as chief administrative officer in Charlottetown. City councillors in the P.E.I.