Atlantic Canada News

PONT-LANDRY, N.B. — A single-vehicle crash earlier today in northeastern New Brunswick has claimed the lives of a young man and woman. The RCMP say a 27-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, both from Tracadie, N.B., were killed around 3:20 a.m.

HOULTON, Maine — Border Patrol agents in Maine recently arrested 13 foreign nationals — seven adults from Mexico and six from Vietnam — for illegally entering the United States from two locations in western New Brunswick, U.S. officials say. The U.S.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Record collectors in Newfoundland will have a chance Saturday to paw through selections from the vast vinyl library belonging to 98-year-old radio station VOWR.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Residents of a historic fishing neighbourhood in St. John's are cautiously relieved after a pair of floodlights that had been shining into homes since last May suddenly shut off.

FREDERICTON — Milk prices in New Brunswick are set to increase by four cents per litre starting Wednesday.

FREDERICTON — The Green Party is calling on the federal government to fund health care in Atlantic Canada in keeping with the needs of residents, not based on the share of the region's population.

LAVAL, Que. — The Quebec government says it is worried about the future of the French language in New Brunswick and is looking at what actions it can take.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A doctor shortage is threatening to undo years of work turning the Newfoundland town of Bonavista into an internationally lauded example of rural growth and development, the community’s mayor says.

FREDERICTON — Health-care providers in New Brunswick are launching a new abortion services network ahead of Saturday's 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Morgentaler decision.

FREDERICTON — Teachers and parents gathered in Fredericton to make their voices heard opposing the New Brunswick government's plan to reform the French immersion program in schools by the fall.