Atlantic Canada News

STANLEY BRIDGE, P.E.I. — Phyllis Carr's voice broke with emotion as she surveyed damage to the historic town of Stanley Bridge, a small community on the north shore of Prince Edward Island.

A day after post-tropical storm Fiona left a trail of destruction across Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec, residents of a devastated coastal town in western Newfoundland learned one of their own was its first confirmed fatality.

FREDERICTON — Jennifer Jones and Reid Carruthers were the winners of the inaugural PointsBet Invitational on Sunday with their Manitoban curling teams each pocketing $50,000 in prize money.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Naomi and Tyler Wheeler have lived through a pandemic, wildfires, heat waves, minor earthquakes and most recently a post-tropical storm that laid waste to huge swaths of Atlantic Canada.

SPRINGVILLE, NOVA SCOTIA — A four-year-old Nova Scotia boy reported missing Saturday has been found safe about two kilometres from his home in Springville. An RCMP spokesman says Grady MacKinnon was found in a field on Sunday at 9 a.m. Cpl.

FREDERICTON — The top two seeds from both draws were eliminated Saturday at the PointsBet Invitational.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has approved Nova Scotia's request for federal assistance and will deploy the Canadian Armed Forces to assist in recovery from the devastation wreaked by post-tropical storm Fiona.

CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L.

As people in Atlantic Canada prepared Friday for the imminent arrival of Fiona, some weather experts were studying past hurricanes and storms to gain insight on what could be coming.

FREDERICTON — Rachel Homan's third-seeded team was eliminated from the PointsBet Invitational Friday after dropping a 7-6 decision to Kristie Moore's sixth-seeded side.