Atlantic Canada News

SAINTE-MARIE-DE-KENT, N.B. — Police say the death of a 67-year-old man in an eastern New Brunswick village is being investigated as a homicide.

BATHURST, N.B. — Nikita Alexandrov had a goal and two assists, including one on Cedric Desruisseaux's winner, and the Charlottetown Islanders edged the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 4-3 in overtime on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Police say a Nova Scotia man has died after a snowmobile crash near Bathurst, N.B., this weekend. Bathurst R-C-M-P say the collision on a trail in South Tetagouche, about 40 kilometres west of Bathurst, was reported just before 4 p.m. Friday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is holding consultations as it reviews a policy regarding night-time crop damage from hungry moose.

MONTREAL — A rail blockade in eastern Ontario has led to backlogs at Canada's three biggest ports, prompting some shippers to take their business elsewhere as cargo piles up and dockworkers' paycheques shrink.

FREDERICTON — Still reeling from a public backlash over aborted health-care reforms, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs added two members to his cabinet Friday, saying he's well aware his minority government remains on shaky ground.

MONTREAL — A major U.S. shipper is turning away from the Halifax port in favour of U.S. harbours due to ongoing blockades that have shut down Canadian National Railway Co.'s eastern network.

A Maritime woman now living in Australia says she has felt the impact of the hundreds of wildfires that continue to rage on across that country

The Canadian Government has reversed speed restrictions set in place aimed to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whales. This comes after an extensive surveillance program from Transport Canada monitoring the area.

The boats collided off the coast of Beach Point