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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador will no longer recognize "Discovery Day," a provincial holiday criticized for its celebration of colonization and erasure of Indigenous history.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick legislators have voted down a controversial bill that would have made vaccinations mandatory for children in the province's schools and daycares.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Vale S.A. is moving to resume operations at the Voisey's Bay mine in Labrador in early July. The company says it has moved from care and maintenance into a planned maintenance period, the first step in restarting operations.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — There are no known active COVID-19 cases in Newfoundland and Labrador. The province says 258 people have now recovered from the virus out of 261 positive cases. Three people have died from the novel coronavirus in the province.

FREDERICTON — An Indigenous leader in New Brunswick is renewing his call for an independent, Indigenous-led public inquiry to investigate two recent police shootings in the province, saying the proposal put forward by the province just won't work.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The COVID-19 pandemic has blown a hole through the public finances of Prince Edward Island, with the province announcing Wednesday a budget deficit for fiscal 2020-21 of $173 million.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government says it agrees Indigenous people should lead some kind of review into two recent fatal police shootings, but several First Nations leaders say they're disappointed it may not be a formal commission of inquir

FREDERICTON — A committee of the New Brunswick legislature has voted to remove the notwithstanding clause from a controversial bill on mandatory vaccinations for children in schools and daycares.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting one new case of COVID-19. A public health news release says the individual in their 20s works in health care in the Campbellton region, and was exposed to the virus there, but lives in the Fredericton region.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador officials say the province is aiming to lift more pandemic-related restrictions on gatherings, businesses and activities starting next week.