Atlantic Canada News

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government is standing firm in its position that it is not violating the Canada Health Act by refusing to fund out-of-hospital abortions.

As Chantelle Lindsay lay in a Halifax hospital bed struggling for every breath as she neared the end of her battle with cystic fibrosis, she sent her mother a text: "Are you OK?" "I'm OK if you're OK," her mother replied.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The high snowbanks that have been a distinctive feature in St. John's, N.L., since a record-breaking January blizzard have created a new opportunity for would-be thieves.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Ottawa and Newfoundland and Labrador have reached an agreement to collaborate on protecting boreal caribou in Labrador. The provincial government announced the agreement last week that will see Ottawa contribute $5.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A new alliance has been formed to promote the development of small nuclear reactors and other energy technologies in Atlantic Canada.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The contest to replace Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball as leader of the province's Liberal party, and become the 14th premier of the province, has begun.

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.