Atlantic Canada News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The RCMP say the body of a Newfoundland fisherman who died with three others when their boat sank last month has officially been identified.

FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick on Monday reported a spike in new cases of COVID-19 in the Campbellton area in the north of the province. Chief medical officer of health Dr.

INDIAN BAY, N.L. — RCMP in Newfoundland and Labrador say a head-on collision has claimed the life of a man from Indian Bay. The crash occurred Sunday evening on Route 320 near the community.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is lifting more pandemic-related restrictions on businesses, gatherings and outdoor activities as it marks another day without reporting a new case of COVID-19.

FREDERICTON — A dozen family members of a 26-year-old Indigenous woman who was shot dead by police in Edmundston, N.B., last week, arrived in New Brunswick on Monday to a high-profile greeting at the Fredericton airport.

FREDERICTON — Ten family members of a 26-year-old Indigenous woman who was fatally shot by police in Edmundston, N.B., are travelling across the country from British Columbia to offer support to her mother and daughter, relatives said Sunday.

GANDER, N.L. — The coast guard search for a missing 24-year-old man involved in a jet ski mishap off the northern coast of Newfoundland on Saturday has ended.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Pathologists with the chief medical examiner in Newfoundland and Labrador are examining a body found on a Placentia Bay beach to confirm if it is one of the fishermen who died when a 12-metre vessel sank last month.

FREDERICTON — About 1,000 people remain without power for a second day in the Fredericton area early today. NB Power crews continue to make repairs to damage caused by a powerful storm that moved through the region on Friday night.

FREDERICTON — The chiefs of a coalition of Maliseet First Nations are calling for an independent probe of the New Brunswick justice system after a fatal police shooting of a 26-year-old Indigenous woman from British Columbia.