Atlantic Canada News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 for the 20th day in a row. The province has confirmed 260 cases of the illness overall, and 255 people have recovered.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's government is looking for a rapid answer from Ottawa on its request for aid for the offshore oil sector in light of a quickening exodus of exploration rigs from the province.

ST. LAWRENCE, N.L. — A Newfoundland community was in mourning Tuesday after the bodies of three fishermen were recovered and a search continued for a fourth crew member missing off the island's south coast.

FREDERICTON — The COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, and vaccines were among the topics as the New Brunswick legislature got back into session Tuesday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 and another recovery from the virus. In a Tuesday news release, the province says 255 people have now recovered, leaving just two active cases in the province.

FREDERICTON — The board of governors at the University of New Brunswick voted Tuesday to strip George Duncan Ludlow's name from the school's law faculty building in Fredericton because of his connections to slavery and the abuse of Indigenous people.

FREDERICTON — A 20-year-old man and a 21-year old woman have been charged in connection with an alleged homicide in Fredericton.

FREDERICTON — Public health officials are reporting one new case of COVID-19 in New Brunswick. The new case is a person over the age of 90 in the Campbellton region in the north of the province.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A charter challenge of Newfoundland and Labrador's ban on travel into the province during the COVID-19 pandemic is set to be heard in August.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. There have been 27 cases on the Island and all have recovered.