Atlantic Canada News

RICHIBUCTO, N.B. — A 33-year-old man from eastern New Brunswick has been charged with first-degree murder following the death of 67-year-old Elias Bastarache last week in Ste-Marie-de-Kent.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland was gripped by another winter storm Friday, its 22nd of the season.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswickers lost at least 3.5 million dollars to fraud over the past three years according to the province's Financial and Consumer Services Commission.

FREDERICTON — The Opposition Liberals are calling on the New Brunswick government to rescind the hiring of the new executive director of the province's Public Library Service.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Five people have been cleared of criminal charges after being arrested for demonstrating at the Muskrat Falls dam site in Labrador more than three years ago.

FREDERICTON — A Fredericton man who describes himself as a community activist committed to helping low-income people was sentenced to 100 days in jail for practising law without a licence Thursday.

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.