Atlantic Canada News

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island says it will start testing wastewater in two cities for COVID-19. The province's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Heather Morrison, says testing will begin Thursday in Charlottetown and Summerside.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting one more COVID-19-related death in the province in the last week.

ST. STEPHEN, N.B. — Nova Scotia's independent police watchdog has concluded there are no grounds for criminal charges after an RCMP officer shot and wounded a man in St. Stephen, N.B., last year.

FREDERICTON — Andy McLean remembers arriving in Saskatoon in March 2020 for the Juno Awards, only for the event celebrating Canada's music industry to be cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

FREDERICTON — COVID-19 claimed the lives of 15 people last week in New Brunswick. The latest deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus are included in a report for the period of April 24-30.

GREEN'S HARBOUR, N.L. — A 73-year-old man is dead following a boating accident early today in Newfoundland and Labrador. RCMP say a man and woman launched a small boat to go fishing in Scotch Pond, about 60 kilometres west of St. John's, N.L.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The case of a Newfoundland and Labrador lawyer accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl is set for trial next spring, following an arraignment Monday in provincial Supreme Court.

MONCTON, N.B. — Josh Lawrence scored a short-handed goal and also notched an assist as the Saint John Sea Dogs ended their regular season on a 15-game win streak after beating the Moncton Wildcats 4-2 Saturday in the QMJHL.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Peter Reynolds scored four goals and racked up six points as the Saint John Sea Dogs won their 14th straight game with a 14-2 evisceration of the Cape Breton Eagles.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting two more deaths today attributed to COVID-19 as well as a slight drop in hospitalizations.