Atlantic Canada News

FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick group says it has completed the first phase of a chemical treatment aimed at eradicating an invasive fish species from the Miramichi watershed.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Several roads have been flooded in and around St. John’s, N.L., as more than 200 millimetres of rain has fallen over parts of the province’s Avalon Peninsula since the weekend.

MONCTON, N.B. — Ben Flanagan ran the fastest 5K ever recorded on Canadian soil to win the national championships on Sunday. Julie-Anne Staehli won the women's title at the Canadian 5K championships. Flanagan, a 27-year-old from Kitchener, Ont.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Two more people have been arrested in connection with an alleged assault in western Prince Edward Island last weekend that the premier has condemned as being racially motivated.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Environment Canada has posted a wind warning for the Avalon Peninsula as post-tropical storm Earl is expected to pass east of Newfoundland.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The owner of a refinery in Newfoundland says five of eight workers injured in a flash fire at the facility last Friday are still in hospital.

Nova Scotia has closed the books on the 2021-22 fiscal year, recording a $350.9-million surplus after forecasting a deficit of $584.9 million in the March 2021 budget. Finance Department officials say the $935.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A group of law professors in Nova Scotia is joining calls for more civilian-led oversight of police in Newfoundland and Labrador, as the force grapples with allegations of sexual misconduct against its members.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As allegations of sexual misconduct and assault piled up against members of Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial police force last year, the force quietly introduced new rules about transporting members of the public.

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — The premier of Prince Edward Island is condemning what he says were acts of "racism and hate" over the weekend at an Acadian festival west of the city of Summerside.