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P.E.I. Tory official agent faces 42 charges over party donations

CHARLOTTETOWN — The Mounties in P.E.I. have have charged an official agent for the Island’s governing Progressive Conservatives with 42 offences under the provincial Election Expenses Act.

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Halifax man accused of threatening to bomb U.S. Consulate faces additional charges

HALIFAX — Halifax Regional Police have laid two additional charges against the man accused of threatening to bomb the city’s U.S. Consulate in August.

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Nova Scotia police watchdog clears officers in murder plot, extortion investigation

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s police watchdog has cleared two officers of wrongdoing following an investigation into allegations the pair had conspired to kill a local offender and that one officer later tried to blackmail the other.

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Crown drops sex offender registry charge against former Nova Scotia police chief

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. — A former Nova Scotia police chief convicted in 2020 of sexually exploiting a 17-year-old girl is no longer facing a charge of failing to comply with an order under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act.

October 22, 2026 5:58 pm AST AST

Subtropical storm bringing rain and wind to parts of Atlantic Canada

The ferry service that links Nova Scotia with eastern P.E.I. cancelled all crossings Friday morning because of high winds generated by the remnants of Subtropical Storm Josephine. Gale warnings remain...

October 22, 2026 3:24 pm AST AST

Gushue continues his curling candour in memoir "Gushue: The Making of a Champion"

Brad Gushue didn't hide what he was thinking on or off the ice.

October 22, 2026 2:42 pm AST AST

N.L. spent $32.1 million in 2.5 years on private virtual health-care services

ST. JOHN'S — A mayor in rural Newfoundland says most people in his community who needed urgent care in the past few years arrived at the local health centre and "talked to a TV."

October 21, 2026 6:10 pm AST AST

Body of P.E.I. man recovered from Alberta oilsands nine months after death

SOURIS — The body of a P.E.I. man who died while working in the Alberta oilsands near Fort McMurray has been recovered.

October 21, 2026 1:38 pm AST AST

P.E.I. Justice Minister says Islanders deserve answers in cold case investigation

CHARLOTTETOWN — An upcoming review of a decades-old unsolved murder in Prince Edward Island could shed light what went wrong and led prosecutors to abandon the case, said provincial Justice Minister Bloyce Thompson in an interview on Wednesday.

October 21, 2026 4:32 pm AST AST

Appeal of an N.S. RCMP officer's sexual assault acquittal has been abandoned by Crown

AMHERST, N.S. — An appeal of a Nova Scotia RCMP officer's sexual assault charge acquittal has been abandoned by the Crown.

October 21, 2026 12:05 pm AST AST