Atlantic News

FREDERICTON — A picture-postcard forest on the coast of the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick is being turned into a nature reserve. Nature Conservancy of Canada said Wednesday it has acquired 2.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Myrle Vokey, an educator who created Newfoundland's famed Screech-in ceremony as a way to give people a sense of belonging, died on Saturday at the age of 85, after a road trip and a night out for his 58th wedding anniversary.

HALIFAX — Halifax police say they have ended a search without having found a 26-year-old woman last seen on a kayaking outing at a local lake.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — For decades, folklorists at Memorial University have had a Mrs. W. R. King to thank for sharing the local superstition that a lid left off a kettle as tea was steeping was a sure sign a stranger would soon come knocking.

MONCTON, N.B. — Two migrant workers are suing a New Brunswick seafood processing company for what they allege was "widespread exploitation" and mistreatment.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The hockey community and Prince Edward Island’s premier are paying tribute following the death of Allan Andrews, founder of a renowned hockey school on the island.

STEPHENVILLE, N.L. — A trial began Tuesday for an RCMP officer accused of assaulting an unruly flight passenger after he was escorted off an international flight that had been diverted to an airport in western Newfoundland. Const.

HALIFAX — Police say they shot and killed three dogs this morning that were attacking a woman inside her Halifax home. Halifax Regional Police Const. Paul DesRochers says that at around 8:40 a.m.

HALIFAX — The search continues today for a missing 26-year-old woman who was kayaking Sunday on a lake in Halifax. Halifax Regional Police say the woman's cellphone, kayak and life-jacket have been located by ground search and rescue teams.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland appeared to catch a lucky break Monday with Hurricane Ernesto expected to pass south of the island, but the fast-moving storm was still forecast to bring intense rain over a short period.