Atlantic News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has launched its first screening program for lung cancer as it battles the highest rates of the disease in the country.

HALIFAX — For Sean MacDonald, the push to restart a criminal investigation into police destruction of evidence in the Glen Assoun wrongful conviction case matters both for personal reasons and for the precedent it could set.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Hockey players in Newfoundland and Labrador are once again allowed to line up and shake hands after their games.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Two men recently acquitted of a 1983 murder for which they served lengthy prison terms say they appreciate the prime minister taking an interest in their case.

HALIFAX — A 22-year-old Nova Scotia man has been charged with lighting a fire last May that grew to become one of the largest wildfires in the province's history. The Barrington Lake fire southwest of Shelburne, N.S.

HALIFAX — A former political adviser fired by the Nova Scotia premier’s office last fall over a post on her social media that was characterized as antisemitic is suing for wrongful dismissal.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Canadian was in Rome Thursday to deliver a lecture to religious scholars at a centuries-old university about clergy abuse and a proposed zero-tolerance policy that could help stop it.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is on track to create 9,500 new daycare spaces by March 2026 under an agreement with the federal government, Education Department officials told a legislature committee Wednesday.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the federal government's 22nd agreement aimed at speeding up construction of new housing during a visit Wednesday to southern New Brunswick.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Environment officials in P.E.I. say an investigation of a recent fuel spill in Charlottetown harbour has confirmed the smell of diesel on the ice and in the water of a nearby cove.