Atlantic Canada News

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Liberal government got some good pre-election news Tuesday: The auditor general said the province actually had a surplus last year after a decade of deficits.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Irving Oil is expanding its reach with agreements to acquire an Irish-based energy marketing and distribution group of companies.

FOGO ISLAND, N.L. — An injured American bald eagle that had been grounded in a Newfoundland cove for weeks has been captured and sent to a local nature park.

ST. LEONARD, N.B. — New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant held a second day of unofficial election campaigning Monday with a promise to create a new cabinet seat to deal with small business and red tape reduction.

ESCUMINAC, N.B. — Seasonal workers in certain areas of the country will get up to five more weeks of employment insurance benefits under a $189 million pilot project announced Monday by Ottawa.

CAVENDISH, P.E.I. — Police say a Quebec man has drowned while swimming off one of Atlantic Canada's most popular beaches. They say the 43-year-old man was swimming alone off Cavendish Beach in Prince Edward Island.

NASHWAAK VILLAGE, N.B. — A man and woman have died after a single-vehicle crash on a road outside Fredericton. The RCMP say the crash happened Saturday evening on Route 148 in Nashwaak Village, N.B.

FREDERICTON — Political parties in New Brunswick are leaping into campaign mode days before the official start of the provincial election period.

FREDERICTON — The start of a new week marks a time for Fredericton to begin healing as a community, the city's police chief said Sunday, as officers cleaned up a makeshift memorial dedicated to two constables gunned down earlier this month.

FREDERICTON — An emotional afternoon in Fredericton has drawn to a close, although last Friday's tragedy still hangs over the New Brunswick capital after a regimental funeral was held for two constables killed in the line of duty.