Atlantic Canada News

FREDERICTON — A law firm representing the estate of Chantel Moore has filed a pair of complaints with the New Brunswick Police Commission in connection with her death.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Innu Nation has filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission alleging the federal government spends more money removing children from homes than keeping families together.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting one new case of COVID-19. Authorities said today the case involves a person in their 60s in the Fredericton region.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The five new COVID-19 cases reported by Prince Edward Island Wednesday involve foreign essential workers who arrived in the province July 30, according to chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Lawyers contesting Newfoundland and Labrador's travel ban say the policy is arbitrary and violates mobility rights guaranteed in the charter.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's premier says he's willing to call an election as early as next week if opposition parties refuse a deal to keep his minority government in power until the fall of 2022, or until the COVID-19 pandemic is over.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick reported a case of COVID-19 on Tuesday, ending a four-day stretch without new instances of the illness.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A second person who works on the St. John's-shot TV series "Hudson & Rex" has tested positive for COVID-19, but the show's producer says the two cases linked to the canine-cop program do not pose a risk to the community.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is proposing that he and the leaders of the opposition parties sign a formal agreement not to trigger an election until 2022 — or until the pandemic is declared over.

QUISPAMSIS, N.B. — New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative Party has confirmed Premier Blaine Higgs as its candidate in the Quispamsis riding, as speculation continues that a provincial election may be called shortly.