Atlantic Canada News

OTTAWA — A Liberal MP who is facing an allegation of assault after a weekend visit to a Halifax bar is speaking out, calling the whole thing a case of mistaken identity.

SPRINGDALE, N.L. — There's growing support for students who made another pitch to town councillors after they voted down a rainbow crosswalk in Springdale, N.L., unleashing fierce debate.

MONTREAL — A Montreal-area police officer is among more than 60 people arrested in a wide-ranging crackdown on the Hells Angels and their associates for alleged drug-related activities.

FREDERICTON — Ottawa is imposing strict new measures on the lobster fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in an effort to protect North Atlantic right whales. A total of 18 North Atlantic right whales were killed in Canadian and U.S.

KENSINGTON, P.E.I. — A police force in a tiny Prince Edward Island community is building an international social media audience, leveraging irreverent humour and pop-culture references to draw an audience for serious messages. Const.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The Prince Edward Island government website was back online Monday afternoon after a ransomware attack that blocked it for several hours. "The perpetrator indicated they had encrypted web data.

CLARENVILLE, N.L. — Police in Newfoundland say they're waiting on autopsy results but it appears a female inmate who collapsed alone in a jail cell choked on food. RCMP Staff Sgt. Larry Turner says officers were called around 3:30 p.m.

RODDICKTON, N.L. — Police in northern Newfoundland say a 74-year-old woman has died in a snowmobile collision. The RCMP in Roddickton say they were called to a report of a snowmobile accident in Croque at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday.

FREDERICTON — Tributes were pouring in Monday for veteran New Brunswick and federal politician Keith Ashfield, whose death at the age of 66 was announced Sunday.

FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick member of Parliament is calling for a federal study to take a closer look at the state of Canada's endangered whales.