Atlantic Canada News

FREDERICTON — More than 100 Canadian soldiers are being deployed across western New Brunswick to help residents threatened by rising floodwaters, which have shown no signs of letting up.

CHARLOTTETOWN — With only a few days before voters were to go to the polls in Prince Edward Island, the Green party suspended all campaigning Saturday after the sudden death of one of its candidates and his young son.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's Green party has suspended campaigning for Tuesday's provincial election, citing the sudden death of one of its candidates.

FREDERICTON — People living along the Saint John River in western New Brunswick are bracing for flooding this weekend as provincial emergency officials are predicting road closures and potential property damage.

WOODSTOCK, N.B. — A New Brunswick man who let his dog starve to death has been sentenced to one year in jail. Court heard Kyle Springer abandoned the dog, a shepherd-mix named Diesel, when he left his rented home to work in Western Canada.

RICHIBUCTO, N.B. — A head-on collision in eastern New Brunswick has claimed the life of a 51-year-old woman from Eel Ground First Nation. RCMP in Richibucto say the crash happened Thursday shortly before 5 p.m. on Route 126 in Hebert.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Federal officials have confirmed that the huge carcass found floating in pack ice off western Newfoundland is that of a blue whale. The federal Fisheries Department says the female whale was first spotted near Fischells, N.L.

CHARLOTTETOWN — With the provincial election in P.E.I. only days away, election officials are reporting a good turnout at advance polls. Elections P.E.I. says 37,865 voters cast ballots over three days this past week. That's 36.

After a brief provincial election campaign devoid of drama, voters on Prince Edward Island appear poised to stir things up and make some history when they cast their ballots Tuesday.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The New Brunswick Southern Railway Co.