Atlantic Canada News

BATHURST, N.B. — Police in Bathurst, N.B., say a male is in custody after a shot was fired at a local bar early Saturday morning. The Bathurst Police Force say they responded to a complaint of a gunshot at Tom's Karaoke Bar around 1:30 a.m.

MONCTON, N.B. — Defenceman Noah Dobson looked quite comfortable in his new colours.

CONNE RIVER, N.L. — A Newfoundland man has been charged with the first-degree murder of a 28-year-old Indigenous woman whose death shook her small, rural First Nation.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — With a provincial election set for October, Newfoundland and Labrador's premier is asking voters to stick with his Liberal government.

CONNE RIVER, N.L. — A Newfoundland First Nation is grieving after the suspicious death of an Indigenous woman, saying it shows the national crisis has no boundaries.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The former deputy chief of the Saint John police force has told the Dennis Oland murder trial he did not ask an officer to lie about his visits to the bloody crime scene where Richard Oland's body was found.

GRAND BAY-WESTFIELD, N.B. — A minor earthquake rattled windows and knocked dishes off shelves in a small community in southern New Brunswick on Thursday.

RODDICKTON, N.L. — Federal fisheries officers are assessing dozens of stranded seals causing havoc for residents of a small Newfoundland town. The wayward animals have been blocking roads, driveways and doors in Roddickton, N.L.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Federal officials say crews removed more oil than expected from a decades-old shipwreck off Newfoundland.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's cannabis retailer is laying off staff, saying it has a better understanding of "operational needs" three months after the historic legalization of recreational marijuana.