Atlantic Canada News

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. — A salmon farming group is defending its effort to be transparent with the public about the problem of escaped fish in the wake of an incident in which hundreds of fish got loose near the border of Maine and Canada.

PARADISE, N.L. — It's a hockey fan's paradise this weekend as the Toronto Maple Leafs hold their annual training camp in Paradise, N.L.

PARADISE, N.L. — Mitch Marner and Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas put up a united front when speaking to media about the forward's new contract.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Much of Prince Edward Island National Park has reopened to the public after it was hit by post-tropical storm Dorian last weekend, but Parks Canada's incident commander said Friday some parts won't open again until next year.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A provincial cabinet minister in Newfoundland and Labrador has resigned for making comments in a voicemail message deemed racist by one of the province's largest Indigenous groups.

FREDERICTON — Paul McDonnell of Fredericton has been given the 2019 New Brunswick Human Rights Award for his decades of work with children living in the autism spectrum.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Phytoplankton blooms are putting on a unique and colourful show in the waters along Newfoundland's eastern coast.

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. — The Atlantic Salmon Federation is raising concerns about the escape of farmed salmon off the New Brunswick coast in the Bay of Fundy.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick politician Greg Thompson, who served in both the provincial and federal cabinets — including time as minister of Veterans Affairs — has died at the age of 72.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A criminal defence lawyer has been named the first director of Newfoundland and Labrador's independent police watchdog agency.