Atlantic Canada News

CHARLOTTETOWN — Police in Charlottetown say they're investigating a suspicious death.

FREDERICTON — A recent Supreme Court decision about Indigenous hunting rights on the west coast may have implications for First Nations groups who straddle the Maine - New Brunswick border on the opposite side of the country.

BATHURST, N.B. — Jaxon Bellamy scored the winner at 11:10 of overtime, and Jan Bednar stopped 41 shots as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan edged the Saint John Sea Dogs 4-3 on Friday in the 2021 President's Cup Series.

GRAND FALLS, N.B. — The federal government has approved New Brunswick's request for help in dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19 at a long-term care facility.

CORNER BROOK, N.L. — A Newfoundland and Labrador prosecutor has conditionally withdrawn two charges against a man who had been accused of threatening provincial politicians. George Brake, 67, appeared in a Corner Brook, N.L.

MONCTON, N.B. — New Brunswick is opening a special clinic for patients suffering from an unknown brain disease that has affected at least 47 people in the province and killed six.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Last Friday, a Parole Board of Canada decision gave Greg Parsons a momentary reprieve from weeks of night terrors and unearthed trauma.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is walking back its plan to rename Red Indian Lake following an uproar from nearby residents who said they weren't consulted and don't agree with the new Mi'kmaq name.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday. Health officials said the Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton regions each had two new cases, the Edmundston area had three new cases and the Bathurst region had one.

MONCTON, N.B. — Walmart Canada is building a new distribution centre in Atlantic Canada to ship fresh and frozen groceries to the retailer's 43 stores in the region.