Atlantic Canada News

SAINT-QUENTIN, N.B. — One man is dead following an early morning fire in northwestern New Brunswick. RCMP and fire crews responded to an apartment building on Canada Street in Saint-Quentin shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick pharmacists are throwing their support behind legislation removing non-medical immunization exemptions in public schools and licensed early childcare facilities.

FREDERICTON — The only woman on Fredericton city council says she feels shut out when trying to advocate for change. Kate Rogers said Wednesday she has decided to speak out publicly because her private efforts weren't working.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A classic Shakespearean tragedy put to rock 'n' roll has given rise to moments of restorative joy to the Canadian composer witnessing its rebirth after 45 years.

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Police in Summerside, P.E.I., are encouraging motorists to stop being quite so nice — because it's causing accidents. Sgt.

GRAND BANK, N.L. — The sad case of a mother who abandoned her two young sons to seek out oxycodone while on probation speaks to the devastating hold an opioid addiction can have over a user's life, a Newfoundland judge says.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health says a measles outbreak in the province is officially over. "We had no severe cases and no deaths," Dr. Jennifer Russell said Monday as she announced the news in Saint John.

Paul McCartney says he was a little anxious about singing "Blackbird" at a weekend concert after meeting a Cape Breton teenager behind a much-discussed Mi'kmaq rendition of the Beatles classic.

TRINITY, N.L. — Once a bustling family attraction and the site of a rare piece of North American railway history, visiting the Trinity Train Loop in eastern Newfoundland now feels like walking into a post-apocalyptic movie scene.

KENSINGTON, P.E.I. — John Davison says he received three new leads on Saturday as to who could've stolen a giant head from the Haunted Mansion he owns in Kensington, P.E.I. The statue representing one of the attraction's characters, Dr.