Atlantic Canada News

FREDERICTON — Bilingualism in New Brunswick emerged as a top issue as party leaders squared off Thursday evening in their final televised exchange ahead of Monday's provincial election.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The Mounties in Prince Edward Island have laid charges against a 54-year-old man after one of their patrol vehicles was repeatedly rammed while on duty in Cornwall.

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — A driving instructor working for the Newfoundland and Labrador government is facing possible jail time after he was caught taking a bribe in an undercover police operation.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting one new case of COVID-19. Public health officials say the individual who contracted the virus is a resident of the provincial health zone that includes the Edmundston region.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador will see its first budget under newly installed Premier Andrew Furey at the end of the month, the province's finance minister announced Thursday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Calgary's Cavalry FC earned the first win of the second round of the Canadian Premier League's 2020 season on Wednesday, taking a 3-1 victory over Pacific FC of Langford, B.C.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's party leaders clashed on how to address health care services, education and economic development in a televised debate Wednesday night.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Husky Energy Inc. is asking the federal government and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador to make a "direct investment" in its partly completed $2.2-billion West White Rose offshore oil project.

FREDERICTON — Another political party in New Brunswick has dropped a candidate for next week's provincial election because of past comments made online.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Police have ruled out charges against a former Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet minister and a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer over the leak of a police promotion list before it was seen by the executive council.