Atlantic Canada News

FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick man accused of murdering four people, including two police officers, in a shooting spree last August was back in a Fredericton courtroom Friday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Ches Crosbie, the leader of Newfoundland and Labrador's Progressive Conservative party, says a candidate opposed to legal abortion and same-sex marriage will not be in the Tory caucus if elected on May 16.

MONCTON, N.B. — Three organizations that focus on palliative care will receive $4.5 million in funding from Ottawa.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Elections Newfoundland and Labrador says more than 21,000 people have cast ballots in the advance poll for next week's provincial election.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The Crown and defence in a high-profile New Brunswick murder trial agree there was a lack of direct evidence, but they differ on how that should be viewed by the judge.

ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION, N.B. — New Brunswick's Elsipogtog First Nation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ottawa that could lead to negotiations on a Mi'kmaq claim of Aboriginal title to a third of the province.

RICHIBUCTO, N.B. — New Brunswick RCMP say a 78-year-old man has died of injuries sustained in a head-on collision last month that killed a 51-year-old woman. Police say the man, from Smith's Corner, N.B., died Tuesday.

GEORGETOWN, P.E.I. — Dennis King appealed for co-operation from his political opponents as he took office Thursday as Prince Edward Island's 33rd premier. The Tory leader and his eight-member cabinet were sworn in by Lt.-Gov.

TRACADIE, N.B. — RCMP in northeastern New Brunswick say a 94-year-old man is dead after a single vehicle crash. The accident occurred on Highway 11 near Tracadie early Thursday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — With Newfoundland and Labrador a week away from a general election, three recent polls with conflicting results suggest a tight race between the Liberals and Tories.