Atlantic Canada News

It's a decision that sparks joy for some, and chaos for others: The snow day.

MONCTON, N.B. — A survey of sea life in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence has found corals, sharks, sharp-toothed wolffish and even an unexpected invertebrate along with the crustaceans and groundfish that make the region a fishing mecca.

FREDERICTON — A 58-year-old New Brunswick snowmobiler has died three days after colliding with a car. RCMP say the man from Rothesay was crossing the Rusagonis Road, near Fredericton, when he was struck by the car last Saturday.

An Ottawa-based think tank is predicting rising growth for all four Atlantic provinces — especially tiny P.E.I., which is expected to lead the country with 3.2 per cent growth this year.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's education minister says there are serious concerns with the province's French immersion program, and he's asking for public input on how to fix it.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A fast-growing New Brunswick seafood giant is partnering with lifestyle guru Martha Stewart for a new product line. Cooke Aquaculture Inc.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Crown-owned power utility is partnering with a Florida-based company to develop power plants that would use hydrogen extracted from seawater as their fuel.

OROMOCTO, N.B. — The Canadian Armed Forces has released the name of a soldier and Afghanistan veteran found dead at New Brunswick's Gagetown base on Monday. He has been identified as 41 year-old Warrant Officer Mark Boychuck.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Environmentalists fearing the consequences of an oil spill in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, home to thousands of marine species, went to court Monday to fight an offshore exploration licence.

CAP-PELE, N.B. — For the second time in just 17 days, a New Brunswick fish processor has lost a major plant to fire, but the company is downplaying speculation of foul play.