Atlantic News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will mark the coronation of King Charles III with a series of events in Halifax that include a garden party, a flag-raising ceremony and the unveiling of the King's portrait.

HALIFAX — The federal-provincial inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting last month published a 3,000-page final report with dozens of recommendations.

HALIFAX — As the third anniversary of the Nova Scotia mass shooting approaches, Tammy Oliver-McCurdie is preparing for a simple ritual to remind her of the loved ones she lost.

HALIFAX — Joan Clark, acclaimed Canadian author and Order of Canada recipient, has died. She was 88. Clark wrote more than 15 books for adults and children, including An Audience of Chairs, Latitudes of Melt and The Dream Carvers.

Canada's largest French-language university outside of Quebec has launched a process to review the school's connection to a British military figure involved in the deportation of Acadians.

DARTMOUTH, N.S. — One man is in hospital after an early morning stabbing at a Dartmouth hotel. Police were called to the parking lot of the Best Western just before 3 a.m. Sunday. When officers arrived, they found a 43-year-old man with stab wounds.

HALIFAX — Federal fisheries officials shut down the lucrative baby eel fishery in the Maritimes on Saturday amid growing concerns of illegal poaching and violence.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Hundreds of people were temporarily emptied out of a downtown St. John's hotel Friday afternoon after a chlorine gas leak in the facility's pool area, officials said.

HUBBARDS, N.S. — A man who police say was assaulted with a pipe is now facing a charge for uttering threats during an argument that occurred just before the alleged attack.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Though Muskrat Falls has weighed heavily on Newfoundland and Labrador's finances and residents' morale, reaction was surprisingly muted to an announcement this week that the project is finally considered to be in working order.