Atlantic News

SHUBENACADIE, N.S. — A 73-year-old man was found dead after a house fire in the small Nova Scotia community of Shubenacadie. RCMP say that at 7:15 a.m.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — An airport executive in Labrador hopes a new energy deal with Quebec could help attract a competing airline company to the northern region, where flights costs have climbed at more than three times the national rate.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia provincial court judge has lost again in court in a case that began over her refusal to disclose her COVID-19 vaccination status.

FREDERICTON — The most common names for newborns in New Brunswick in 2024 were Noah and Charlotte. Service New Brunswick says other popular names this year included Liam, Oliver, Henry, Jack, Olivia, Amelia, Elizabeth and Ellie.

HALIFAX — For more than 150 years, the stout and tidy Walton Harbour lighthouse in Nova Scotia has stood watch from a cliff overlooking the upper Bay of Fundy.

LIVERPOOL, N.S. — Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher earned two victories on the opening day at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials.

HALIFAX — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is investigating whether debris found on the runway of an airport in St. John's is connected to the plane that caught fire over the weekend after it landed on a Halifax runway.

FREDERICTON — Motorists caught in New Brunswick for driving while impaired will face additional immediate consequences under new penalties that take effect Jan. 1.

HALIFAX — The most popular name for a baby born in Nova Scotia this year was Theodore. Service Nova Scotia says other names in the top ten are William, Jack, Noah, Charlotte, and Amelia.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Preston Lounsbury and Alex Mercier scored two goals apiece as the Moncton Wildcats topped the Charlottetown Islanders 6-3 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday.