Atlantic News

CHARLOTTETOWN — The Prince Edward Island government has ordered an investigation into the land holdings of two Buddhist organizations in the province.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia woman who was awarded damages after her ex-boyfriend posted an explicit picture of her alongside a fake online ad for sex work initially went to police to report what she said was a pattern of harassment.

HALIFAX — The number of new public housing units planned in Nova Scotia is set to double under the province's capital plan for the 2025-26 fiscal year, as thousands of people crowd the province's affordable housing wait-list.

OTTAWA — Two Nova Scotia men are asking the Federal Court to declare the current suspension of Parliament illegal because there must be a "reasonable justification" for hitting the pause button.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is once again trying to off-load its ski resort. The province has published a request for proposals to purchase its Marble Mountain Ski Resort in western Newfoundland.

HALIFAX — A lack of mental health care tailored to rural Black Nova Scotians is one of several problems yet to be properly addressed by the province, more than one year after an inquiry report into the Lionel Desmond tragedy recommended reforms.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Newfoundland man said he felt as if someone had punched him when he was told last month that an independent office of the Newfoundland and Labrador government had cremated and buried his sister without telling him.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government is projecting a budget deficit of nearly $400 million for the current fiscal year. The province's third-quarter fiscal update released today says the $398.

HALIFAX — Environment Canada issued a flurry of weather warnings Wednesday as a huge winter storm was forecast to descend across parts of Ontario and Quebec and quickly spread to Atlantic Canada.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's NDP leader is cautioning the government against rushing through the upcoming sitting of the legislature as the province’s economy faces economic threats from the United States.