Atlantic News

HALIFAX — At his swearing-in ceremony Wednesday morning, Don MacLean, the Halifax police force's first Black permanent chief, paid tribute to the African Nova Scotian officers who came before him.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Liberal leader is on the defensive for comments she made on a podcast months ago that her opponents charge make northern residents in the Bathurst area seem uneducated.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says police are investigating the theft of an undisclosed amount of money from his riding association’s bank account.

HALIFAX — A labour investigator has agreed with federal fishery officers that heavily armed criminals pose a threat to their lives and has ordered managers to take steps immediately to reduce the danger.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Todd Joseph Gallant has pleaded not guilty to the 1988 killing of Prince Edward Island teacher Byron Carr. A spokesperson for the Island's Crown prosecutors' office says the plea was entered today in Supreme Court.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Conservative member of Parliament from Newfoundland and Labrador says there are small towns in his rural district overrun with “crack houses” and child sex trafficking, but police say they haven’t received reports to that effect.

HALIFAX — A device used by researchers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada appears to have been the victim of an attack by a great white shark 300 metres under water off the coast of Nova Scotia.

HALIFAX — A new program to more quickly integrate internationally trained doctors into Nova Scotia’s health system is set to begin in the new year.

FREDERICTON — Improving health care comes through better management, not spending more money, according to New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative leader, who says he'll bring "business acumen" to delivering services if he's re-elected to a third te

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs is promising synagogues, mosques, churches and community organizations more money for security measures, including the installation of surveillance cameras.