Atlantic News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has followed through on his promise to introduce a bill aimed at reducing interprovincial trade barriers, in an effort to boost the economy amid tariff threats by the U.S. president.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey has announced he is leaving politics and will step down once the Liberal party chooses a replacement. Here is a look at the province's 14th premier. Age: 49 Early years: Born in St.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's freedom of information commissioner is calling on the governing party to withdraw legislation that she says weakens the public's right to access government records and documents.

TORONTO — Ontario will replace its main method of cervical cancer screening next week to a more accurate and less frequent test, but the dreaded speculum exam is not in the rear-view just yet.

HALIFAX — The woman charged with attempted murder in the stabbing Sunday of a six-year-old boy on a Halifax sidewalk had recently been arrested for an assault alleged to have occurred in late January. Halifax Regional Police spokesman Const.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier says he is withdrawing amendments to a bill that would have allowed his government to fire the province’s auditor general without cause and veto the public release of her reports.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Irving Paper Ltd. announced Monday it is shutting down half of its operations, blaming what it called "uncompetitive" industrial electricity rates in New Brunswick.

TORONTO — Toronto FC has sent teenage defender Adam Pearlman on a season-long loan to Halifax Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League. The 19-year-old Canadian youth international from Maple, Ont.

HALIFAX — A bill that would allow the Nova Scotia government to carve out a protected riding for the Acadian region of Chéticamp passed the committee stage Monday without changes, despite voter parity concerns raised by the Halifax Chamber of Commerc

FREDERICTON — An external review of police conduct around the wrongful murder convictions of two New Brunswick men has been completed, but the civilian board that oversees the Saint John, N.B.