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CHARLOTTETOWN — The Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservatives swept to a majority in the provincial election Monday, but one expert notes they enter a second term carrying baggage.

HALIFAX — The federal infrastructure minister is urging Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to apply for about $150 million to protect the land link between their provinces from climate change-related flooding.

HALIFAX — An innovation centre under construction at Saint Mary’s University is getting $20 million in joint funding from the Halifax school and the federal government.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A look at Dennis King of Prince Edward Island’s Progressive Conservatives, who led the party to a majority government Monday night. Age: 51 Early years: King was born Nov. 1, 1971, in Georgetown, P.E.I.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Voters in Prince Edward Island delivered a decisive majority to the incumbent Progressive Conservatives on Monday after an election campaign dominated by debate over health care.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Cape Breton University has raised $84 million to create an energy-efficient facility for teaching and research at its campus in Sydney, N.S.

HALIFAX — The commanding officer of the Nova Scotia RCMP says a civilian member of the federal police force has been charged with sexual assault.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick residents at risk of severe illnesses can now get a spring COVID-19 vaccine booster dose.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's election campaign rolled through its final weekend with the Progressive Conservatives in a celebratory mood, while the Liberals steeled themselves to battle it out with the Greens heading to the ballot Monday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Roman Catholics in Prince Edward Island have a new leader. A message on the website for the Diocese of Charlottetown says Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Joseph Dabrowski as the 14th bishop of Charlottetown.