Atlantic News

FREDERICTON — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it has dropped its legal challenge against the New Brunswick government because the province reversed a "harmful" policy on transgender students.

HALIFAX — Halifax police say a 21-year-old woman has died after she was hit on a marked crosswalk by an impaired driver. Around 5:45 p.m.

HALIFAX — A councillor with Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia says a cleanup plan approved by Ottawa will mean further delays in the removal of contaminated sludge that been a scourge on his community for decades.

HALIFAX — The group behind a plan to build a coastal refuge in Nova Scotia for captive whales says its bid to provide sanctuary for two orcas from a marine park in France has been rejected by the French government. Lori Marino, president of the U.S.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Data belonging to hundreds of thousands of Newfoundland and Labrador students was breached in a cyberattack targeting an information system used by schools across the country.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's government has appointed a team for the next round of negotiations with Hydro-Québec, as the provinces' public utilities work to hammer out a sweeping energy deal.

HALIFAX — Ottawa has issued the latest version of how it is proposing to distribute licences for the lucrative baby eel fishery in the Maritimes.

HALIFAX — The Royal Canadian Navy has identified the sailor who died Friday after a small military boat capsized in the north end of Halifax harbour.

TORONTO — Peavey Industries LP says it is closing its stores across Canada.

HALIFAX — Federal Transport Minister Anita Anand has ordered an audit of the ferry service between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island after a season plagued by delays and interruptions.