Atlantic News

DARTMOUTH, N.S. — Police are investigating the sudden death of a 56-year-old man at a homeless encampment across the harbour from downtown Halifax.

HALIFAX — On the heels of a resounding election victory one month ago, Nova Scotia’s premier is adopting a more measured tone when it comes to assessing his province’s relationship with the federal government.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Police in Saint John, N.B. are investigating the sudden death of a 30-year-old woman. The woman was found unconscious on the ground in the 600-block area of Lancaster Avenue at around 4 a.m. on Tuesday.

TRURO, N.S. — The deaths of two men in Colchester County, N.S., have been deemed homicides. RCMP say a 25-year-old Pictou Landing First Nation man died on Dec. 21 and a 27-year-old man from Truro was reported dead the following day.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia charity is planning to serve at least 600 free traditional dinners over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to spread a little bit of holiday cheer.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As Gwen Perry prepares for a Christmas without contact from her son, who is locked inside a notorious Newfoundland jail, she wants people to understand that many inmates need help, not incarceration.

HALIFAX — Parts of the Maritimes that were hit by a weekend snowstorm are in for more of the white stuff this Christmas Eve.

MONTREAL — Immigrants are increasingly choosing to stay in Quebec, according to a new report from Statistics Canada, but the same isn't true in the Atlantic region, which continues to lose newcomers to the rest of the country.

TORONTO — Public health officials reported another 10 cases of measles in Ontario linked to an exposure in New Brunswick, bringing the number of patients affected by the outbreak to 37 as of mid-December.

HALIFAX — Three critically endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted entangled in fishing gear off the United States’ eastern seaboard this month, a number that researchers say is "devastating but not unusual.