Atlantic News

HALIFAX — A small town in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley elected its first all-women council last week, a "historic" result at a time when women continue to face barriers to entering local politics, says a member of the Federation of Canadian Municip

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A 77-year-old Kansas man who died last weekend in a western Newfoundland hotel fire was fulfilling a dream of hunting a moose — and his daughter says he got one.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announced a cabinet shuffle Friday, appointing Tim Halman as finance minister and deputy premier.

HALIFAX — Piper Gilles says she and Paul Poirier will skate until they run out of gas. Right now, the tank is full for Canada’s top ice dancers. "We're going to keep skating until we feel like we have nothing left to give,” Gilles said.

HALIFAX — About 20 kilometres northwest of downtown Halifax, at the corner of Hopeful and Belief, lie rows of tiny homes, each with their own brightly coloured porch chair, waiting for their first occupants.

FREDERICTON — Susan Holt, New Brunswick's premier-designate, met with her newly elected Liberal team on Thursday and announced their top priorities for the coming weeks.

HALIFAX — A Sikh organization says the body of a 19-year-old employee was found in a Walmart bakery oven on Saturday by her mother — a co-worker at the Halifax store.

FREDERICTON — Chief Allan Polchies is excited about New Brunswick's new Liberal provincial government. Polchies, of St.

HALIFAX — The Canadian pairs team of Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will join fellow world champions Ilia Malinin and Kaori Sakamoto to headline a strong field at Skate Canada International this week.

PICTOU, N.S. — A Nova Scotia excavation company has been fined $80,000 after a worker died when scaffolding collapsed on one of its job sites. In a decision released Wednesday, a Nova Scotia provincial court judge in Pictou, N.S.