Atlantic News

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Two New Brunswick men who were acquitted Thursday of a 1983 murder for which they served lengthy prison sentences said they were worried they wouldn't live to see their names cleared.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A community in the St. John's region has discovered that Olympic-grade beach volleyball sand is rare, complicated and expensive to move.

FREDERICTON — An author of a study that New Brunswick's premier cited to back his province's policy on gender identity in schools says the politician had his facts wrong about the research.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A lawyer in Newfoundland has been disbarred by the province's law society for being "ungovernable.

HALIFAX — A former student at Acadia Divinity College has filed a lawsuit against the school in Wolfville, N.S.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The prevalence of online harassment targeting women and non-binary political candidates is a concerning trend that may deter them from running for office, says the P.E.I. Coalition for Women in Government.

HALIFAX — A homeless man who died at a Halifax encampment last month had been fighting for improved income assistance for people living in tents, his lawyer said Wednesday.

FREDERICTON — An advocate for the wrongfully accused says it's possible justice will never be done in a 1983 murder, after the convictions of two New Brunswick men were recently overturned and they wait to learn whether they will be tried again.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Memorial University campus in western Newfoundland is the latest Canadian post-secondary institution to be grappling with what officials are calling a "cybersecurity incident.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A village councillor in Prince Edward Island is being given a bit more time to pay a $500 fine and apologize for displaying a sign on his property denying the existence of residential school graves.