Atlantic News

LANSDOWNE STATION — Police say a search for two young children believed to have wandered away from their home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia is set to resume on Sunday.

ST. JOHN'S — Liberals in Newfoundland and Labrador elected John Hogan as leader and the province’s new premier designate on Saturday.

EDEN LAKE — Nova Scotia RCMP say they have recovered the body of a missing youth from a lake in rural Pictou County. Police say the search began Thursday after a report that a kayak had overturned on Eden Lake.

LANSDOWNE STATION — Ground search teams and an RCMP aerial drone joined the search Friday for two young children who are believed to have wandered from a home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia earlier in the day.

ST. JOHN'S — If all goes to plan, many in Newfoundland and Labrador will likely remember outgoing premier Andrew Furey for ending a decades-old lopsided energy deal with Quebec, according to his inbox.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's electric utility says personal information belonging to some customers was taken during a recent cybersecurity breach.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has written to the newly elected prime minister calling for urgent action to develop national trade and resource corridors to provide an alternative to commerce with the United States.

HALIFAX — A 16-year-old boy accused of making threats against a downtown high school in Halifax is now facing added charges of illegally possessing weapons and promoting hatred against Jewish and Black people.

GOLD RIVER — Some Mi'kmaq harvesters say working within Ottawa's quotas for the contentious baby eel fishery is helping calm the tense atmosphere in their river workplaces.

ST. JOHN'S — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is installing a bronze plaque to commemorate the safe return of seven fishermen who survived days at sea in a life-raft after their vessel went down in flames last year.