Atlantic News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Team Brad Gushue says the rink and second E.J. Harnden are parting ways. Harnden spent two-plus seasons with the team. There's no immediate word on why he's leaving the St. John's-based squad.

FREDERICTON — With New Brunswick's provincial election approaching, a housing advocacy group is calling on the next government to strengthen tenants' rights, particularly through caps on rent increases.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The member of Parliament for Nunavut is urging people in northern Labrador to complain directly to the federal government about food prices that have been described as inhumane.

HALIFAX — A Halifax-area couple has been ordered to pay nearly $61,000 in damages and $4,000 in court costs after their dog attacked and injured a homecare nurse at their residence in 2016. In a written decision dated Sept.

HALIFAX — A 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy near a Halifax mall earlier this year.

HALIFAX — At his swearing-in ceremony Wednesday morning, Don MacLean, the Halifax police force's first Black permanent chief, paid tribute to the African Nova Scotian officers who came before him.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Liberal leader is on the defensive for comments she made on a podcast months ago that her opponents charge make northern residents in the Bathurst area seem uneducated.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says police are investigating the theft of an undisclosed amount of money from his riding association’s bank account.

HALIFAX — A labour investigator has agreed with federal fishery officers that heavily armed criminals pose a threat to their lives and has ordered managers to take steps immediately to reduce the danger.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Todd Joseph Gallant has pleaded not guilty to the 1988 killing of Prince Edward Island teacher Byron Carr. A spokesperson for the Island's Crown prosecutors' office says the plea was entered today in Supreme Court.