Atlantic News

HALIFAX — The church musician often napped after service. But on this Sunday in late May, it was a short rest. She awoke to a message from her minister. "There's a wildfire raging. A nearby subdivision is being evacuated.

TORONTO — Postmedia Network Canada Corp. says Jamie Irving has resigned as executive chair of the media conglomerate's board. The owner of the National Post and several other regional newspapers says Irving intends to pursue other opportunities.

A catastrophic implosion ripped apart the Titan submersible, killing all five people aboard as it was descending to the bottom of the North Atlantic during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Thursday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is offering doctors $10,000 to take 50 patients off the province's registry of people waiting for family physicians.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The chair of University of Prince Edward Island’s board of governors has stepped down following a report that describes a toxic culture of harassment and racism at the school.

HALIFAX — As the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard continued about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland, two federal cabinet ministers came forward Wednesday to say the Canadian government's focus is on saving lives, not on the

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia mayor says a patient died last week in his Annapolis Valley town after going into cardiac arrest at a hospital where no doctor was present. Mayor Sylvester Atkinson of Middleton, N.S.

A group of New Brunswick Progressive Conservative constituency presidents is pushing for the ouster of Premier Blaine Higgs, saying his leadership has divided the party.

HALIFAX — A Cape Breton-based employment services organization mismanaged more than $1 million in government funds in what Nova Scotia's auditor general says was a "perfect storm" of deliberate, systemic actions that benefited select managers and sta

EGLINGTON, P.E.I. — Prince Edward Island RCMP say they've arrested a man who allegedly abducted a nine-year-old girl at gunpoint.