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Man in Newfoundland drives to police station where he is accused of drunk driving

Man in Newfoundland drives to police station where he is accused of drunk driving

LEWISPORTE, N.L. — A man who drove to a police station in Newfoundland to talk about an investigation was arrested for drunk driving shortly after he arrived. The Mounties in the coastal community of Lewisporte, N.L.
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QMJHL Roundup: Rudy Guimond perfect as Wildcats blank Eagles 3-0

SYDNEY, N.S. — Rudy Guimond stopped all 26 shots he faced as the Moncton Wildcats blanked the Cape Breton Eagles 3-0 on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.
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Canada's top court to hear appeal of Indigenous Nova Scotia man's assault sentence

Canada's top court to hear appeal of Indigenous Nova Scotia man's assault sentence

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal of a sentence given to an Indigenous man from Nova Scotia who brutally attacked his Indigenous common law partner.
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Sales of U.S. products 'dropping' at Empire-owned grocers amid tariff uncertainty

Sales of U.S. products 'dropping' at Empire-owned grocers amid tariff uncertainty

Empire Co. Ltd.'s CEO says the grocer is seeing sales of products from the U.S. "rapidly dropping" as shoppers look to support the Canadian economy and avoid the potential effects of tariffs.
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Nova Scotia NDP urging public to weigh in on the government's 'overreaching' bills

Nova Scotia NDP urging public to weigh in on the government's 'overreaching' bills

HALIFAX — A series of contentious Nova Scotia government bills — including one that would lift a ban on fracking and uranium mining — come before a legislature committee next week, and the province’s Opposition leader is urging the public to make its
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Psychiatric assessment for young woman charged in stabbing of child in Halifax

Psychiatric assessment for young woman charged in stabbing of child in Halifax

HALIFAX — A 19-year-old woman accused of stabbing a six-year-old boy in downtown Halifax last month has been ordered to undergo a 30-day psychiatric assessment. Elliott Chorny made an appearance today by video in Nova Scotia provincial court.
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Tariff war: New Brunswick premier says cutting power to Maine still an option

Tariff war: New Brunswick premier says cutting power to Maine still an option

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says it's unlikely the province will cut off the electricity NB Power supplies to northern Maine as the trade war with the United States drags on, but she says that could change.
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Unsafe tap water is common in Newfoundland. This town just overcame a 1989 boil order

Unsafe tap water is common in Newfoundland. This town just overcame a 1989 boil order

ST. JOHN'S — A boil-water advisory in place since 1989 has been lifted in one Newfoundland fishing community, but dozens of other rural towns in the province are still struggling with long-standing government orders to avoid drinking tap water.
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Jeremy Dutcher joins other musicians and withdraws from East Coast Music Awards amid leadership turmoil

Jeremy Dutcher joins other musicians and withdraws from East Coast Music Awards amid leadership turmoil

Jeremy Dutcher says he's withdrawing his eight nominations from the East Coast Music Awards in solidarity with other musicians boycotting the event.
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Tariff war forcing N.B. to cut trade barriers, go into deficit in next week's budget

Tariff war forcing N.B. to cut trade barriers, go into deficit in next week's budget

FREDERICTON — Nearly seven years after the New Brunswick government went to the Supreme Court to prevent the free movement of alcohol across the country, Premier Susan Holt says the tariff war with the United States is forcing the province to rethink
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