A repatriation ceremony was held Thursday afternoon for the latest Canadian soldier to die during the Afghan mission at CFB Trenton, in eastern Ontario.

Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority is reassuring expectant mothers that everything is being done to protect the health of their babies despite a shortage of equipment and staff that is forcing pregnant women and newborns out of the province for care.

A fuel tanker carrying more than nine million litres of diesel fuel has run aground in the Northwest Passage, the Canadian Coast Guard has confirmed.

A St. John's man was given a four-month sentence Thursday in a sexual assault case involving a 10-year-old girl, mistaken identity and a New Year's Eve sleepover.

Canada's military leaders should reverse a policy of withholding information about soldiers who are wounded in Afghanistan, critics say.

A western Newfoundland man charged with assaulting and injuring an 80-year-old man in late August has been arrested and charged again twice since then.

The Canadian Coast Guard has called off a search near St. John's after it found no evidence of a small airplane crash into the ocean near the Robin Hood Bay dump that had been reported by a citizen.

Hundreds of people gathered at a quiet vigil in western Newfoundland on Wednesday night to honour a Canadian soldier who died from wounds suffered in an Afghanistan bombing.

The town of Paradise is grappling with an oily mess caused by an abandoned trailer on a piece of land in the community.

Alcohol and excessive speed contributed to the road accident death of a 39-year-old woman near St. John's on Saturday, according to police.

A thief wielded a hatchet overnight to steal money from a St. John's convenience store, police said Thursday.

Construction of a bypass road north of St. John's is dragging on for far too long, frustrated residents told a public meeting Wednesday night.

Newfoundland and Labrador's fuels regulator on Thursday allowed retailers to raise their gas prices by almost two cents per litre.

A pet dog that was attacked by a wolf in western Labrador Sunday has been put down.

A St. John's woman says Newfoundland and Labrador is denying her 88-year-old mother the home care she needs.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre issues a hurricane watch for four Nova Scotia counties and expands its tropical storm watch to include large sections of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

The leader of the Progressive Conservatives was stumped when asked to name his favourite Acadian artist Thursday.

Saint John will host a game of the Canadian Hockey League Super Series between Canada and Russia in November.

The People's Alliance of New Brunswick launches its first-ever election campaign.

New Brunswick needs a government efficiency officer to eliminate duplication and waste inside the provincial government, according to NDP Leader Roger Duguay.

The Liberals are promising a full public consultation when New Brunswick's Official Languages Act is up for review in 2012, according to a party official.

The Atlantic Film Festival will open with Score: A Hockey Musical, Michael McGowan's light-hearted romp through Canada's national sport.

New Brunswick's Liberals are committing to locate an air ambulance service at the Charlo airport on the north shore.

Saint John's Animal Rescue League and the local SPCA are merging this month as the groups hope their combined efforts will help more animals.

A long-time New Brunswick mental health activist is worried that the province's next government will forgo its obligations to the mentally ill.

Liberal Leader Shawn Graham's announcement that Miramichi will be getting its long sought-after MRI unit is garnering criticism for how it was revealed on Wednesday.

Little League officials are scheduled to meet Sept. 8 to discuss possible punishments in the wake of a brawl at the Canadian Senior Little League Championships in New Brunswick last month.

Liberal Leader Shawn Graham has pledged that 1,000 of the 20,000 new jobs his party has promised will be in Miramichi if the Grits are elected Sept. 27.

A group of new Canadians will get a chance to exercise their new rights in the upcoming New Brunswick election.

New Brunswick's NDP is vowing to save $210 million by curtailing the so-called annual "March madness" when departments burn through any money left in their budgets.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre issues a hurricane watch for four Nova Scotia counties and expands its tropical storm watch to include large sections of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

A motorcycle rally in Nova Scotia and an Acadian festival on P.E.I. are still slated to go ahead despite Hurricane Earl's approach.

A Cape Breton man unable to pull up weeds near his property decided to paint them instead.

A controversy over additions to a war memorial in Cumberland County, N.S., has stopped the project.

Electrical problems at a Halifax, N.S., hospital shut down its air conditioning, forcing doctors to cancel some surgeries as the building heated up.

The Nova Scotia SPCA says two dogs were left inside scorching-hot vehicles Thursday, and one owner may be charged.

A Dartmouth man who was found unconscious in a police holding cell has died.

The Atlantic Film Festival will open with Score: A Hockey Musical, Michael McGowan's light-hearted romp through Canada's national sport.

Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea has cut the first steel plate for nine new patrol vessels to be built for the coast guard -a year to the day the contract was announced.

A 65-year-old man was taken to hospital after he was severely beaten at a home in New Waterford Wednesday night.

The blazing hot weather in Nova Scotia has prompted a ban on open fires in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Dartmouth police are investigating a suspicous apartment fire that forced dozens of tenants to flee early Wednesday.

The grandmother of a baby girl found in a Sydney parking lot on Sunday says Community Services knew the living conditions of the baby were not good.

Little League officials are scheduled to meet Sept. 8 to discuss possible punishments in the wake of a brawl at the Canadian Senior Little League Championships in New Brunswick last month.

Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly has taken his first dip in the harbour since the $54-million sewage treatment facility was repaired.

A low-flying police helicopter is patrolling the skies over Prince Edward Island this week on a seek-and-destroy mission to find drugs.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre issues a hurricane watch for four Nova Scotia counties and expands its tropical storm watch to include large sections of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Montague might have an arsonist in its midst and RCMP are considering releasing a video showing the person who set the latest fire.

A former Islander who designs online gambling software says P.E.I. shouldn't get into internet gambling.

The town of Stratford is paying for an in-depth study into what sending its sewage to Charlottetown would mean for the capital city.

A serious motor vehicle accident closed Brackley Point Road in Charlottetown for two hours Wednesday.

Charlottetown shattered its record high temperature for Sept. 1 on Wednesday with a temperature of 30 C.

Environment Canada says there's a 50-50 chance that Hurricane Earl will make landfall at Nova Scotia on Saturday.

Five major school construction projects worth $14-million are ready for Prince Edward Island students.

This year's Terry Fox Run in Summerside is cancelled due to a lack of organizers.

The P.E.I. government says it may need to do more to resolve confusion over the official route of the Trans-Canada Highway in Charlottetown.

The provincial Progressive Conservative party kicked off the first of a series of town hall meetings Tuesday evening.

Innovation P.E.I. and Bell Aliant committed over $330,000 Tuesday to six rural companies developing new information technology.

A Charlottetown man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for not paying two years of income taxes.

The Canadian government will not fund a clinical trial of the so-called liberation therapy for multiple sclerosis at this time, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says.