Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams has waded into a war of words between doctors and his health minister.

The court of appeal has overturned a decision to send a central Newfoundland man convicted of sexually assaulting teenaged boys to jail.

The City of St. John's is preparing a full review of its aging bus system, one of the oldest in the country.

A man who attacked a woman in Sheaves Cove, on western Newfoundland's Port au Port Peninsula, has been found guilty of assault causing bodily harm and resisting arrest.

A grenade was found near a house in downtown St. John's Tuesday.

The Alberta government will roll out initiatives over the next few weeks to combat what it calls "propaganda campaigns" against the oilsands.

Sim Savory, a veteran of Newfoundland and Labrador's traditional music scene for more than three decades, has died.

The Canadian dollar marched closer to parity with its U.S. counterpart Wednesday, supported both by higher commodity prices and the prospect of continued low American interest rates.

The trial of a Corner Brook police officer charged with impaired driving and mischief wrapped up Wednesday.

Higher oil prices will not be enough for Newfoundland and Labrador to balance the books in its upcoming budget, Premier Danny Williams says.

Canada's Transportation Safety Board says government and industry are not doing enough to address persistent fishing vessel safety problems that have been identified by its investigators

A real estate appraiser working in eastern Newfoundland has had his licence suspended for two years for breaching standards of professional conduct.

The Canadian government should change the Criminal Code to prevent suspects in murder investigations from obtaining bail, a parliamentary committee has been told.

The senior pastor at a large Pentecostal church in St. John's did not know until this week that one of his pastors is facing a sex-related charge.

New Brunswick beer drinkers may be celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a cold pint, but it's unlikely that glass is filled with the provincial brands of beer, Selection Lager and Light.

A Fredericton police officer has pleaded not guilty to an assault charge stemming from an incident that involved a soldier outside a nightclub last summer.

The Codiac Regional RCMP have been following up on more than 600 tips that have come in over the last 19 days since Donna O'Rielly disappeared from a downtown Moncton mall.

The New Brunswick Opposition Conservatives say they now support a review of the controversial MLA pension plan, while the Graham Liberals say they may also support a review of the plan, which is one of the richest political pension plans in the country.

New Brunswick's finance minister says the province has supported the Atcon Group in the past, but may part ways with the financially troubled company in court.

A New Brunswick First Nations chief is calling for band elections to be held every three years to minimize disruption in local communities.

A Moncton man is facing a series of charges in connection wtih a sexual assault of a minor, according to the Codiac Regional Police.

A task force report is recommending Moncton build a new $80-million downtown sports and entertainment complex to replace the city's aging Moncton Coliseum.

Five New Brunswick environmental groups say they are facing financial struggles and uncertain futures if the federal government doesn't come through with funding soon.

Cory Smearer of the Grand Falls Cataracts hockey team pleads not guilty in Grand Falls provincial court to assault causing bodily harm to another player.

Woodstock town police and Carleton-York RCMP are continuing to search for a 30-year-old man who has been missing for nearly a month, despite failing to uncover any clues to his whereabouts during extensive ground and air searches.

A New Brunswick judge has given the owner of the Atcon Group another week to try to save a division of his debt-ridden operation.

A 27-year-old Saint John woman has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal stabbing in the city's uptown on Monday.

A 15-year-old girl has died after being struck by a vehicle while riding her bicycle in Lakeville, N.B., Monday night.

The head of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says it isn't too late to dial back an 85 per cent-increase in MLA pension benefits and wants the government to strike a citizen's assembly to look at the issue.

The wildfire that destroyed eight homes and sparked a mass evacuation in the Halifax area last spring may have been prevented if fire crews hadn't been delayed in returning to the scene, according to internal Halifax Regional Fire Service documents.

Nova Scotians believe the provincial government should cover travel costs for people who need to leave the province to receive medical care, a poll commissioned by the CBC suggests.

A woman who lives in Garden of Eden, N.S., got a shock when she learned she had been declared dead not once, but twice, in the past five months by the federal government.

Many Canadians enjoyed the warmest St. Patrick's Day ever Wednesday, with many places in the country logging record high temperatures with spring still officially a week away.

HMCS Athabaskan is back home in Halifax after eight weeks in Haiti

The family of a missing Sydney man who disappeared from the mental health unit of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital two weeks ago are questioning how he was able to walk away.

The Halifax Regional Police force says it's not to blame for any delays related to the RCMP's disciplinary review of an officer who fatally shot a man in Cape Breton.

Halifax Regional Police have a 25-year-old woman in custody after a shooting in Dartmouth Tuesday night, but are still looking for two gunmen.

Rudy the dog normally helps others. But firefighters had to rescue him when a fire broke out Tuesday afternoon.

Opposition grew Wednesday to a proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna, with several Arab countries joining Japan in arguing it would hurt poor fishing nations and was not supported by sound science.

The Conservative government is denying reports it was cutting funding to community institutions that provide free internet access to Canadians who don't have affordable access at home or at work.

The Wagmatcook Band Council is welcoming an independent investigation of the shooting death of John Simon by an RCMP officer in 2008.

The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party has paid a $10,000 fine for accepting an illegal campaign donation from a trade union.

Halifax regional police responded to reports of several shots being fired just after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in a north-end Dartmouth neighbourhood.

RCMP have charged five teenagers after a series of rock-throwing incidents at stores and moving vehicles in Stewiacke.

A section of P.E.I.'s longest recreational trail could soon be paved in order to create a safe place for everyone from cyclists to people in wheelchairs.

Malpeque Liberal MP Wayne Easter said the federal government had every intention of cutting funding to the country's Community Access Program (CAP) - which provides internet and computer access to the public - but backed off after public and opposition pressure.

The manager of two of P.E.I.'s Community Access Program sites is pleased to hear the federal government will continue to fund the program.

The University of Prince Edward Island has decided to appeal a P.E.I. Human Rights Commission ruling that said the university discriminated against three staff members when it forced them to retire at age 65.

A U.S. seal hunt protest group says increasing the quota for harp seals will lead to what it calls an "ecological disaster" on Canada's East Coast.

Liberal MP Wayne Easter says Adil Charkaoui is exercising his rights by suing the federal government.

Opposition grew Wednesday to a proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna, with several Arab countries joining Japan in arguing it would hurt poor fishing nations and was not supported by sound science.

A Charlottetown man convicted of luring a 12-year-old girl over the internet was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in jail.

The Conservative government is denying reports it was cutting funding to community institutions that provide free internet access to Canadians who don't have affordable access at home or at work.

Officials with the Summerside Royal Canadian Legion are shocked after someone painted three swastikas on the floor in the building's entryway on Friday.

The City of Charlottetown won't create cycling lanes when it upgrades University Avenue this summer, despite pushing the province to put them on Riverside Drive.

The province is buying a new machine from an Island company that uses recycled asphalt to make shoulders for roadways.

A P.E.I. high school student is hoping to convince Ellen DeGeneres to come to the Cavendish Beach Music Festival this July.

A charge or charges are pending against a 21-year-old woman in connection with a stabbing in Montague Friday night, RCMP said Monday.

Warm, sunny days and cold nights are making for pleasant weather for both skiers and drivers this month on Prince Edward Island.