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• N.B. reports 51 new COVID-19 cases; 92 per cent of which are among people who are not fully vaccinated

  New Brunswick Public Health reported 51 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including 47 – or 92 per cent – among people who are not fully vaccinated.

  

• Police in Truro, N.S., investigate hate as possible motive in recent homicide

  Police in Truro, N.S. say they're continuing to investigate a homicide reported last week, including whether it was motivated by hate.

  

• Nova Scotia inching closer to vaccination target with 73.1 per cent now fully vaccinated; drop-in clinics continue

  Public Health wants to have 75 per cent of the province's entire population double dosed. Right now, 73.1 per cent of Nova Scotians are fully immunized.

• Paying more at the pumps; slight increase in gas prices across Maritimes

  Maritimers will be paying more at the pumps this week, as gas prices slightly increased in all three provinces.

• N.B. health minister hopes to release plan to reform health-care next month

  New Brunswick's health minister says change is coming – and the roadmap will come in the form of a healthcare reform plan she says will be released by late October.

• Owner of N.S. Wendy's outlet accused of failing to protect staff from assailant

  Two young women who worked at a Wendy's restaurant in Cape Breton have filed lawsuits against the owner of the fast-food outlet, alleging the company failed to protect them from a supervisor who was later convicted of sexually assaulting staff members.

• Some in N.B. are unclear how new proof of vaccination policy will be enforced

  In less than a week, restaurants, bars, gyms, and other businesses will be required to ask their customers for proof of vaccination per the provincial government's newly announced regulations designed to help control the spread of COVID-19.

• Probe continues into N.S. family's death in travel trailer: 'It may take some time'

  The ongoing investigation into the deaths of a family of six from Amherst continued Wednesday with limited developments and authorities suggesting answers may not come quickly.

• Nova Scotia registers $341.6-million deficit for last year, driven by COVID-19 costs

  Nova Scotia's deficit for the 2020-21 fiscal year is $341.6 million -- a figure the province's finance minister says won't affect the new Tory government's election promise to spend significantly on health care.

• 89-year-old leaves home province for the first time to visit Newfoundland

  A Nova Scotia man and his family took the trip of a lifetime to Newfoundland. The 89-year-old’s trip fulfilled a longtime dream of travelling outside of his home province.

• Negative reaction to vaccine requirements ramps up

  A social media post by the Zatzman Sportsplex was a plea to the public to refrain from verbally abusing staff for enforcing the provincial vaccine policy.

• Unvaccinated could soon mean uninvited for weddings, informal gatherings

  Whether it's a wedding, baby shower or an everyday friendly gathering – a private vaccination policy could soon be another sign of these COVID-19 times.

• Students' return to Halifax buoys hospitality industry

  The influx of university students is good news for bars, restaurants and retail outlets, whose bottom line often depends on the tens of thousands of students who descend on the city in September.

• 'We have a solution to the pandemic' Higgs tells unvaccinated; N.B. reports 63 new cases to set single-day high

  As New Brunswick reported a one-day high of 63 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the province announced that it will require proof of vaccination starting next week to encourage more people to get vaccinated.

• Search crews find body of swimmer who went missing in Annapolis River in Middleton, N.S.

  The body of a swimmer who went missing last weekend in Middleton, N.S., was discovered Wednesday afternoon by search crews.

• Autopsies complete for Nova Scotia family of six killed in fire: RCMP

  Nova Scotia RCMP say the autopsies are complete for the family of six that died in a trailer fire in Millvale, N.S., over the weekend.