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• Claudia Chender sole candidate running as leader of Nova Scotia's NDP

  Claudia Chender is the unopposed candidate running to be the next leader of Nova Scotia's New Democratic Party.

  

• Long weekend kicks off Maritime tourism season

  The long May weekend is a traditional kickoff for seasonal tourism operators around the Maritimes, and there’s already early signs of a busy summer ahead.

  

• 'She's making my dreams come true': 12-year-old Cape Breton cancer fighter keeps on fundraising

  Last week, Molly Wadden and her father set up a musical fundraiser at the Cape Breton Farmers Market. On Saturday, the two returned with a cheque for the Make-A-Wish Foundation for $13,062.85.

• Kalin's Call: Warmer temperatures, risk of thunderstorms expected for long weekend

  Some warmer temperatures are expected for the Maritimes during the upcoming May long weekend. With that, however, brings a few rounds of showers with a risk of thunderstorms.

• Costs reach $25.6 million for public inquiry into 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia

  The public inquiry into Nova Scotia's mass shooting has already cost $25.6 million to investigate the April 18-19, 2020, rampage -- and there are still about five months remaining in its mandate.

• P.E.I. to lift COVID-19 masking order in schools, daycares on Monday

  Prince Edward Island is ending its pandemic-related mask mandates on Monday for K-12 schools, school buses, early learning centres and child-care facilities.

• N.B. minister says Chantel Moore inquest recommendations being sent to police forces for review

  New Brunswick’s minister of public safety said Friday morning that the recommendations on policing that have come out of the Chantel Moore coroner’s inquest will be reviewed by municipal police forces across the province over the next six months.

• 'We're excited': Businesses optimistic with return of CAT Ferry service

  Passengers on The CAT ferry were greeted with a warm welcome as they arrived in Yarmouth Thursday night.

• Calls for compassion following firey Moncton town hall on crime, homelessness

  There were a lot of angry voices at Thursday night’s town hall meeting on crime and homelessness in Moncton.

• Lawsuit alleges Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer raped off-duty colleague

  A Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer has launched a civil suit against the province, alleging she was raped by a colleague in 2014 after he offered her a ride home from a night of drinking.

• Former RCMP officers weigh in on N.S. Mass Casualty Commission testimony

  As a former undercover RCMP officer and depot instructor, Calvin Lawrence has a blunt assessment of the RCMP response to Nova Scotia’s April 2020 massacre.

• P.E.I. RCMP seek video footage in connection with altercation between two motorists

  The East Prince RCMP is seeking video footage from the public that may assist in their investigation into an altercation between two motorists in Wilmot Valley, P.E.I.