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• N.B. forest fire still out-of-control, but 'manageable'

  The forest fire in New Brunswick’s Charlotte County has become “manageable” on its third day burning, allowing air tankers and support planes to be shared with Nova Scotia.

  

• Halifax requests federal assistance as out-of-control wildfire burns

  The Halifax mayor is asking for help from the federal government as a wildfire burns in the city’s northwest.

  

• N.S. raises fines for burning to $25,000 as wildfires burn out of control

  Nova Scotia has raised fines for burning to $25,000 after eight illegally-lit fires were reported overnight as multiple wildfires continue to burn out of control in the province.

• 'We've lost it all': Halifax-area woman in limbo after losing her home to wildfire

  Molly Deveau is finding comfort where she can after learning her home was destroyed in an ongoing wildfire northwest of Halifax.

• Wildfire in Bedford, N.S., 80 per cent contained: DNRR

  Fire officials said Wednesday afternoon that a wildfire burning in the Hammonds Plains-area near Bedford, N.S., is about four hectares and is 80 per cent contained.

• Fire danger high in the Maritimes, record heat in Thursday's forecast

  While firefighters were hoping for a break in the dry, windy weather, CTV meteorologist Kalin Mitchell says fire danger remains high over the next 24 hours.

• Committee will oversee changes recommended by inquiry into N.S. shooting

  Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says retired appeals court justice Linda Lee Oland will head a committee to oversee the changes recommended by the public inquiry into the April 2020 mass shootings in Nova Scotia.

• Man shot at by U.S. officer near N.B. border didn't have bomb: police

  A Rhode Island man was due in a Maine courtroom Wednesday after a security scare closed the border crossing between Woodstock, N.B., and Houlton, Maine, earlier this week.

• New Brunswick government invests $2.5 million in Bee Me Kidz

  Bee Me Kidz supports around 1600 children in the Saint John and St. Stephen, N.B., areas.

• 'For God's sake, stop burning': N.S. premier bans all activity in forests, urges residents to abide by burn ban

  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has banned all activity in forests as of Tuesday, and says the wildfire damage is “extensive” and “heartbreaking.”

• Poor air quality remains as Nova Scotia wildfires continue to burn: officials

  Nova Scotia officials are cautioning people to be aware of the risks caused by smoke in the air as wildfires continue to rage in the province.

• Man wanted on provincewide warrant arrested: N.S. RCMP

  Police say a man who was wanted on a provincewide warrant out of Nova Scotia’s Colchester County has been arrested.