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• Food inflation rate reaches 40-year high, forcing Maritimers to modify buying habits

  The price of food purchases from Canadian stores was up 9.7 per cent in April compared to last year, making it the largest increase since September 1981.

  

• Four things Canadians can do to save money on their groceries during inflation

  With Statistics Canada reporting a 9.7 per cent increase in food costs over the last year, Canadians are being pushed to find ways to pinch pennies at the grocery stores. Here are some ways to save.

  

• 'It changes everything for us': CAT ferry to make first sailing in three years Thursday

  It’s taken the Cat ferry three years to return to service between Yarmouth, N.S. and Maine in the United States.

• N.S. man facing charges following robbery at Antigonish convenience store

  A man is facing multiple theft charges after a convenience store was robbed in Antigonish, N.S.

• Halifax police release identity of 37-year-old stabbing victim

  Halifax Regional Police have released the identity of a woman who died after she was stabbed early Tuesday morning.

• 'It's pretty exciting': Cape Breton businesses welcome back cruise ship passengers

  The waterfront in Sydney, N.S., was buzzing with activity on Wednesday as passengers with the Holland America Zaandam cruise ship explored the area.

• Fisheries Department issuing licences in N.L. without checking boat registration: TSB

  An investigation into a fatal 2020 fishing accident in Newfoundland has prompted the Transportation Safety Board to call on the federal Fisheries Department to change the way it issues fishing licences.

• N.S. woman opens up about living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome to bring awareness to disorder

  Nicole Regan is opening up about living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that often goes undiagnosed, in hopes of bringing awareness to the life-long chronic condition.

• Elective surgeries, diagnostic imaging services resume at Truro hospital following flood

  Elective surgeries and diagnostic imaging services have resumed at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre in Truro, N.S.

• Record food price hike has some Maritimers cutting down on food waste

  At a time when the cost of pretty much everything seems to be sky-high, the latest inflation figures, which came out Wednesday, were shocking when it came to the price of food.

• P.E.I. park to be named in honour of Mi’kmaw runner

  Michael Thomas was one of the best long distance runners of his era. In 1911, he was the first Prince Edward Islander to ever run the Boston Marathon. He finished 26th that year.

• Students were on school bus involved in fatal two-vehicle collision; N.B. RCMP release ages of victims

  Police have released the ages of the two people who died when a car and school bus collided in Charlo, N.B., Tuesday, and have also confirmed that students were on the bus at the time.