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• 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.

• Rental car availability plummets while prices continue to climb

  Car rentals in Canada have gone up more than 30 per cent in the past year which is mostly linked to supply and demand.

• N.S. community paramedic program benefiting patient care

  Three years after launching, a community-based paramedic program in Nova Scotia has changed the way some patients receive care.

• Entangled North Atlantic right whale spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada is searching for an endangered North Atlantic right whale that was spotted Thursday entangled in some kind of gear east of Gaspe, Que.

• After N.B. police killing of Indigenous woman, chiefs demand systemic racism inquiry

  The results of the recent coroner's inquest into the police killing of an Indigenous woman in New Brunswick demonstrate the urgent need for an Indigenous-led inquiry into systemic racism, according to the six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation.

• Long weekend kicks off camping season with few restrictions

  In a community some consider 'the gateway' to the Cabot Trail, a mountainside campground in Englishtown, N.S. is preparing to welcome visitors to the famed scenic coastal drive.