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N.B. reports 118 COVID-19 cases on first full day of winter action plan

N.B. reported 118 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, along with 87 recoveries, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 752.

P.E.I. school to close for one week after two more COVID-19 cases

Prince Edward Island announced two new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, both linked to Ecole La-Belle-Cloche in Souris.

N.S. school to close to contain spread of COVID-19

A Halifax-area school will be closed this week due to COVID-19.

FILE - AN empty teacher's desk is pictured at the front of a empty classroom at Mcgee Secondary school in Vancouver on Sept. 5, 2014. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)

Halifax police investigate break-ins at two schools

Charity and community organizations busy this Christmas season

The spirit of giving is very much alive this Christmas season in the Maritimes.

Still no sign of missing Cape Breton senior

The search for a missing Cape Breton senior resumed Sunday after it was suspended Saturday night.

Some upset over N.S. hockey tournament change of venue

The Riverview Red Cup, a popular high school hockey tournament in Cape Breton, will soon have a new home for the first time in more than four decades.

Military repairing cracks in the tails of most CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopters

The Canadian military says it has discovered cracks in the tails of 19 of its 23 Cyclone maritime helicopters.

Prince Edward Island reports five new COVID-19 cases Saturday

P.E.I. reported five new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.

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Canada introduces temporary exemption for stranded travellers in South Africa

After expanding its travel ban to include 10 countries in southern Africa, the Canadian government has introduced a temporary exception for travellers who provide a negative PCR test within 48 hours of departing.

Passengers make their way through Montreal-Trudeau airport in Montreal, on Dec. 1, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson)

Canada not in midst of housing bubble: Former housing and mortgage head

The former CEO of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says the many factors contributing to Canada's increasingly hot housing market, while notable, aren't cumulating in a housing bubble.

B.C. expands disaster financial assistance program after flooding, landslides

British Columbia has expanded emergency financial assistance for people affected by extensive flooding and landslides over the last three weeks.

Canadian employers, facing labour shortage, accommodate the unvaccinated

Canada's tight labour market is forcing many companies to offer regular COVID-19 testing over vaccine mandates, while others are reversing previously announced inoculation requirements even as Omicron variant cases rise.

Chris Cuomo was accused of harassment days before CNN firing

A new allegation of sexual harassment against Chris Cuomo emerged just days before CNN announced it was firing the anchor amid an investigation into work he did defending his brother from similar harassment allegations.