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COVID case count concerns in N.B. as two hospitals battle outbreaks

As concern continues to grow surrounding The Moncton Hospital's COVID-19 outbreak, Horizon's Saint John Regional Hospital also declared a COVID-19 outbreak Friday evening.

RV fire temporarily shuts down Highway 104 near Havre Boucher, N.S.

An RV fire temporarily shut down Highway 104 near Havre Boucher Friday afternoon.

Pedestrian in hospital with 'potentially life-threatening' injuries: HRP

A pedestrian is in hospital with what Halifax Regional Police are calling potentially life-threatening injuries after a collision Friday night.

Storm damage leaves a dozen residents stranded in Cape Breton community

About a dozen people are still stranded after a storm battered Cape Breton earlier this week.

'This land belongs to the Mi’kmaq people': Historic land transfer on Nova Scotia’s south shore

Jim and Margaret Drescher have owned Windhorse Farm in New Germany, N.S. for more than 30 years, but now, the pair has decided to return the land to a people who know it even better.

Some lineups, but no crowds, for Black Friday in N.S.

With doors opening at 8 a.m., some shoppers did line up early at Best Buy in Dartmouth Crossing, hoping to snag Black Friday deals in person.

130 children receive COVID-19 vaccine on P.E.I. as province holds its first clinic

Prince Edward Island held its first COVID-19 pediatric vaccine clinic Friday for children ages five to 11 years old.

N.B. health officials report 99 new COVID-19 cases as children's vaccination begins

New Brunswick today launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children aged five to 11 as the province continued to see high numbers of new cases.

Prime minister approves request for military help as Newfoundland deals with flooding

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has approved a request for military assistance for southwestern Newfoundland, where road washouts from a punishing rainstorm have left the region cut off from the rest of the province.

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Canada bans travellers from southern Africa as concerns mount over coronavirus variant

Canada will be banning the entry of all foreign nationals who have travelled through southern Africa in the last 14 days as concerns over a new coronavirus variant grow.

People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant that has been detected in South Africa. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

'Only a matter of time' before Omicron COVID-19 variant reaches Canada, expert says

It’s 'only a matter of time' before cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant are detected in Canada, according to the medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Ottawa and British Columbia promise co-operation on province's flooding

The federal and British Columbia governments have created a joint committee of cabinet ministers to deal with the devastation caused by flooding, while also promising to match donations given to the Canadian Red Cross.

World races to contain new COVID threat, the Omicron variant

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world raced Friday to contain a new coronavirus variant potentially more dangerous than the one that has fueled relentless waves of infection on nearly every continent.

Environment Canada issues 'red alert' for B.C. as more storms approach

An 'extraordinary' amount of rain has fallen on British Columbia this fall, saturating the ground and making disasters like the one that struck the province earlier this month more likely, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.