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Two arrested after Fredericton-area shooting prompts emergency alert in N.B.

Two people are in custody after a shooting in the Fredericton area left two people injured and prompted police to issue an emergency alert in New Brunswick.

The New Brunswick RCMP and the Fredericton Police Force responded to a report of two shootings in the Hanwell Trailer Park around 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 2, 2022. (Alyson Samson/CTV Atlantic)

Moncton’s business community on preventing homelessness: ‘We have to start today’

Four organizations representing Greater Moncton’s business community held a press conference Friday calling for urgent action in regards to downtown safety and the homelessness situation.

The business community is asking for shared accountability across the board including from the city, the province, the federal government and the RCMP.

Lab-confirmed flu cases double in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia’s latest Respiratory Watch data shows that in the last three weeks of November, lab-confirmed cases more than doubled each week.

According to Nova Scotia’s Department of Health and Wellness, 255,000 doses of influenza have been administered and at least 26 per cent of the population is vaccinated for the flu.

Two charged, 122 tickets issued in connection with rowdy Dalhousie homecoming party

Two people are facing charges in connection with an unsanctioned Dalhousie University homecoming party that saw fires set, fireworks shot off and a person stabbed, in Halifax two months ago.

Close call: Scaffolding collapses near 108-year-old covered bridge in New Brunswick

It was a close call for one of New Brunswick’s historic covered bridges this week, when several stories of scaffolding fell uncomfortably close to the wooden link during a wind storm.

P.E.I. expands home heating assistance program as prices rise

The price of home heating oil has gone up on Prince Edward Island, but some relief is coming for those hardest hit by rising prices.

RCMP apologizes to families after falsely identifying body in Moncton

RCMP in New Brunswick issued an apology Friday after wrongfully notifying a family their son had died.

Man taken to hospital after Halifax stabbing: HRP

Police in Halifax are investigating an assault with a weapon that occurred Friday evening in the downtown core.

Mi'kmaq First Nation, environmental group work on creating zero-emission lobster boat

An environmental charity and the Membertou First Nation in Cape Breton are partnering to create electric lobster boats on the East Coast, saying it's the way of the future if Canada is to meet its zero-emission targets.

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Paralympian trying to get wheelchair ramp says Veterans Affairs employee offered her assisted dying

A veteran and former Paralympian told a parliamentary committee that a caseworker from the Veterans Affairs Canada offered her medical assistance in dying, a week after the Veterans Affairs Minister confirmed that at least four other veterans were offered the same thing.