Atlantic News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A dentist in Newfoundland was caught up in a “teaching moment” when he allowed a correctional officer to pull four teeth from a sedated inmate in his office, according to court documents.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s universities are getting one-year conditional funding agreements as part of an abrupt government policy change that caught school presidents off guard.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia court has fined a church in the Annapolis Valley $5,000 for violating provincial restrictions on faith gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Weston Christian Fellowship Church in Berwick, N.S.

FREDERICTON — Nearly a month after two New Brunswick men had their murder convictions overturned, the province is yet to act on a request for compensation and an apology.

FREDERICTON — A private abortion clinic in Fredericton says it has finally shut its doors, citing a steep rent increase and a lack of funding from the provincial government. A notice on Clinic 554's website says abortion care ended as of Wednesday.

HALIFAX — A new report says child poverty in Nova Scotia spiked when governments ended their pandemic-related financial assistance.

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S.

Halifax-area RCMP say a 39-year-old man faces charges after he allegedly made hate-motivated threats at a business in Lower Sackville. The Mounties say they received a report on Jan.

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — Nova Scotia provincial court Judge Paul Scovil makes 25 recommendations in his final report following a public inquiry into why Lionel Desmond, a former soldier, killed three family members and himself in 2017.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador Liberals have won a byelection in a district west of St. John's that was long held by the Progressive Conservative party.