Atlantic News

FREDERICTON — After a delay called unacceptable by the province's racism commissioner, the New Brunswick government has announced its first steps to rid the provincial map of places named with a slur against Indigenous women.

HALIFAX — A former Dalhousie University medical student is appealing his murder conviction for killing a fellow student in 2015 during a drug deal.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Labour Department says a stop-work order remains in effect as the investigation continues into the cause of a weekend fire at a Cape Breton coal mine.

LITTLE NARROWS, N.S. — A gypsum quarry in central Cape Breton that closed seven years ago will soon be reopened. The Canadian division of USG Corp. says it will spend $104 million revitalizing the quarry at Little Narrows, N.S.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's electric utility imposed a moratorium on providing new service to cryptocurrency mining operations last year, saying it was concerned about its ability to meet the increasing demands from the power-hungry sector.

FREDERICTON — The federal carbon tax on fuel is coming into effect in New Brunswick starting July 1.

HALIFAX — A weekend fire at Cape Breton’s Donkin coal mine has resulted in a precautionary halt placed on the underground operation by provincial safety officials.

HALIFAX — A second lawsuit has been filed against the University of King's College and Dalhousie University in Halifax claiming the affiliated institutions failed to protect a former student from a professor and Anglican minister known for his sexual

OROMOCTO, N.B. — New Brunswick's Crown energy corporation has cut ties with a private instructor after a video surfaced showing a heavy NB Power truck driving into a group of federal public service picketers and pushing one down the street.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Dildo, N.L., man's photo of a phallic iceberg in Newfoundland's Conception Bay was getting laughs across the globe on Saturday.