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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia tabled legislation on Tuesday for an emissions-reduction plan that would replace its cap-and-trade system for large industrial greenhouse gas emitters, but the new bill doesn't lay out how the province will meet its ambitious cl

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s heavily subsidized ferry that operates between Yarmouth, N.S., and Bar Harbor, Maine, will be the subject of an economic impact study, the premier said Tuesday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As Newfoundland and Labrador scrambles to attract doctors, the provincial government has proposed legislative changes that would give its health minister a say in the licensing process for out-of-province physicians.

HALIFAX — The CEO of Maritime Electric says budgets for Prince Edward Island's power grid should be increased to help the province better withstand the next major storm, after what critics are calling a "lost decade" of inaction.

HALIFAX — A high-profile ally of former U.S. president Donald Trump is at the centre of an academic controversy at the University of New Brunswick, where the administration has promised an independent review of how he received a PhD in 2013.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Condolences are rolling in for a man who died Saturday after an explosion last month at a former Newfoundland oil refinery.

COVEHEAD, P.E.I. — The federal government says $100 million from its hurricane Fiona fund will be earmarked for the recovery of lost fishing gear and the repair to small-craft harbours across Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec.

HALIFAX — The Association of Atlantic Universities says international students are the driving force behind the growing enrolment at many universities in the region.

COME BY CHANCE, N.L. — One of the workers injured in the Sept. 2 explosion at the refinery in Come By Chance, Newfoundland has died, refinery owner Braya Renewables said. The explosion at the refinery about 150 kilometres west of St.

HALIFAX — The lack of access to primary care in Nova Scotia is "completely outrageous," says one of the more than 116,000 residents on the wait-list for a family doctor, which hit a record high this month.