Atlantic News

ST. JOHN'S — A fire that forced hundreds of people to evacuate Musgrave Harbour, N.L., remained about two kilometres from the town on Monday, but officials said less wind and more humidity was slowing its growth.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative premier was absent from Halifax's Pride parade over the weekend, marking the second year in a row he missed the largest LGBTQ+ celebration in Atlantic Canada.

ST. JOHN'S — An out-of-control wildfire on Newfoundland's northeast coast forced residents of Musgrave Harbour, N.L., to flee the town as officials declared a state of emergency.

NEW WATERFORD — Police in Cape Breton say a child reported missing on Saturday has been found dead. Cape Breton Regional Police say officers were called to a report of a missing child in New Waterford, N.S., on Saturday afternoon.

CHANCE HARBOUR, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture says a wildfire near Chance Harbour on the Bonavista Peninsula is now the largest in the province.

ST. JOHN'S — Cabin owners in northeastern Newfoundland spent much of Friday protecting their structures from a stubborn wildfire, pumping ocean water onto flare-ups stoked by a spate of dry, hot weather.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is sending a team of firefighters to help with out-of-control wildfires in Saskatchewan for the second time this wildfire season.

ST. JOHN'S — Police in Newfoundland have charged a 19-year-old with manslaughter in the fatal overdose of a 14-year-old boy. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says the teen was found unresponsive on March 14 at a home in Mount Pearl, N.L., near St.

CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES — A search and rescue operation has ended for a 41-year-old woman who went missing on a ferry travelling between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Lt.-Cmdr.

HALIFAX — An idle Cape Breton underground coal mine that has been plagued by rockfalls is up for sale. Nova Scotia-based Morien Resources Corp.