Atlantic News

ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Mila Mulroney has been named the 11th chancellor of St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, the alma mater of her husband, former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Brian Mulroney died Feb. 29 at the age of 84.

MONCTON, N.B. — New Brunswick RCMP say two youths have been arrested after an emergency alert was issued Monday evening about someone carrying a gun in the province's southeast.

HALIFAX — Some Halifax-area landlords on Monday defended their use of fixed-term leases as necessary to recoup costs under Nova Scotia’s rent cap, despite criticism the leases help property owners skirt the rules.

HALIFAX — Ottawa is negotiating a $500-million bailout for Nova Scotia's privately owned electric utility, saying the money will be used to prevent a big spike in electricity rates.

Nova Scotia RCMP say their investigation into two suspicious deaths earlier this month has concluded that one man died by homicide and the other by suicide. The bodies of two men, aged 40 and 73, were found in a home in Windsor, N.S., on Sept. 3.

SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK — A 58-year-old man living in a homeless encampment in Saint John, N.B., has died, leaving his community and volunteers who knew him with "a lot of sadness," says the head of a group that helps unhoused people.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's finance minister says the province recorded a surplus of $500.8 million for the fiscal year that ended in March. Ernie Steeves says the amount — more than 10 times higher than the province's original $40.

HALIFAX — Members of the union representing workers with Halifax Public Libraries have accepted a new collective agreement, ending a nearly month-long strike and paving the way for branches to re-open in the next few days.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier is repeating his government’s calls for Ottawa to foot the full bill to protect a vital strip of land that connects the province to the rest of the country ahead of a new parliamentary session.

HALIFAX — A strike that has shuttered libraries in the Halifax region for the past three-and-a-half weeks could come to an end on Thursday now that the employer and union representing hundreds of workers have reached a tentative labour deal.