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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is on track to create 9,500 new daycare spaces by March 2026 under an agreement with the federal government, Education Department officials told a legislature committee Wednesday.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the federal government's 22nd agreement aimed at speeding up construction of new housing during a visit Wednesday to southern New Brunswick.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Environment officials in P.E.I. say an investigation of a recent fuel spill in Charlottetown harbour has confirmed the smell of diesel on the ice and in the water of a nearby cove.

The Vancouver School Board has closed all schools today, with the city under an extreme weather alert as heavy snow falls across a wide swath of southern British Columbia. More coming. The Canadian Press

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — A proposed long-term care facility in a northeastern Nova Scotia town has ignited concerns in the local Black community over the future of a much loved recreation centre.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The Canadian Coast Guard says there was a fuel spill in Charlottetown harbour earlier this week as a ship was being refuelled, but the extent of the spill remains unclear.

HALIFAX — The federal government has announced $980,000 for 56 electric vehicle charging stations in the Halifax area. Ten of the new stations will be “fast chargers” that can fully charge a vehicle in 25 to 30 minutes.

CHARLOTTETOWN — While construction continues on the University of Prince Edward Island’s new medical school, the leader of the opposition says Islanders deserve answers on how the school will affect an already strained health system. P.E.I.

HALIFAX — The federal and Atlantic provinces' housing ministers say they're looking at ways to boost factory-built housing for the East Coast, as the region's population keeps rising at a rapid pace.

HALIFAX — A pair of Nova Scotia Supreme Court rulings that say it is illegal to lock down inmates in provincial jails because of staffing shortages are being praised by an advocacy group as a victory for prisoner rights.