Atlantic News

FREDERICTON — Ahmed Hallaq's mother was attending to her morning prayers in the family's apartment in central Turkey last week when she saw the ceiling lamps start to sway.

HALIFAX — The body of a Canadian woman who was visiting Turkey has been found in the rubble of a building that collapsed on Feb. 6. during the earthquake that has devastated that country.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has failed to meet its self-imposed deadline of significantly reducing the surgical backlog by February 2023, with 9,500 more people on the wait-list than targeted.

HALIFAX — Excavation equipment started moving rubble Monday at the scene of destruction where a Canadian woman was last heard from during a massive earthquake in Turkey, her brother said. The Feb.

HALIFAX — An ex-drug dealer is challenging a key claim made by a former Dalhousie University medical student on trial for killing a fellow student.

SHESHATSHIU, N.L. — After a wait of almost six years, an inquiry into the treatment of Innu youth in provincial government care began Monday with a message of hope from a respected elder.

FREDERICTON — The president of one of New Brunswick's two major health authorities says staff recruitment and retention is the biggest concern faced by the organization.

FREDERICTON — More winter storm warnings and special weather statements are in effect for parts of Atlantic Canada.

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A massive hydrogen and ammonia plant has been approved in Cape Breton, giving Nova Scotia a leg up in an Atlantic Canadian race to develop green energy for eager German buyers.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Striking faculty have reached a tentative agreement with the administration at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.