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WOOD ISLANDS, P.E.I. — Ferry travel between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia has been cancelled until at least Wednesday morning due to technical problems with the service's sole vessel, the MV Confederation.

HALIFAX — About 1,800 striking educational support workers in the Halifax area have voted in favour of a deal with the province and are heading back to their jobs on Monday.

NORTH RUSTICO, P.E.I. — The politician who guided Prince Edward Island's Green Party to four years as the province's official Opposition — the best result for a Green party in Canada — is stepping down as leader.

TRENTON, N.S. — The Nova Scotia government has announced funding for a new facility that will house the Pictou County Sports Hall of Fame. Ottawa is providing $2.2 million for the facility in Trenton, N.S., while the province is investing $1.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said Friday he is open to a party vote on his leadership, but remained vague on whether he'll call an early provincial election.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Documents show the federal government is hoping for a deal this summer to develop the Atlantic Loop energy project in Eastern Canada, but Nova Scotia is so far not on board.

CHARLOTTETOWN — After the release of a damning report on Prince Edward Island's only university, Premier Dennis King says he wouldn’t want his children attending the school.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard, who was among several Progressive Conservative government members who disagreed with changes to the province's LGBTQ policy in schools, resigned Thursday from cabinet.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier pulled no punches Thursday, saying Ottawa should pay the entire cost of protecting the important land corridor linking his province and New Brunswick from climate change-related flooding.

HALIFAX — Two Nova Scotia-based Buddhist organizations are being sued after a high-ranking monk allegedly installed a video camera in a communal shower at a Cape Breton monastery.