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CHARLOTTETOWN — The government of Prince Edward Island is reporting a deficit of $14.8 million for the 2023-24 fiscal year ending March 31. The figure is $82.8 million smaller than the $97.6-million deficit forecast in the spring 2023 budget.

HALIFAX — Wastewater tested in Halifax in 2023 contained almost twice the amount of cannabis metabolites compared with samples taken from other big cities in Canada, like Toronto or Montreal.

HALIFAX — Kris Holden-Ried, clad in a dark pea coat and bright red scarf, stands in a patch of sunlight on the edge of Griffin’s Pond in the Halifax Public Gardens, with the early morning light casting a glow on him as he looks across the water.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Team Brad Gushue says the rink and second E.J. Harnden are parting ways. Harnden spent two-plus seasons with the team. There's no immediate word on why he's leaving the St. John's-based squad.

FREDERICTON — With New Brunswick's provincial election approaching, a housing advocacy group is calling on the next government to strengthen tenants' rights, particularly through caps on rent increases.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The member of Parliament for Nunavut is urging people in northern Labrador to complain directly to the federal government about food prices that have been described as inhumane.

HALIFAX — A Halifax-area couple has been ordered to pay nearly $61,000 in damages and $4,000 in court costs after their dog attacked and injured a homecare nurse at their residence in 2016. In a written decision dated Sept.

HALIFAX — A 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy near a Halifax mall earlier this year.

HALIFAX — At his swearing-in ceremony Wednesday morning, Don MacLean, the Halifax police force's first Black permanent chief, paid tribute to the African Nova Scotian officers who came before him.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Liberal leader is on the defensive for comments she made on a podcast months ago that her opponents charge make northern residents in the Bathurst area seem uneducated.