East News Headlines

A Crown corporation and natural gas were amongst the ideas suggested in hearings held by the P.E.I. Energy Commission Wednesday on the future of electricity on the Island.

Police in Labrador West are cracking down on snowmobilers using groomed trails illegally.

A campaign encouraging youth leadership has become the platform for a debate on abortion accessibility on Prince Edward Island.

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government has rejected the idea of implementing a lower minimum wage for workers who earn tips.

The New Brunswick Association of Chiefs of Police voiced its support Wednesday for a controversial federal government bill that would allow them quicker access to citizens' personal electronic information.

Emergency responders in P.E.I. are disappointed a plan to create a regional emergency radio system has been scrapped.

There were some frightening and chilly moments for an 80-year-old man when his car landed in about a metre of water at the entrance of the P.E.I. National Park late Tuesday afternoon.

The CEO of the Horizon Health Network says he made a mistake when he bought 10 tickets to a New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party fund-raising dinner.

New Brunswick health officials are calling for more people to become organ donors in light of the latest statistics released earlier this month by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Nine women are suing Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority because their breasts were removed by mistake following inaccurate cancer tests.

Two P.E.I. islands that were earmarked for protection in the early 1970s have been acquired by the Nature Conservancy of Canada, the organization announced Wednesday.

The Newfoundland and Labrador government is spending millions of dollars to reduce wait times in emergency rooms and for joint replacement surgeries.

The president of the New Brunswick Teachers Association says it's unfair to expect teachers alone to solve the problem of bullying.

Newfoundland and Labrador fire departments are pushing the provincial government to buy new equipment.

Doaktown is clarifying its shale gas position, insisting the central New Brunswick village is not against shale gas exploration or any other industrial operation.