Victoria Day is more than just the unofficial first weekend of summer on P.E.I. It also marks the return of seasonal Sunday shopping.

An arbitrator has been appointed to settle a contract dispute for 2,600 civil servants on Prince Edward Island.

A team of researchers from the University of British Columbia have begun the mammoth job of digging up a blue whale buried on a western P.E.I. beach in 1987.

A clinical information system for P.E.I. hospitals is up and running following many delays and cost overruns.

The P.E.I. government is trying to catch up with safety features discovered on new school buses pressed into service quickly earlier this week.

The University of New Brunswick will be using funding it has received from Lockheed Martin Corp. to research the impact of birds, meteorites or space debris on airplanes, satellites or other vehicles flying high above the Earth.

Quebec artist Claude Théberge, whose oeuvre spanned painting, creating murals, sculpture and stained glass, has died at the age of 73.

Defeated Saint John councillor Carl White will be requesting a recount of the ballots in Ward 2 after he lost by a single vote.

Saint John mayor-elect Ivan Court wants to help fight a recommendation to close two schools in the city's north end.

With construction season about to begin in the Fredericton area, city officials are warning that drivers should be prepared for significant delays.

A former UPEI professor charged with having sex with boys is being held in a U.S. jail charged with two counts of reckless endangerment to a minor.

Like a dishwasher in a busy restaurant, Jim Casey faced a serious cleanup job when he rolled up his sleeves to save the cooking ware company Paderno.

ST. PETERS — A 51-year-old Charlottetown man was killed here Friday morning in a single-vehicle accident when the tractor-trailer he was driving went off the road and overturned.

A 26-metre blue whale being exhumed in western P.E.I. is a provincial treasure that shouldn’t be handed to British Columbia, says Conservative Mike Currie.

Premier Robert Ghiz says he will pay a political price for his tough stand against patronage but he knows he is making the right decision.

On the night the water began to rise behind her home, Lisa Butler was waiting on tables in a restaurant a few kilometres away.

A Saint John man has been charged with a criminal offence under the Copyright Act for selling fake Hugo Boss suits.

New Brunswick has large line-ups for family physicians and is home to some of the country's longest surgical wait times.

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The decline of the French language on the international stage is worrying people at a francophone conference.

SAINT JOHN, NB - The province is acting fast in an effort to get flooded home and small business owners back into their digs.

SAINT JOHN, NB - Councilor Carl White is seeking legal advice in regards to Monday night's municipal election. He was originally declared to be a Councilor for ward two, winning by only one vote, but two ballots discovered at the end of the night changed everything.

SAINT JOHN, NB - Cleaning Marsh Creek is key to Saint John harbour clean-up and one local M-P is calling on Canada Post to kick in with the clean-up efforts.

SAINT JOHN, NB - Five young men are due in court in July following an incident police say has lead to a very complex investigation. Three youths face break and enter and weapons charges.

SAINT JOHN, NB - Today marks the opening of the province's provincial parks today as the summer camping season officially kicks off. Spokesperson for Tourism and Parks Alison Aiton said with the amount of snow and flood conditions experienced this spring, it would be advisable to call ahead.

A carnival ride at the annual fair celebrating the popular Calaveras County jumping frog contest in northern California collapsed, injuring all 24 people aboard, authorities said.

A key member of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet could be parachuted into a judgeship in Manitoba, a Conservative Party source has told the Canadian Press.

wide warrant has been issued for an alleged graffiti artist over fears that he might be trying to leave the country.

An encroaching wildfire fanned by high winds forced an emergency evacuation Friday night of 150 residents of a hamlet north of Edmonton.

The collapse of a carnival ride seriously injured three people attending the annual fair celebrating the popular Calaveras County jumping frog contest.

DIEPPE, NB - Passenger traffic is up at the Greater Moncton International Airport and a number of factors at play including a long a winter and more flights to chose from.

FREDERICTON, NB - The province is acting fast in an effort to get flooded home and small business owners back into their digs.

MONCTON, NB-The price of gas these days has many New Brunswickers thinking twice about travelling this long weekend, and this summer. We hit the streets to find out just how much the price at the pumps is affecting people's vacation plans.

FREDERICTON, NB-The flooding of the St. John river has left some farmers in New Brunswick with time and money concerns. It was almost two weeks ago that the river spilled it's banks, and it left behind damaged and waterlogged fields in many areas near Fredericton.

SAINT JOHN - RCMP say they seized a homemade bomb as part of "Operation Jerrican". Thirty-three people were arrested in simultaneous raids on homes in Saint John and St. Stephen earlier this week.

Time stood still in Fredericton on Friday. The hands of the historic city hall clock were silenced as, piece by piece, the mechanism of the giant timekeeper was disassembled over a two-day period starting Thursday.

Fredericton is planning to partner with the Korean city that was named the Most Intelligent Community in the world for 2008.

Tourism industry officials are optimistic high gas prices won't affect their busiest season.

A manager of a Fredericton mobile home park has pleaded guilty to setting fire to one of the homes while two occupants were inside.

Fredericton wasn't declared the most intelligent community in the world Friday.

SUMMERSIDE - A farmers' market will take root in the Holman Building.

ST. PETERS - A 51-year-old Charlottetown man was killed here Friday morning in a single-vehicle accident when the tractor trailer he was driving went off the road and overturned.

KENSINGTON - As Dr. Paul McCarvill struggled to pull a tooth from one patient, another patient waited right in the room - watching.

Kensington's police department has a new weapon in the fight against impaired drivers, thanks to the East Prince chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

BORDEN-CARLETON - It was no Sahara Desert, but running 80 kilometres across P.E.I. over two days would be enough to put a normal person in hospital.

Pat Estabrooks will take over the reins of Sackville town council for the next four years, after handily defeating incumbent Mayor Jamie Smith in Monday night’s municipal election.

A proposed rezoning for a Queens Road property that will see a local physician convert the existing home into a medical clinic was given the green light last month by town council.

Sackville is another step closer to having a new police and fire station built in the community. Outgoing Mayor Jamie Smith confirmed the town completed the deal last week to purchase two pieces of property on Main Street, across the street from Moneris Solutions and located next to a town-owned site that will house the new combined fire hall and RCMP building.

Douglas Mantz is without a family doctor in Sackville. And he is certainly not alone. In fact, he is among the estimated 1,000 Tantramar residents who are feeling the effects of a current doctor shortage in the area, mainly caused by the recent retirement of a local family physician and the departure of two others last fall.