About 150 people turned out Saturday for a candlelight vigil in Fredericton to honour the memory of Hilary Bonnell, a teenager who was buried this week after being missing for more than two months.

Work has begun to restore Fredericton's historic railway station for its new tenant, NB Liquor Corporation.

A Fredericton family is asking the public for help in finding the body of a missing kayaker, with a new search planned for Saturday.

New Brunswick has let many of its young people, particularly those in First Nations communities, suffer in "shocking" conditions, says the province's child and youth advocate.

Kidney dialysis patients in northwest New Brunswick have received an early Christmas present from the provincial government - funding to operate local dialysis machines six days a week, which will end travelling for treatment.

Canada's sledge hockey team settled for a silver medal after losing 3-2 in overtime to the United States in Saturday's gold-medal game at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Charlottetown.

The Olympic torch hit P.E.I.'s famous red soil Saturday afternoon, where it was greeted by large crowds of people, many of them sporting red attire.

Canada will compete for the gold medal on Saturday at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Charlottetown.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown postponed a large fundraiser for its annual Friends for Life campaign on Thursday because of swine flu conerns.

P.E.I.'s deficit for the 2009-2010 fiscal year will be $85 million, treasurer Wes Sheridan announced during his fiscal update on Friday.

Joy Gallant was pleasantly surprised by the waves of emotion that swept through her at the sudden appearance of a tall yellow flame cutting through the pounding hype of the Olympic Torch relay event in Charlottetown tonight.

 Matthew Caseley of Kensington carries the 2010 Winter Olympics torch off the Northumberland Ferries Confederation Saturday afternoon as the torch began its Prince Edward Island leg of its journey across Canada.

At 62, Trish Thorpe is finally getting a hand in the Olympics. The North Milton resident, who has lived on P.

P.E.I. Liberal MLAs handed Provincial Treasurer Wes Sheridan a standing ovation for a fiscal update that still includes an $85.

What was supposed to be a temporary closure of the emergency room at Kings County Memorial Hospital in Montague has become permanent, said Montague-Kilmuir MLA Jim Bagnall.

The two Atlantic premiers who object to the agreement to sell most of NB Power says they want a written guarantee that their provinces will have access to the regional power grid if the sale goes through.

The province has set up an advisory panel to study the proposed sale of most of NB Power.

Education officials in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are refusing to allow the distribution of thousands of copies of a free book aimed at getting six-year-olds to read, saying the literature is racist and promotes stereotyping of First Nations people.

The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.

Quispamsis, N.B. - Santa Claus will make a couple of stops in our region today. The fifth annual West Side Santa Parade begins at 1 p.m. at Manawagonish Road with 90 floats taking part.

SAINT JOHN - The goal this year is $200,000. If the phones ring...the goal can be reached. That's where the residents of Saint John and surrounding areas come into play.

SAINT JOHN - For the first time ever, the City of Saint John knows officially where they stand in the eyes of residents. Ipsos Reid has released the results of the 2009 citizen survey.

Can't remember when to re-new your motor vehicle registration? SAINT JOHN - A new motor vehicle registration e-reminder service has been introduced in the province.

FREDERICTON - Students that were displaced by a fire at a University of New Brunswick residence earlier this week are cleared to move back in. One of the displaced students reports that they were given the all-clear to return to McLeod House tonight.

The Superior Court judge who first tried to order aboriginal protesters to vacate a former housing development in southern Ontario in 2006 has died.

An environmental group says a promise from the Alberta government for action on water management over the next decade is too little too late.

Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.

It's been a year and a week since I've written in my blog. Ah! The president's been lazy. But now, there's something I need to do. The Liberal party is in a free fall, and it won't recover. Like all the liberal parties in Europe, it will become a poor little thing at the mercy of ephemeral coalitions. For having refused the historic coalition that could have placed it at the head of the left, it ...

Steve and Heather Boey have always felt safe in their Vancouver-area home, having an RCMP officer living nearby.

FREDERICTON, N.B. - New Brunswick health officials say the province's swine flu vaccination clinics will be open to the general public on Nov. 30. The province is receiving another 108,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine next week.

CHURCHILL FALLS, N.L. - Atlantic Canada's premiers emerged from a meeting today in Labrador divided over the proposed sale of NB Power.

MONCTON, N.B. - Codiac RCMP are investigating after a man was found unconscious this morning in downtown Moncton. They say the 47 year-old man was found at about 1am in a parking lot near Robinson Street.

FREDERICTON, N.B. - Premier Shawn Graham will be defending his controversial, proposed deal to sell N-B Power to Hydro-Quebec when he meets with his Atlantic counterparts this week in Labrador.

BURNT CHURCH, N.B. - Over one-thousand family, friends, native leaders and other dignitaries attended today's funeral for 16 year-old Hilary Bonnell. The Burnt Church teen went missing September 5th.

The City of Fredericton and Fredericton Exhibition Ltd. are talking about relocating the annual fall fair and Fredericton Raceway to a new location.

New Brunswick health officials will open H1N1 vaccination clinics to the general public Nov. 30, thanks to a substantial shipment of the protective flu shot.

Ryan Hallam came within two seconds Thursday of being the best individual competitor at the World Firefighter Combat Challenge in Las Vegas, Nev.

The Energy and Utilities Board says New Brunswickers will get a chance to be heard in this province when it considers Acadian Coach Lines's proposal to cut some bus routes.

Tickets for the Doris E. Sullivan IODE Evergreen Tour cost $20. The price stated in an article on page C1 of the Nov. 20 edition of The Daily Gleaner was incorrect.

Democrats have hit the 60-vote number needed to move ahead on historic health care legislation. Arkansas Sen.

The military has identified a Nova Scotia woman who was killed Friday in a fiery collision between a sport utility vehicle and a military bus.

Members of Parliament are scrambling to climb aboard the Twitter bandwagon — and getting elbowed by controversial, satirical and even phoney postings.

The Pope has appointed a new bishop to a Nova Scotia diocese shaken by allegations that its former religious leader was in possession of child pornography.

The sister of a missing Nova Scotia sailor continued to hold out hope Saturday as several planes swept a large swath of sea along the eastern seaboard in the ongoing search for the solo yachtsman.