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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s auditor general called out the provincial government on Tuesday, saying it has been so slow to act on her office’s recommendations that she questions whether it is committed to following through.

FREDERICTON — Police in New Brunswick have released some details about a weekend crash in Fredericton that killed three young people.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says an officer convicted in 2021 of raping a woman while on duty is no longer with the force.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government has torn down a homeless encampment where some residents said they had been living in order to escape unsafe and "disgusting" conditions in the province's shelters.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The P.E.I. government says its plan to address the province's housing shortage includes finding a company to manufacture modular homes on the Island.

FREDERICTON — Three people were killed and two others were sent to hospital on Sunday after an early-morning crash in Fredericton. City police say the collision took place around 1 a.m. on Douglas Avenue in the north end.

CHARLOTTETOWN — P.E.I.’s The East Pointers are multiple winners as the East Coast Music Awards wrapped up today in Charlottetown.

SOUTH MERLAND, N.S. — A 53-year-old man from eastern Nova Scotia has died in an ATV crash that left another man seriously injured. Guysborough County District RCMP say the collision took place Saturday evening in South Merland.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s NDP leader trained her sights on the next provincial election as she announced a program aimed at easing the cost of housing during a rousing campaign-style speech before the party’s annual convention in Halifax.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The classic "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song resounded through a St. John's, N.L.