P.E.I.

Canada's four Atlantic provinces appear poised to sign federal child care funding agreements one year after demanding the Liberal government provide extra cash to cover their unique regional needs.

The federal government says a proposal to produce the world's first genetically modified salmon for human consumption in P.E.I. will face environmental assessment.

The disgraced P.E.I. senator's fraud, breach of trust and bribery trial has been ongoing for a year, and is expected to culminate in a verdict on Thursday.