Canada's oldest independent newspaper — whose newsroom has been on strike for over a year — has bought all of Transcontinental Media's newspapers in Atlantic Canada.

New Brunswick has become the first province to announce it will offer the abortion pill Mifegymiso to women free of charge, a major shift for a province with a history of restricting abortion access.

Ottawa to abandon a wind project on the iconic crescent-shaped sandbar more than 15 years after it launched the initiative. It comes after legislation allowed Exxon to pursue deep drilling for oil.

McNeil was responding to a letter, posted Wednesday on O'Leary's Facebook page, in which the reality TV star slammed the Liberal premier for the state of the province's economy.

The fishing industry has cost about 190 Canadian lives since 2000 and must improve its culture of safety, the Transportation Safety Board said.