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FREDERICTON — It's a small step toward saving an endangered species but a big leap for a little bird. Sixteen piping plover chicks survived in 2024 in the Kouchibouguac National Park on the east coast of New Brunswick.

TORONTO — Toronto Sceptres captain Blayre Turnbull and her rookie teammate Julia Gosling picked a good time for breakthrough performances.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste says his decision to drop out of the federal Liberal leadership race was partly motivated by a lack of money.

HALIFAX — A Halifax-area youth has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death last year of a 16-year-old high school student who was stabbed in a parking garage.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia RCMP officer has been charged with assault and placed on administrative duties. The province's police watchdog says the officer assaulted a woman he knows while he was off-duty on Dec. 20.

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland is calling on the federal NDP to give the Liberal government more time in power to sign bilateral deals on pharmacare. "I would put it back to (NDP Leader) Jagmeet Singh ...

FREDERICTON — Premier Susan Holt warned that New Brunswick faces "serious headwinds" if the United States imposes tariffs but promised to hold the line and meet the targets her government has set out for itself.

HALIFAX — Darrell Maxwell has fond memories of growing up next to the scenic golf course in the heart of the central Nova Scotia town of Truro, even though he wasn't allowed to play there because of his race.

CAPE BRETON, N.B. — Markus Vidicek scored three goals as Moncton Wildcats defeated the Cape Breton Eagles 6-3 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action Thursday night. Gabe Smith, with two, and Maxime Cote had the other goals for Moncton.

SAINT JOHN — A 46-year-old man is facing murder charges after officers in Saint John, N.B., found the bodies of two boys inside a home on Wednesday morning.