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Some of the Island's oldest burial grounds are at risk, as coastal erosion washes away the land beneath them. People are doing what they can to protect those cemeteries but, as CBC's Cody MacKay explains, eventually they will be lost to the sea.

The Nova Scotia government says it's planning to expand local RCMP resources with millions of dollars in new spending to address concerns about inadequate police services across the province.

Increasing reports of adults acting inappropriately at ballparks on the Island has prompted officials with Baseball P.E.I. to speak out.

P.E.I.’s first community legal clinic opened this week with the aim of giving Islanders better access to advice and, in some cases, representation. CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin speaks with Community Legal Information’s Andrew MacDonald to find out how it will help.

Politicians and groups across New Brunswick were quick to condemn an alleged violent incident against a Muslim woman in Moncton earlier this month.

Justice Minister Scott Armstrong has announced the province will spend an extra $16 million this year and $18 million annually to cover the cost of officers stationed across the province. The CBC's Ben Dornan has the story.

Police are investigating house fires in two rural Cape Breton communities that appear to have been intentionally lit and may have been acts of vigilantism.

Demonstrators expressed frustration about whether Tim Houston's chamber of commerce tour is truly giving Nova Scotians a chance to be heard. As the CBC's Michael Gorman reports, the premier says there are many ways to engage with people and this tour is just one.

The shark washed ashore near Pictou, N.S. It was discovered by kayakers last week who found the carcass on Munroes Island. Tonya Wimmer, director of conservation and co-executive director of the Marine Animal Response Society, shares what was learned in the necropsy.

Beginning in October, the province will be using a new RCMP billing model for municipalities that use the service.

The Irving-owned steel-fabrication company that employs 200 people in Saint John has been working away on a project for a mine in B.C., a sign of the shift away from the U.S.

The Rent for Rides campaign offers a move-in incentive for tenants at the Agency Art Lofts, a 173-unit building on Hollis Street.

Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia will soon have three area codes, according to a decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia will soon have three area codes, according to a decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

Halifax police are asking the public for help in identifying a motorcycle driver who rode onto a pedestrian path near the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge and ran into a man on an e-bike last Thursday evening.

A New Brunswick politician in the provincial legislature has gone viral for delivering a speech in the provincial legislature with some unusual passages.

New York City unveiled its 'Northern Neighbor Deal,' offering Canadian visitors discounts to try to entice them to return to the city.