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Seven-year-old Alice Arsenault, from Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, says she’s been sad and worried since learning last week five libraries in the area will soon close.

Two diseases have reduced the supply of P.E.I. oysters to retailers and restaurants. People in the industry say demand for Island oysters had been growing in recent years, both locally and in major U.S. markets including New York and Boston. They hope they will be able to maintain that interest, until the industry is able to recover. Nancy Russell reports.

People living in the woods off William Barnhill Drive have left the area as the Town of Truro prepares to spend up to $50,000 to clean up a site officials say is a wildfire risk and has been linked to local theft..

Actuaries and insurance experts say wildfires are not following historical patterns and are behaving in unexpected ways. Insurers are turning to predictive models to assess risk.

The IWK Health Centre is inviting young patients and their families into the lab to see firsthand how their bodies are reacting to treatment. The CBC's Alex Guye has the story.

Magnet fishing has been a passion of Ian Cooper's for years. He says one of his favourite finds is an old revolver he fished out of the Sackville River. But he's having a hard time finding it a home. The CBC's Linus Mulherin reports.

About 200 people are expected at the Saint John courthouse today as jury selection begins for the trial of a man accused of killing two boys, aged 10 and 17.

The New Brunswick government has shown no sign of reversing its controversial decision to cut the provincial veterinary service, but it's still unclear how the change will play out.

Charlottetown's fire department is looking for a new rescue boat to replace an old one that is out of service.

Leslie Cail sold his family farm located in Cails Mills about two weeks ago, which has been in his family for three generations.

CUPE said this agreement would go to members at the facility within 10 days, though the union says it's hoping to complete it within 72 hours.

The union representing roughly 3,600 striking long-term care workers in Nova Scotia says a tentative agreement has been reached, meaning staff could return to work as early as Monday morning.

More than 150 people took to the streets Saturday to protest the closure of their local library -- one of five in the Annapolis Valley slated to shut down next month due to financial troubles.

Naturopathic doctors, who blend modern scientific medicine with natural therapies, became the 22nd medical health profession licensed under the province’s Regulated Health Professions Act late last month.

Honeycrisp apples are known for their large size, but they have been visibly smaller in recent months. Emily Lutz, executive director of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association, explained why in an interview with CBC Radio's Information Morning.

Quebec-based Agropur is investing $20 million to make what will be its remaining New Brunswick plant the company's main liquid milk processing plant in the Maritimes.

A group of Indian day school survivors and their descendants sat around a fire at the Maqiyahtimok Center in Sitansisk, also known as St. Mary's First Nation, They had gathered for a weekend of ceremony and fasting that would end with each person receiving their own spirit name. Elder Imelda Perley shared the story of her name with the group.