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Atlantic chiefs and grieving families are calling for federal action and Indigenous oversight in investigations into police shootings after RCMP shot and killed two First Nations men in Atlantic Canada within five days.

Doreen Paul, aunt of Bronson Paul of Neqotkuk First Nation in northwestern New Brunswick, says he loved to fish, hunt and joke around. Bronson was shot and killed by an RCMP officer on Sunday.

Premier Susan Holt promised during last fall's election that she would negotiate new tax-sharing agreements with First Nations, after the previous agreements were cancelled by the Blaine Higgs government. After nine months of negotiations, the new deals are in place.

Assembly of First Nations chiefs unanimously resolved Wednesday to oppose the Carney government's proposed reforms aimed at streamlining major project development if those reforms weaken environmental protections or sidestep Indigenous rights.

Empty bags of Big Mac and McChicken sauce have been washing up along the Bay of Fundy recently. And local residents are not lovin’ it.

The Village of Fundy-St. Martins is applying for a DarkSky International accreditation to attract stargazers to the planned dark sky corridor along the Fundy coast.

Students spent a day outside dancing, drumming and singing.

A New Brunswick tenant and his landlord have been in a bitter year-long dispute that involves a 65 per cent rent increase, a failed eviction attempt, and claims that the rental unit, a bungalow, is needed to house the owner's aging mother-in-law.