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'The Shift News' faces an all-out legal battle against 40 freedom of information lawsuits brought by 40 government entities in Malta. These appeal lawsuits pose a serious threat to the country’s already worrying freedom of information and press freedom climate, and should be dropped.

A cleanup hosted by the Nature Conservancy of Canada has found about 700 kilograms of garbage from floods in 2018 and 2019 in the Grand Lake area.

Conservationists are urging people to be on the lookout for an extremely invasive vine that’s harming the monarch butterfly population and the general ecosystem.

The study, which was published Thursday in Nature, Ecology and Evolution, shows some species have seen a population decline of up to 70 per cent since 1985. More common species have seen a decline of 50 per cent.

New Brunswick Public Health officials have come up with a new and confusing way of measuring the level of vaccine protection the population has against COVID-19.

Black students at St. Thomas University will be able to wear their heritage proudly at convocation ceremonies.

The day after a flower shop in Saint John announced all proceeds from blue and yellow flower bouquets would be donated to Ukraine via the Red Cross, the phone wouldn’t stop ringing. 

Loosened classroom restrictions come as schools across the province continue to report hundreds of cases per week. Over 400 cases have been self-reported since Monday, according to Department of Education data.

The big changes that come with New Brunswick's municipal reform plan are proving challenging, especially for smaller communities that are merging.

Mourning Doves have been spending the winter in the north more and more often, but their bodies have not caught up, and their toes end up frostbitten more often.