Oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill that devastated Alaska's Prince William Sound still lies trapped beneath its beaches, continuing to pollute once pristine shores, scientists reported Sunday. As climate change opens the Arctic region to oil exploration and shipping, the findings could prove crucial in devising effective methods for cleaning up future spills, the researchers said. Up ...

A woman is suing the Yarmouth diocese in Canada's Nova Scotia province for 10 years of sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of a priest in Shellburne in the 1970s, Canadian media said Wednesday. Linda Deschamps said when she was 12 years old she was hired by Roman Catholic priest Raoul Deveau for domestic work in exchange for ...

A high-speed ferry that has run between Maine and Nova Scotia for more than a decade is discontinuing service because the operation is no longer financially viable. Bay Ferries Ltd. announced Friday that it is ending the seasonal service after being told by Nova Scotia officials ...