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CHARLOTTETOWN — The chief executive of Prince Edward Island's main electric utility says the firm is exploring ways to encourage the burying of distribution lines as it reflects on the massive damage of post-tropical storm Fiona.

HALIFAX — Legislation that would limit power rate increases in Nova Scotia jeopardizes the province’s goal of getting off coal by 2030, the head of the province’s privately owned utility told a legislature committee Monday.

WOOD ISLANDS, P.E.I. — Staff from the P.E.I. Museum have retrieved several historic items from the MV Holiday Island, the 50-year-old ferry that caught fire on July 22 in the Northumberland Strait and was later declared beyond repair.

HARRIETSFIELD, N.S. — Three people are in custody as Halifax Regional Police investigate the alleged forcible confinement of a woman in Harrietsfield. Police were called at 4:25 p.m. Sunday about a woman who had run from the woods near Brunt Road.

MONCTON, N.B. — The RCMP in New Brunswick says a six-year-old boy from Miami reported missing more than two months ago has been found safe today in Moncton, N.B.

HALIFAX — An advocate for pedestrian safety says the facts of how a person died after being struck by a bus in Halifax should become public so that potential safety lessons are learned.

HALIFAX — A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after two fifteen-year-olds were shot early today during a party in Halifax. Police say the incident occurred at about 12:40 a.m.

POINT TUPPER, N.S. — A 75-year-old man has died in an all-terrain-vehicle crash in Cape Breton after the vehicle rolled over on a rural trail. The RCMP says the death occurred on Saturday morning in the Point Tupper, N.S., area, near Port Hawkesbury.

DARTMOUTH, N.S. — Police are investigating a vehicle collision at a bus terminal in Dartmouth, N.S., on Saturday evening that resulted in the death of a man.

HALIFAX — A senior officer on the newest and most advanced aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy's fleet says the ship's stop in Canada signals the value of working closely with allies in times of international tension. Capt.