--Atlantic Update--

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(PEI-Fatal-Crash-Investigation)

A 30-year-old man in P-E-I who died following a head-on crash in December was actually the driver of one of the vehicles.

R-C-M-P had initially identified the man as a passenger in a pickup truck that collided with an oncoming car as the truck pulled into oncoming traffic in a community outside Charlottetown.

Three people in the car died and a teenage boy in the same vehicle was seriously injured, while a 20-year-old man in the truck was also injured and later arrested although police say he was never charged.

The police investigation determined that alcohol was a factor in the crash.

(The Canadian Press)

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(NL-Unknown-Soldier-Repatriation)

The remains of an unknown Newfoundland soldier who died in France during the First World War are coming home.

The French government is expected to formally transfer the remains to the governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador during a repatriation ceremony tomorrow.

Preparations are also being made for a solemn reburial ceremony in St. John's on July 1st -- coinciding with Memorial Day in the province.

It's a time to remember the hundreds of young men from the Newfoundland Regiment who died on that day in 1916 -- during a disastrous battle at Beaumont-Hamel.

(The Canadian Press)

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(NS-Business-Vandalized)

Police in Nova Scotia say a 27-year-old man faces an arson charge after reports of a fire and break and enter at a business.

Meteghan R-C-M-P say an employee of a local business found broken windows at the front of the building earlier this week and noticed a table was on fire with a lit torch underneath.

The employee shut off the torch and extinguished the fire and no injuries were reported, but there was damage to the business.

The accused has also been charged with two counts of mischief.

(The Canadian Press)

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(NB-Treatment-Centre)

The New Brunswick government is taking over the site of a former addiction treatment centre for conservation.

The town of Grand Bay-Westfield is welcoming the news about the Lonewater Farm facility, saying it's looking forward to working with the province to ensure the natural space is protected.

The facility closed in 2020.

It moved its programming to the Ridgewood Addiction Services facility in Saint John.

(The Canadian Press)

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(Gas-Prices)

Drivers in the Maritimes can expect a slight increase at the pumps today.

Gas went up by 0.8 cents in the Halifax area to bring the new minimum price to 176.4 cents per litre.

Those in Prince Edward Island will see a new minimum price of 175.3 cents per litre after gas went up by 1.2 cents.

And the cost rose by 1.6 cents in New Brunswick, which brings the maximum price of gas to 173.9 cents per litre.

(CTV Atlantic)

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(ENT-Sarah-McLachlan)

Canadian artist Sarah McLachlan will be performing in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia this fall.

Fans can expect the Grammy and Juno-award winner to play songs from her "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" album as well as other favourites.

She'll perform at Moncton's Avenir Centre on November 4th and then the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax the following day.

Concertgoers can get presale tickets on Tuesday and the general sale begins next Friday.

(CTV Atlantic)

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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)

The Canadian Press