His family says he died shortly after 6 p.m. while receiving treatment at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's. He was 64 years old.
Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose is turning to defeated MP Scott Armstrong to advise the party on Atlantic issues after the Liberals swept Eastern Canada in the federal election.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger says government liquor stores are the best place to sell marijuana if and when the federal government legalizes the drug.
CALGARY — The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is getting more expensive, but the company planning to build it says the economic case for the project is still strong.
McKenna says it will take a concerted effort by all Canadians to combat climate change but that the time for inaction and denial is past.
HALIFAX — Security efforts will have to be stepped up on a global scale to combat the threat posed by ISIL in light of last week's terror attacks in Paris, says a senior NATO official.