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WINNIPEG - A credit-rating agency is predicting a higher deficit in Manitoba next year, but Finance Minister Adrien Sala says the province remains committed to its campaign promise to balance the budg...

MONTREAL - The head of Montreal's public transit authority says she needs to find ways to deliver services at a lower cost, 10 days out from a second strike by maintenance workers that will drasticall...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says Manitoba has scored an economic win even though the Port of Churchill expansion isn't one of the first infrastructure projects being considered for fast-trac...

KAMLOOPS - Provincial meat inspectors in British Columbia have been classified as essential workers after ranchers and meat processors complained that an ongoing public service strike was threatening ...

The proposed merger between Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American PLC to create a $70-billion mining giant based in B.C. is a "vote of confidence" showing the province is a global hub for mining, Pre...

MONTREAL - The federal government wants construction on a planned high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City to begin within four years. On Thursday, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBla...

CALGARY - Alberta's premier says she sees promising signs in the first batch of projects announced under Ottawa's new fast-tracked approval process, but environmentalists warn the inclusion of liquefi...

HALIFAX - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is prepared to work with Nova Scotia to ramp up its ambitious plans for Canada's first offshore wind farms. The prime minister made the announcement Th...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court is set to rule on an injunction to halt a blockade against old-growth logging in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island, but a lawyer for one of the blockaders says ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney named the first five projects on the federal government's fast-track list on Thursday - part of his plan to attract outside investment and bolster the Canadian econ...