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TORONTO - Ontario intends to designate the mineral-rich Ring of Fire as a so-called special economic zone "as quickly as possible," Premier Doug Ford said Thursday. Ford said he and several ministers ...

HALIFAX - In response to Prime Minister Mark Carney's bid to make Canada an "energy superpower," Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is floating the idea of dramatically ramping up the province's nascent ...

EDMONTON - Alberta's government has ditched a new fee schedule for breweries that would have seen the province's oldest beer maker pay significantly more in taxes. The schedule, introduced in February...

OTTAWA - Trade-sensitive businesses are telling the Bank of Canada that they're broadly less worried about their "worst-case tariff scenarios" coming true compared to earlier in the year, a senior cen...

OTTAWA - Ottawa is reviewing its spending "from top to bottom" as Canada's closest allies call on Canada to hike defence spending to levels not seen since the height of the Cold War, Defence Minister ...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against Canada Post over ongoing contract negotiations, as the union scrambles to overcome bargaining pushba...

OTTAWA - Canada posted its largest merchandise trade deficit on record in April at $7.1 billion as exports fell sharply in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Statistics Canada said Thu...

Health Canada has issued a recall for a brand of birth control pills after some packages were packed with extra placebo tablets. The agency says the recall covers Seasonale Tablets made by Teva Canada...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is resisting an Opposition call to bring in the military to combat wildfires that have forced thousands from their homes. In a statement Thursday, Moe's office ...

VICTORIA - A British Columbia First Nation has built up a small artificial island in the tidal shallows of Coles Bay off Vancouver Island, triggering an investigation by fisheries officials into wheth...