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HALIFAX - The federal Fisheries Department is investigating reports of gear tampering in lobster fishing areas in eastern Nova Scotia. The department issued a statement late Thursday saying Indigenous...

OTTAWA - The federal government ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with a deficit of $50.9 billion. The result for the April-to-March period compared with a deficit of $41.3 billion reported for the same s...

TORONTO - Stephen Poloz is concerned about investment levels in Canada's private sector, which he says has been dampened by higher government spending and volatility in U.S. trade relations. The previ...

ITUNA, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man who found a giant piece of space junk on his farm says he is not alone. Barry Sawchuk says five more fragments of debris from high in the sky have been found by his n...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government revealed Thursday that it plans to take Ottawa to court over the federal equalization program, saying it puts Canada's easternmost province ...

MONTREAL - A Quebec-based entertainment group says it has reached an agreement with Just for Laughs to acquire "select" assets from the financially troubled comedy company. The agreement with ComediHa...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government promised new money Wednesday to fight a spike in violence and retail theft that has seen workers in some cases assaulted and injured. The province will fund overtime...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's housing bill has been defeated in the House of Commons with the Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Qubcois voting against the legislation. Poilievre intro...

OTTAWA - The federal health minister needs new powers to unilaterally take dangerous products off the shelves if they're hurting people and not being used as intended, Mark Holland said Wednesday. He ...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Bill Blair came to the country's largest defence industry trade show on Wednesday to announce billions of dollars in training and equipment deals for the armed forces, and fa...