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The B.C. government has launched an upgrade on the provincial hydro system in an effort to increase the power supply by another seven per cent. Energy Minister Adrian Dix announced the improvements on...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is suggesting it's too late to put an anti-coal mining petition question to a provincewide referendum this fall. Earlier this month, Alberta musician Corb Lund...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet almost half the central bank's policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year. The unexpectedly aggres...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would rather not have the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement in place and offered a confusing message on the trade pact's future. "We do bette...

OTTAWA - Two lawyers say the blurring of language on the right of First Nations to clean drinking water in a new bill serves as a shield for the federal government as it argues against that right in c...

HALIFAX - A judge has handed a Nova Scotia man a conditional discharge after he was convicted of hacking into a provincial government employee's social media account and posting an antisemitic message...

OTTAWA - Cuba is prepared for a fight with the United States and is praising Canada for its humanitarian aid, says a senior diplomat visiting Ottawa from Havana. "We would never want a conflict with t...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the "fracturing" relationship between Canada and the United States needs to be restored to ensure security in both countries, making...

VANCOUVER - Former U.S. Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem has joined B.C. mineral exploration company NovaRed Mining Inc. in a strategic advisory role. The company says Noem, who is special envo...

LUNENBURG - The mayor of a tourist hot spot on Nova Scotia's southwestern coast has been banned from using a taxi service in the community for allegedly being involved in a drunken, late-night confron...