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HALIFAX - Promises to build 30,000 affordable rental homes, make Halifax ferries free and temporarily remove the provincial tax on gasoline were centrepieces of the Nova Scotia NDP election platform r...

Dozens of researchers across Canada, including renowned environmentalist David Suzuki, have joined a growing chorus of voices urging the federal government to halt the importation of an endangered mon...

The head of flight simulator maker CAE Inc. is closely watching events in the U.S. after last week's election, but said he isn't immediately worried that the incoming president will shake things up to...

Three unions are now challenging the federal government's recent decisions to intervene in major labour disputes, saying it's undermining workers' rights. The union representing locked-out dock worker...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's second administration is filling up with some of his most loyal supporters and many of the people landing top jobs have been critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and s...

Voters in Nova Scotia go to the polls on Nov. 26. At dissolution, the Progressive Conservatives held 34 seats in the 55-seat legislature, the Liberals held 14 seats, the NDP had six and there was one ...

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Two people have been charged after a Metro Vancouver Transit Police investigation turned up guns and illicit drugs, including fentanyl disguised as dog treats. Police say they ...

Shopify Inc. executives brushed off concerns that incoming U.S. President Donald Trump will be a major detriment to many of the company's merchants. "There's nothing in what we've heard from Trump, no...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has given 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post. The notice is for both the union's urban and rural and suburban bargaining units. READ MORE: Canada Post, ...

OTTAWA - A small business advocacy group is re-upping calls to eliminate the carbon tax, after it says members learned the Canada carbon rebate for small businesses is a taxable benefit. In a letter t...