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HALIFAX - A $30,000 monthly subsidy intended to preserve a disused Cape Breton rail line will not be renewed, Nova Scotia's economic development minister said Thursday. Susan Corkum-Greek said the dec...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear an appeal by Ticketmaster and Live Nation, which face class-action lawsuits in multiple provinces for allegedly profiting from third-party tic...

MONTREAL - A spring storm that hit Quebec and Ontario Thursday knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers, closed schools and blanketed Montreal with heavy, wet snow. As of 11 p.m., a little ...

VICTORIA - BC Hydro is looking for more clean power to add to its grids as electricity demands are expected to increase by 15 per cent in the next six years. The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carb...

MONTREAL - Swedish manufacturer Northvolt says it's forging ahead with plans to open an electrial vehicle battery megaplant near Montreal by 2026, despite a tight timeline and opposition from environm...

OTTAWA - Bureaucracy makes it too difficult for Canadian tech companies to sell to government, a new report from an industry group says - and all that red tape is keeping them from a bigger piece of t...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland lawmakers announced an agreement on Wednesday to resolve differences over proposed tax and fee increases, settling on a far more modest approach after a $1.3 billion pac...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - With no votes to spare, Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill that would raise the state's sales tax by 1 cent to 6.5% on every taxable dollar spent - which would make it among the h...

TORONTO - Empire Co. Ltd. chief executive Michael Medline said there's no evidence that a grocery code of conduct would raise food prices for Canadians. The president and CEO of Sobeys' parent company...

MONTREAL - Driving a taxi was not how Jean-Pierre Derival planned to spend his golden years. But this week, as the 80-year-old prepared to testify at a trial against the Quebec government's management...