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HALIFAX - One of the Nova Scotia government's most outspoken Opposition critics did a political about-turn Thursday, crossing the floor to join the Progressive Conservatives - and become a cabinet min...

QUEBEC - The Quebec government will present a budget on March 12 that is expected to have a larger deficit than originally estimated. Quebec's Finance Minister Eric Girard said today the government's ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's health authority says it is lifting a requirement for its employees and on-site hospital staff to submit proof of COVID-19 immunization, beginning Monday. Officials say the cha...

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Republican Party was deep in debt when a longtime party donor who had given more than $1 million over the past decade asked for a meeting with its chairwo...

OTTAWA - Pushing a grocery cart up and down the aisles of Loblaws, Jagmeet Singh has to admit it's all a little bit awkward. After all, the NDP leader has lambasted the grocery giant and its former pr...

TORONTO - As the world prepares to mark the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Canadian support for sending the embattled nation more ammunition and military supplies has grown since last...

Indigenous leaders say political opposition in British Columbia derailed a plan that would have cleared the way for shared decision-making between the province and First Nations over the use of public...

VICTORIA - Families and small business operators in British Columbia are expected to benefit in an election-year budget that boosts spending, but forecasts a growing deficit of more than $7.9 billion ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Kendra Sawyer spoke with her dad from the Deschutes County jail and told him she loved him. Six hours later, in the throes of opioid withdrawal, the 22-year-old took her own life...

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump could be at risk of losing some of his prized properties if he can't pay his staggering New York civil fraud penalty. With interest, he owes the state nearly $454 million ...