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VICTORIA - The British Columbia Conservative Party is promising - if they are elected to form government on Oct. 24 - that it "will never raise taxes" on residents, interim Leader Lorne Doerkson said....

VICTORIA - A British Columbia municipal leader said warnings about overlapping elections are coming true, as the snap provincial election on Oct. 24 is soaking up staff and attention from the municipa...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pitching a plan to cut federal taxes on diesel fuel and help ensure Canada has affordable supplies of the fuel in the future. The Conservatives say Can...

TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Smith-Ford event Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford will be at an event in Calgary talki...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's counterparts across the country are keeping their cards close to their chest on where they stand on the major constitutional reforms Smith is sending to a p...

MONTREAL - Along the Saint-Lawrence River, with a view of the Montreal skyline, voters gathered at advance polling stations like one at the Montreal science centre to cast early ballots ahead of the p...

OTTAWA - As Canada plans an ambitious expansion of defence and economic activity in the Arctic, regional experts are asking whether it has enough diplomats to build the ties it wants in the North. "Th...

MONTREAL - Martine Ouellet, the former Bloc Qubcois leader and Parti Qubcois cabinet minister, says parties offering new ideas face an enormous challenge to get anyone elected, due to a lack of media ...

A former New Brunswick premier says a newly proposed single economy for Atlantic Canada is needed to save a region he described as a "burning platform." Frank McKenna, who served as Liberal premier fr...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson admits to some frustration in the starting days of the provincial election but now says his party is "ready to rock." Doerkson, who had ...