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HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he's unsure whether he will publicly release mandate letters for cabinet ministers. Houston says discussions are ongoing about his government's goals for...

TORONTO - Members of the restaurant industry are calling on the federal government to make the GST holiday permanent, even though some businesses have yet to see much impact from the tax break. Some b...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of c...

Schools in the province are seeing the number of students who need "intensive supports" rising, but the amount of funding earmarked to help those students isn't keeping pace. The special education dep...

WASHINGTON - Ottawa is ready to retaliate if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump slaps Canada with devastating tariffs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised Friday - and his ministers say Republicans ...

OTTAWA - Less than five weeks after she resigned her cabinet seat over a dispute with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland has launched her campaign to replace him as the leader of the Lib...

TORONTO - Canadian tech companies say they are patching together their own standards, mostly borrowed from European laws, to guide them through the limbo of prorogation. When Prime Minister Justin Tru...

Experts say U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods could accelerate a push to ramp up domestic food processing and manufacturing, even as some companies consider moving operations south. But if real change is...

When Douglas Judson asked the Township of Emo to declare June as Pride month and display a rainbow flag for a week in 2020, he never imagined the request would turn into a years-long legal dispute tha...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden won't enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a U.S. official said Thursday, leaving its ...