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Five provinces are increasing their minimum wage today to support workers amid affordability issues. The hikes will apply to Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The ...

VANCOUVER - Hundreds of British Columbia public sector workers marched through downtown Vancouver Wednesday in a push for a new contract, after talks with government negotiators broke down shortly aft...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is weakening democracy by packing bills with an unreasonable number of legislative changes, say opposition parties and political scientists. Alex Marland, a politi...

OTTAWA - Rob Ashton, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, pitched himself as a voice for the "working class" as he launched his bid for the federal NDP leadership on Wednesday...

OTTAWA - The Business Council of Canada says Canada is in an "investment crisis" but warns prosperity can't be achieved by taking on more debt. In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, the council's...

WINNIPEG - Security may be increased at the constituency offices of Manitoba legislature members in the wake of recent fires and vandalism that are being investigated by police. "We're evolving as a l...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is denying allegations that staff at a youth detention centre were repeatedly told a swim instructor was sexually abusing incarcerated residents before he left his...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government was thrown into a shutdown Wednesday with no easy endgame in sight, as Democrats held firm to their demands to salvage health care subsidies that President Don...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is withdrawing the nomination of E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to a White House official and an AP source who spoke on the condition o...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in almo...