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N.B. premier says new deal with physicians will lead to improved primary care access
FREDERICTON - The premier of New Brunswick says her government is set to sign a new four-year agreement with the provincial medical society that will improve access to primary care. Members of the New...
Nov 20, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada to look at request for religious records through B.C. law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about applications for access to personal information held by Jehovah's Witnesses congregations. The congregations withheld information f...
Nov 20, 2025
Transgender Day of Remembrance marked in Halifax with flag raising
HALIFAX - A crowd of about 50 people gathered in front of the Nova Scotia legislature in Halifax on Thursday for a flag-raising ceremony to recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance. Lisa Lachance, NDP...
Nov 20, 2025
Speaker's vote gets northern power line through B.C. legislature by slimmest margin
VICTORIA - Legislation to fast-track construction of a northern power line has squeaked through the British Columbia legislature thanks to a deciding vote by the Speaker for the bill that Premier Davi...
Nov 20, 2025
Trump administration threatens to withhold $75M from Pennsylvania over immigrant truck drivers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration threatened Thursday to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke what the administration claims are illegally issued...
Nov 20, 2025
Vianode to build $3.2-billion graphite plant for EVs in southwestern Ontario
A Norwegian company is investing $3.2 billion to build a synthetic graphite plant in southwestern Ontario. Vianode CEO Burkhard Straube says it will construct the plant in St. Thomas, Ont., and will i...
Nov 20, 2025
OSFI looks to help banks boost lending with capital requirement changes
OTTAWA - Canada's federal banking regulator is moving to make it easier for banks to loan money to small and medium-sized businesses and for some real estate projects. The Office of the Superintendent...
Nov 20, 2025
Child advocates urge government to bring back online harms legislation
OTTAWA - The dangers children face online constitute a national emergency, a coalition of child advocates and medical organizations said Thursday as they called for the federal government to take acti...
Nov 20, 2025
Freeland will move to U.K. for new job at prestigious Rhodes Trust
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland will move to Oxford, England, to take on a new position next summer administering the Rhodes Trust, the educational charity says. The charity is famous for its pr...
Nov 20, 2025 Minister of Transport and Internal Trade Chrystia Freeland arrives to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, June 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Nova Scotia lottery violation at Halifax legion not criminal, police say
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's gaming authority says a law was broken, but Halifax police say it does not amount to criminal wrongdoing. According to an agreed statement of fact released by the province, Dav...
Nov 20, 2025
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