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Trade war with United States pushes Quebec budget into record $13.6-billion deficit
QUBEC - Against the backdrop of U.S. tariff threats, the Quebec government tabled a budget on Tuesday with a record $13.6-billion deficit and billions of dollars in new infrastructure spending to stim...
Mar 25, 2025
Longtime Edmonton Alberta NDP MLA is resigning his provincial seat
EDMONTON - A longtime Alberta New Democrat member of the legislature is resigning his seat, sparking what will be the third provincial byelection in Alberta since the 2023 provincial vote. Rod Loyola ...
Mar 24, 2025
Saskatchewan reverses ban of U.S. alcohol products that are produced in Canada
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is walking back part of its decision to stop purchasing all American-branded alcohol products in response to U.S. tariffs. The province says it is allowing the sal...
Mar 24, 2025
Grant Jackson leaves Manitoba legislature, eyes House of Commons seat
WINNIPEG - A member of the Manitoba legislature has resigned his seat to run in the federal election. Progressive Conservative Grant Jackson is leaving his Spruce Woods seat in western Manitoba to run...
Mar 24, 2025
Two Saskatoon libraries temporarily close, citing increase in drug use and violence
Two Saskatoon libraries are closing for now because staff are being spat on and attacked while treating drug overdose emergencies and cleaning washrooms smeared with blood and human waste. Cara Stelma...
Mar 24, 2025
Trump will nominate acting CDC director Susan Monarez for the position, White House official says
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump will nominate Dr. Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to the job, a White House official confirmed Monda...
Mar 24, 2025
Some Canadian governments reconsidering use of Starlink
ST. JOHN'S - More than half of Canada's provincial and territorial governments buy critical internet and emergency communications services from Starlink - a satellite constellation owned by billionair...
Mar 24, 2025
Trump says countries that buy Venezuelan oil will face 25% tariff
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday he would be placing a 25% tariff on all imports from any country that buys oil or gas from Venezuela as well as imposing new tariffs on the South A...
Mar 24, 2025
Toronto supervised consumption site challenging Ontario law that will close 10 sites
TORONTO - Dozens of supporters packed a Toronto courtroom - and two overflow rooms - on Monday as a supervised consumption site challenged the legality of a new provincial law that will soon shut down...
Mar 24, 2025
Federal government commit $56M to new Yukon convention centre
WHITEHORSE - The federal government says it has committed more than $56 million toward the construction of a new convention centre in the Yukon capital of Whitehorse. The announcement secures the fund...
Mar 23, 2025
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