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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's government on Tuesday approved joining OPEC+, a group of major oil-exporting nations, signaling the country's evolution into a major oil state just nine months ahead o...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Finance Minister John Lohr has tabled the province's budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which includes tax cuts and measures to protect the economy if U. S. President Donald Tru...

OTTAWA - The Green Party's leaders say they will have a full slate of candidates for the next election, which could be called as soon as next month. Party co-leader Elizabeth May said Tuesday the part...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly said Tuesday she wants Canada to play a role in keeping the peace in Ukraine after Russia's war ends. "We want to be part of these conversations regarding...

OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate ticked back up in January to 1.9 per cent, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday. Prices got a full month-long effect of the federal government's tax break but ...

OTTAWA - A Liberal MP who has long advocated for closer ties with Africa fears her government is on the verge of releasing an Africa strategy with no significant spending attached, years after the gov...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Republican Party official lacked the standing to bring a lawsuit challenging the use of a mobile voting van in 2022. The law...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives' favourite slogan - "axe the tax" - has been a rallying cry for the better part of three years as frustrated Canadians looked for relief from the rising cost of living. But ...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has introduced a $17.6-billion budget that includes major tax cuts and a reserve fund to be used if the U.S. president makes good on his threat to impose crippling...

Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are on Tuesday, Feb. 18: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Ford cancelled his scheduled stops in Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury becau...