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HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister has directed police across the province to crack down on illegal dispensaries, prompting criticism that the government may be interfering with law enforcement ...

FREDERICTON - Gas price cuts that were set to come into effect in New Brunswick on Monday have been cancelled by the province's energy and utilities board. Premier Susan Holt had campaigned in the 202...

TORONTO - Ontario grocers and The Beer Store have reached an agreement-in-principle on alcohol recycling that will allow the retailers to avoid collecting empties at their stores and gives a renewed r...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney told a business crowd in Montreal recently that the federal government got a bit of outside help on a major piece of innovation policy in the recently passed federa...

A British Columbia regulator has ordered Amazon to pay a $10,000 penalty over a failed delivery, ruling that it's not good enough to leave a package on a doorstep or with another person unless the buy...

VANCOUVER - Travel agents are celebrating Beijing's decision to resume group tourism to Canada after a five-year halt, hoping for the return of big-spending Chinese visitors who were a dominant presen...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's government says it's cutting a carbon tax that will reduce prices at the pump by about eight cents a litre, starting Dec. 1. Premier Susan Holt had promised during last y...

TORONTO - Toys "R" Us Canada has notified customers of a data breach it says may have compromised their personal information. In an email sent to shoppers Thursday morning, the toy store said it learn...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays say technical issues that had been hindering fans' ability to access their tickets to Monday night's Game 7 are being resolved. The team had advised ticket holders to t...

MONTRAL - An Amazon senior executive told a labour tribunal on Thursday that unionization efforts by Quebec workers were discussed in meetings by management, though not in detail. Amazon's director of...