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OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says extending a pandemic measure designed to avoid layoffs at companies will cost the federal treasury almost $600 million over three years. Most of the extr...

OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul has begun to unveil her "shadow cabinet" nine months into her tenure. Paul revealed seven names Wednesday evening, with plans to roll out the rest this week. Neither...

HALIFAX - Four days after Nova Scotia's premier revealed he was convicted of drunk driving as a young man, Iain Rankin faced more questions today about his record and whether members of his caucus had...

More than two dozen wildfires sparked overnight across British Columbia and the BC Wildfire Service website shows nearly half are believed to have been caused by lightning. One of those blazes has alr...

EDMONTON, AB - Albertans will be lead by a few new people.In a ceremony in Edmonton Thursday morning, Premier Jason Kenney announced several changes to the provincial cabinet, moving some existing cab...

The president of the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) questions what rationale the UCP government is using to antagonize an, "already exhausted and emotionally depleted workforce."That workforce include...

CLARESHOLM, AB - The ambulance garage at the Claresholm General Hospital is getting an upgrade.Through the province's Rural Health Facilities Revitalization Program, $1.6 million will go towards build...

Toronto FC expects to name an interim coach for the remainder of the MLS season in the next couple of days. Assistant coach Javier Perez, who was in charge of Toronto's 3-2 win in New England on Wedne...

To celebrate Environment and Parks' 50th anniversary, the province is bringing back the Order of the Bighorn awards.The awards recognize individuals for their outstanding volunteer environmental conse...

OTTAWA - Nunavut's member of Parliament is calling on the federal government to appoint a special prosecutor to delve into crimes committed against Indigenous people. Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says perpetrators...