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REGINA — The Saskatchewan Party government is projecting a deficit that’s more than double what it predicted in its budget, largely due to higher crop insurance payouts following a difficult farming season.

OTTAWA — Canadian negotiators at the United Nations plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea said Thursday they are working "around the clock" to finalize an agreement, though the process has been predictably difficult.

TORONTO — A tax holiday introduced by the federal government is throwing a bit of a wrench in Andy Thompson's Christmas shopping plans.

TORONTO — Canadian businesses are about two weeks away from having to scrap some of the tax they charge customers, but many have already realized that's no easy feat.

HALIFAX — The weak voter turnout in Nova Scotia’s election is "shocking" but not a complete surprise, says a political scientist after almost 66,000 fewer voters cast ballots compared with the 2021 vote.

TORONTO — The federal government says cost-conscious families are among the groups set to benefit from a proposed tax holiday, a temporary policy that will make many children's items and packaged foods tax-free for two months.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Several Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut have been targeted by bomb threats on their homes, the lawmakers or their offices said Thursday. Reps.

MERIGOMISH, N.S. — Federal food safety officials say they have confirmed the first case of dermo disease in oysters from Nova Scotia — the second confirmed case in Canada.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of legislation that limits members of a spy watchdog from using their parliamentary immunity to speak out.

EDMONTON — Alberta election officials say they are working to get the word out as they deal with a Canada Post strike ahead of a Christmas-week byelection in Lethbridge-West.