Politics

HALIFAX — A report published Thursday says the rising costs of shelter and food in Nova Scotia have contributed to a large jump over the last year in what’s considered a living wage in the province.

Veteran journalist and author Peter C. Newman, who held a mirror up to Canada, has died at the age of 94. He died in hospital in Belleville, Ont.

HALIFAX — With tensions rising over unauthorized lobster fishing in southwestern Nova Scotia, the province's fisheries minister says he intends to increase the maximum fine to $1 million for commercial buyers who are caught selling out-of-season lobs

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are promising financial supports for seniors if they are re-elected Oct. 3.

TORONTO — Ontario's Ministry of Long-Term Care needs to ensure in-person inspections of nursing homes can take place in a future pandemic and that inspectors can immediately act when residents are at risk of ongoing serious harm, the province's ombud

Google will soon require that political ads using artificial intelligence be accompanied by a prominent disclosure if imagery or sounds have been synthetically altered.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top defense officials are accusing Republican Alabama Sen.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's largest nurses union is endorsing the provincial NDP's health-care plan ahead of the Oct. 3 election. The Manitoba Nurses Union says the plan works to remove barriers and promises collaboration.

The Ontario government says it is investing almost $35 million to modernize fire response and training in northern communities.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A battleground House race in Michigan that national Democrats are eyeing to help them flip the chamber in 2024 is growing increasingly crowded after Carl Marlinga announced Thursday he will again challenge Republican U.S. Rep.