Politics

HALIFAX — Health-care spending and disaster relief for extreme weather have helped push Nova Scotia's budget deficit to $402.7-million this fiscal year, an increase of $123.8 million from the figure forecast in the spring.

OTTAWA — A judge has denied a second request by former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier, who is facing charges related to his participation in the "Freedom Convoy" protest, to move his jury trial away from Ottawa.

CALGARY — An embattled Calgary energy company is fighting the provincial regulator's decision to seize thousands of its inactive wells.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are promising help to expand transit services in growing areas of Winnipeg if re-elected. The Tories say they are to spend $8.

EDMONTON — The University of Alberta is returning endowment funds from the family of a Ukrainian man whose military service was linked to the Nazis.

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Office of the Human Rights Commissioner is making it easier to learn about human rights and possible solutions.

MONTREAL — It has been three years since Joyce Echaquan died in hospital after filming staff insulting her, but for her family and her First Nation, the fight continues to ensure a legacy of better treatment for Indigenous people.

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Kari Lake , a Donald Trump ally who has refused to acknowledge her loss in last year's race for Arizona governor , will soon launch her campaign for the U.S.

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