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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal party is promising to improve cellphone coverage and invest in major highways if the party is elected to govern on Nov. 26.

Premier Doug Ford's government has signed a $100-million deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to deliver high-speed internet to remote residents in rural and northern Ontario.

The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling th

TORONTO — Pop superstar Taylor Swift is set to kick off the first of six shows in Toronto tonight. The singer brings her record-breaking tour for a Canadian leg that hits Rogers Centre this weekend and next.

AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. continued to tout its nuclear business as one of the keys to its growth strategy amid a record-high backlog last quarter. The engineering services firm says its services backlog stood at $16.84 billion as of Sept.

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OTTAWA — With the cost of living playing a central role in provincial elections across Canada and in the U.S.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up nearly 100 points in late-morning trading, boosted by gains in the energy and utility sectors, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 88.85 points at 25,077.87.

CALGARY — TransAlta Corp. has reached a deal with the Competition Bureau to address the regulator's concerns about its plan to acquire Heartland Generation Ltd. and its power generation business in Alberta and B.C.

CALGARY — Ovintiv Inc. is streamlining its operations with a deal to buy assets in Alberta's Montney region while off-loading its holdings in Utah. The oil and gas producer said Thursday it was paying about $3.