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VICTORIA — British Columbia's finance minister says now is not the time to balance the province's budget.

Alberta's top court has allowed a southwestern ranching community to appeal the provincial energy regulator's decision to accept applications to explore for coal in the Rocky Mountains.

OTTAWA — Health Canada-approved nicotine pouches will only be available behind pharmacy counters starting next week, as part of Health Minister Mark Holland's promised crackdown on the sale of new nicotine products to children.

CALGARY — Imperial Oil has been fined $50,000 after the province's energy regulator concluded the company broke environmental laws when wastewater containing oilsands tailings seeped outside its lease boundary in 2022.

A pharmacist pleaded no contest Thursday to involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 11 people in Michigan, all victims of tainted steroids that caused a national meningitis outbreak in 2012.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index moved lower on Thursday, led by weakness in technology and base metals, while U.S. markets were also down, with the Nasdaq falling 1.7 per cent. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 84.26 points at 23,037.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed lower as Wall Street counted down to its main event for the week, a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell coming up on Friday. The S&P 500 lost 0.9% Thursday, its worst day in more than two weeks.

HALIFAX — In the year since Nova Scotia invested in an online platform aimed at helping renters find affordable housing, a total of 23 leases have been signed, a result opposition parties say is a failure. On Aug.

Air Canada pilots have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike mandate, putting them in a position to walk off the job as early as Sept. 17.

TORONTO — TD Bank Group swung to a rare loss in its latest quarter as it took a US$2.6-billion charge related to ongoing U.S. investigations into its anti-money laundering program.