Politics

HALIFAX — East Coast premiers are welcoming Ottawa's retreat from its carbon pricing policy in Atlantic Canada, saying it will help the region cope with heating costs that some residents are struggling to bear.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government survived a non-confidence vote in the legislature on Friday, but Premier Blaine Higgs continued to hint that the province should be ready for an election at any time.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep.

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $4.3 billion from April to August. In its monthly fiscal monitor, the Finance Department says this compares to a surplus of $3.9 billion during the same period of the 2022-23 fiscal year.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia legislature has held a moment of silence for the victims of the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Struck by tragedy when one of his closest friends died in a mass shooting , Kentucky's Democratic governor supports a proposal meant to keep firearms away from people deemed as threats to themselves or others.

Voters in Maine will be deciding a question in November about whether independent automobile repair shops should have access to the same diagnostic technology as dealerships.

Thanks to a rabble-rousing, socialist priest, it’s a milestone year for direct democracy in the U.S.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Party government has made it clear it won't fund supervised drug consumption services, a move one researcher says is not based on evidence.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden met with new House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries at the White House on Thursday to discuss his request for nearly $106 billion for Israel, Ukraine and other national security needs.