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CHARLOTTETOWN — Dennis King, Prince Edward Island’s Progressive Conservative premier, has announced he will step down Friday. Here is a look at the 33rd premier of the Island. Age: 53 Early years: King was born Nov. 1, 1971, in Georgetown, P.E.I.

VICTORIA — B.C.'s Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the expectation of more duties and additional tariffs piled onto Canadian softwood lumber would "absolutely be devastating" for the country's industry. Parmar says the government expects the U.S.

OTTAWA — Seven transnational criminal organizations are being listed as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code to fight fentanyl trafficking, the federal government announced Thursday.

QUÉBEC — Service is slower and more costly after a $1.1-billion overhaul of the information technology system at Quebec's auto insurance board. That's the conclusion of the province's auditor general in a report released today.

OTTAWA — Federal Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge's plan to modernize the mandate of CBC and Radio-Canada would bar them from running ads during news programming and from charging subscription fees for digital products such as CBC Gem.

MONTREAL — Montreal police say they've arrested a second suspect in a shooting at a Montreal Jewish school in November 2023. A 19-year-old was arrested Wednesday for the shooting on Nov.

MONTREAL — Montreal police say a 20-year-old man is the city's latest homicide victim. The man was shot Wednesday night and was discovered around 9 p.m. when police received a 911 call about a man lying on the ground near a vehicle.

OTTAWA — The federal government has been ordered to reassess its 2022 approval of a popular weed-killer after a Federal Court judge ruled ­this week the original approval was unreasonable.

The federal government is going to court to force a Toronto company to sell a $34-million stake in a Calgary-based lithium miner that it bought off a Chinese firm.