National News

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HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said he needed a strong, fresh mandate to negotiate with the federal government on issues such as carbon pricing. And in Tuesday's election, voters gave the Progressive Conservative leader what he wanted.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with the country’s premiers this afternoon, after they asked for an urgent meeting on U.S.-Canada relations ahead of the incoming Donald Trump administration.

ATHABASCA, Alta. — Residents of a northern Alberta town are over the moon that it could share its name with the first Canadian rover set to explore the dark, cold terrain of Earth's closest celestial neighbour.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston led the Progressive Conservatives to an overwhelming majority win Tuesday, bucking a trend in recent provincial elections that saw incumbents roughed up by the electorate or soundly defeated.

HALIFAX — Tim Houston gambled that Nova Scotia voters would re-elect the Progressive Conservatives with another majority — even though he ignored his government's fixed-election-date legislation.

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says while he supports the Liberal plan to give Canadians a GST break during the holidays, he won’t back the $250 rebate proposal unless the government expands eligibility to the most vulnerable.

The Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives won a second consecutive majority government in Tuesday's election. Premier Tim Houston made a series of campaign promises related to housing, health care and affordability.

The Progressive Conservatives have won a second consecutive majority government in Nova Scotia.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is eyeing a number of steps to challenge the proposed federal greenhouse gas emissions cap.